Hulu’s September Slate Puts Scripted Dramas in the Spotlight, Led by ‘Chad Powers’ Season 2

According to Hulu’s official “What’s New” guide for September 2026, the US service is pushing a drama‑heavy slate this month. At the top of its recommendations are season 2 of the sports comedy Chad Powers and FX’s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, a spin‑off of the crime drama Snowfall.

Chad Powers grew out of a concept by former NFL quarterback Eli Manning and riffs on the idea of a no‑name player using an alias to crash the world of college football. The show’s mix of locker‑room gags and double‑life tension made it a social‑media favorite in its first season. Hulu’s guide hints that season 2 will follow its hero as he inches closer to a shot at the pros, raising the stakes on and off the field. The Drop: A Snowfall Saga extends the Snowfall universe by shifting focus to different characters navigating the Los Angeles drug trade, keeping the original’s gritty tone while opening up new storylines.

The guide also spotlights FX’s The Shards, a seductive thriller based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, and positions September overall as a “bumper month” for scripted series. For viewers in Japan, many of these FX and Hulu titles are likely to surface via the Hulu hub inside Disney+, so tracking Hulu’s US slate offers a good preview of the kind of adult‑skewing dramas that may arrive locally in the months ahead.