A new fictional drama about the inner workings of the Cleveland Browns is hitting Hulu in February 2027, and the first trailer might just be the funniest football thing I’ve seen in years. Earth Like “Top Family Football Drama” and stars Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU) as the Browns’ coach — trying to build a winning football team must reconcile a kooky, arrogant rookie QB with the fact that he won’t listen to his reason and that quarterback might be his son.
Look, just watch the trailer because I had legit high hopes for this at first, and then it just kept getting funnier, and funnier, and funnier.
William H. Macy plays the owner of the Browns named “Hal Durkin”, who only hopes to become the heir to “Durkin’s Donuts” and has made billions. Macy seems to be doing his best with a questionable script, at least from what we see in the trailer.
The QB in question is played by the No. 1 overall pick out of Ohio State, Australian actor Sam Corlette, and I can’t get over the fact that maybe he just looks cast because he looks like Jackson Darts in a football uniform.
Look, I really hope I’m proven wrong – but this whole thing is the most formulaic schlock imaginable. Let me guess here: the head coach’s kids are a mess from years of paternal neglect, because they always feel like he cares more about football than they do. We’ll get that dad flashback of that missed science fair or pee-wee football game. He promised. He could have been there, but he was taken away because of football.
This torn family fights, tears each other up, and hits bottom. As the starting QB busts, the coach gets fired — and they finally learn how to work together to close out the season, for the Browns and each other.
We’ll get a chance to see how this plays out in February.