Turning a fun character or sketch into a whole comedy series isn’t extremely common but if I had a nickel for every time it happened, I’d have two nickels. But it is weird that it happened twice. I am, of course, referring to Ted Lasso and now Chad Powers.
As someone who grew up in a sports loving household, when something from ESPN broke into my world view, that’s when I knew it was big. If I don’t have to watch ESPN, I don’t. But my oldest brother showing me a sketch of Eli Manning pretending to be a football player was enough to pique my interest. That was in 2022 and now, three years later, the series Chad Powers is getting ready to walk on (to Hulu).
