Pick of the week
Chad Powers
The search for the new Ted Lasso goes on with this American football-based series. It centres on Russ Holliday (Glen Powell), a superstar quarterback whose career falls apart after a spectacular, self-inflicted on-field disaster. His name is mud but when he learns that a struggling team (the tellingly named South Georgia Catfish) are hosting tryouts for new players, he changes identity and relaunches himself as Chad Powers. The premise is contrived – Russ’s dad, conveniently, is a prosthetics artist – and the narrative overfamiliar. But even so, as Holliday’s new personality sees him shedding his arrogance and becoming a more reflective man, there’s fun to be had with this goofball identity crisis.
Disney+, from Tuesday 30 September
