Overview

• Showrunner Michael Waldron says Manning’s profanity was not scripted, noting they suggested he say the word during the brief appearance.
• Manning is portrayed as an Ole Miss coach rather than as himself, a nod to his alma mater without breaking the show’s fiction.
• Glen Powell’s father, Glen Powell Sr., appears in the same scene as an Easter egg standing alongside Manning on the sideline.
• Entertainment Weekly shared a first look at an Eli’s Places segment where Manning arrives in character to confront Powell about who plays Chad Powers.
• The Hulu comedy adapts Manning’s 2022 viral prank and follows Powell as a disgraced quarterback who adopts the Chad Powers persona, with new episodes streaming weekly.