‘Chad Powers’ Season 2 Breakdown With Creator Michael Waldron

2026-09-09 · 48 min · 10 entities

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In our first (!) Showrunner Special episode, Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin are joined by ‘Chad Powers’ cocreator Michael Waldron to talk about why he’s so interested in centering flawed characters, how writing Season 2 was different from the first, the NIL era of college football, advice for first-time TV writers, and more! (0:00) Intro (3:13) How ‘Chad Powers’ was inspired by ‘Heat’ (5:56) Why Michael Waldron is so interested in the idea of the do-over (8:51) Writing flawed characters on an arc (11:59) Balancing the mystery aspect of the story (15:26) Differences between writing Season 1 and Season 2 (17:27) The NIL era (21:08) Taking notes from TV executives (24:53) Waldron’s career leading up to this point (26:02) Leaning into yearning and romance (41:34) What project of his was most instructive and his advice for up and coming writers Email us! prestigetvpod@spotify.com Follow us on IG and TikTok! Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Guest: Michael Waldron Producers: Kai Grady and Devon Renaldo Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices