Viewership Chad Powers ranked No. 1 on both Disney+ and Hulu's top lists—daily updated lists of the platforms' most-watched titles—following its premiere. TVision, which tracks viewer attention, program reach, and engagement across more than 1,000
CTV apps, reported that it was the fourth most-streamed program in the U.S. between September 29 and October 12.
Whip Media, which tracks viewership data for the more than 25 million worldwide users of its
TV Time app, announced that
Chad Powers ranked among the ten most-streamed original shows in the U.S. from the week ending October 12 through October 19.
Luminate, which measures streaming performance in the U.S. by analyzing viewership data, audience engagement metrics, and content reach across various platforms, announced that it debuted at No. 34 on its Top 50 streaming shows with nearly 1.6 million hours viewed from a single episode. The following week,
Chad Powers rose to No. 19 with 2.2 million hours viewed across two episodes, and it remained on Luminate's weekly chart throughout its six-episode run.
Critical response On the review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 58% based on 48 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Pairing
Glen Powell's charms with a frequently off-putting role,
Chad Powers throws comedic curveballs that often backfire but don't necessarily strike out, either."
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 53 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average". Stuart Heritage of
The Guardian awarded 4 out of 5 stars to season one, with praise for Powell's performance and the show's exploration of identity. Heritage wrote: "It's a funny, touching, deliberately uncomfortable character piece with one of the most magnetic central performances in recent memory." Alex Kirshner of
Slate viewed the show as successfully balancing absurdity and humor, while building a fictional college football world that feels engaging despite its implausible premise. In a mostly negative review for
Vulture, critic
Nicholas Quah described the show as largely "a cynical corporate experiment, engineered within an inch of its life", while noting that the show occasionally breaks through with flashes of heart and Powell's charisma. Alison Herman of
Variety wrote that the season felt rushed, without time to fully develop or explore the dynamics between characters, particularly the relationship between Russ and his father. Herman also found that while
Chad Powers shares tonal and structural similarities with
Ted Lasso, it lacks the depth and emotional development that contributed to ''Ted Lasso's'' resonance.
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