After six episodes of hijinks and prosthetic makeup, the first season of Chad Powers has come to a close. Hulu’s football comedy not only brought Twisters and The Running Man star Glen Powell back to television, but it surprised viewers a lot along the way.
Of course, now it’s time for the biggest question: will Chad Powers return for a second season? At the time of this writing, Hulu has yet to renew the series… but that doesn’t mean it’s completely out of the question. For one thing, the evolution of when and how successful “ratings” for new shows come in has changed amid the streaming era, so Hulu could end up waiting a beat before making a decision in one way or another.
There are also the busy schedules of Powell, who has a number of upcoming movies lined up, and co-creator Michael Waldron, who is currently working on the scripts for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
**spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Chad Powers below!**
Either way, it sounds like there are intentions to tell more of Chad Powers‘ story. Waldron did argue to The Hollywood Reporter that “you can’t do 150 episodes of this premise,” which makes sense given the natural life cycle of a college football career. Still, as he recently explained to The Mary Sue, there are plenty of narrative possibilities to explore in a second season and beyond.
“Yeah, I mean I think just on a practical plot level, Ricky’s part of the conspiracy, whether she likes it or not, and what does that do?” Waldron detailed. “Can there be a love story still? And can Russ continue to grow by being Chad and can Chad grow by Russ, by being inhabited by a little more Russ? And can the Catfish win it all? Is Coach gonna die all that, all sorts of stuff and what’s happening with Tricia and Coach Dobbs? Are they hooking up?”
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