Overview

• Hulu launches the six-episode comedy on Sept. 30 with a two-episode debut, followed by weekly Tuesday releases through Oct. 28.
• Powell says Eli and Peyton Manning helped him prepare to play quarterback, connecting him with coaches Nic Shimonek and Pat O’Hara and reviewing practice footage.
• Production staged on-field work with former NFL players in pads, which Powell describes as making the football action feel immersive.
• Powell tells The Hollywood Reporter he sought Tom Cruise’s guidance to get the Chad Powers prosthetic makeup right.
• The show adapts Eli Manning’s ESPN+ stunt, with Eli and Peyton as executive producers and Eli appearing in a cameo, and Powell has publicly floated the idea of a Taylor Swift cameo in a potential Season 2.