You've binged all ten episodes of Netflix's The Hawk, watching Will Ferrell's Lonnie Hawkins throw epic tantrums over a three-foot putt while wearing pants that assault the eyes. Now the show's over, and you're left wanting more washed-up athletes, delusional egos, and the kind of comedy that comes from grown men taking their games way too seriously. Good news: television loves a jock in crisis. Here are the shows to queue up next, from sweet to nasty, all capturing that joy of an athlete who refuses to quit.
'Stick' (2025–Present)
If The Hawk left you wanting more golf but fewer people you want to strangle, Stick is the gentler side of the green. Owen Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, an ex-pro whose career fell apart two decades ago and now sells clubs at an Indiana sporting goods store—until he gets fired. He pins his hopes on Santi (Peter Dager), a moody 17-year-old phenom, and appoints himself the kid's coach, manager, and unlicensed life advisor. Marc Maron shows up as the world's grumpiest caddie, and real PGA stars like Max Homa and Collin Morikawa pop in for authenticity. Where Ferrell's Hawk is a tornado, Wilson's Pryce is a warm front—a hangout comedy more interested in found family than tournament wins. It's the well-adjusted cousin to The Hawk and a perfect palate cleanser.
'Ted Lasso' (2020–Present)
You knew this one was coming. Jason Sudeikis plays an American college football coach hired to run a Premier League soccer team he knows nothing about—a premise that sounds like a one-note fish-out-of-water bit but became the streaming era's most beloved feel-good machine. Ted's relentless optimism disarms a locker room full of egos and a skeptical owner. The connective tissue to The Hawk is the ensemble: both shows understand that a sports comedy lives or dies on its bench. Ted Lasso built one for the ages with Roy Kent's (Brett Goldstein) grumpiness, Keeley's (Juno Temple) cheer, and Coach Beard's (Brendan Hunt) eerie silences. Where Ferrell mines laughs from a man who refuses to grow, Sudeikis mines them from a man determined to help everyone else grow. It's the antidote if The Hawk left a bad taste.
'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' (2026–Present)
Tracy Morgan stars as Reggie, a former running back whose career imploded in a scandal twenty years ago, now dead set on rehabbing his image. He hires an award-winning documentarian (Daniel Radcliffe) to film his comeback, but what Reggie wants is a puff piece; what Arthur keeps catching is the truth. Morgan is a live wire fueled by bluster and wounded pride, and pairing him with Radcliffe's buttoned-up British earnestness is odd-couple magic. The mockumentary format picks at Reggie's delusions, much like The Hawk builds its funniest moments from Lonnie's ego writing checks his golf game can't cash. Critics adored it, and NBC fast-tracked a second season.
'Chad Powers' (2025–Present)
Glen Powell buries his movie-star face under prosthetics and a wig for this one, playing Russ Holliday, a hotshot Oregon quarterback who torpedoed his career eight years ago with a showboating fumble. When a small Georgia school holds open tryouts, Russ builds a new identity on a bad wig, worse teeth, and the alias "Chad Powers," walking on undercover for redemption. The bit draws from a real Eli Manning stunt in 2022, giving it sports-nerd authenticity. Steve Zahn has a ball as the beleaguered coach, and Powell commits with deranged sincerity. Like Lonnie Hawkins, Russ is a man who can't let go of the game that made and unmade him—but he had to invent a whole new persona to get another shot.
'Brockmire' (2017–2020)
Hank Azaria has never been better than as Jim Brockmire, a legendary baseball announcer who suffered a spectacular on-air meltdown after discovering his wife's infidelity, then spent years drinking across the globe before crawling back to call games for a minor-league team in dying-industrial Pennsylvania. The voice alone—a golden-age broadcaster purr narrating his own rock-bottom—is worth the price. Brockmire shares The Hawk's appetite for messy, unlikable men, raunchy and rude but genuinely sad underneath, tracking an addict who happens to be very funny. Amanda Peet is terrific as the bar owner who takes a chance on him. If you liked that Lonnie was allowed to be an actual jerk, Brockmire is your next binge.
For more sports comedy goodness, check out Netflix's 'Apex' climbing the streaming charts or our weekly binge picks. And if you're in the mood for something completely different, 'Little House on the Prairie' just hit #1 on Netflix.
