9 Must-Watch Shows To Enjoy After You Finish Netflix's 'The Hawk'

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Sign in to your Collider account You made it through all ten episodes of Netflix's The Hawk, which means you've watched Will Ferrell's Lonnie Hawkins throw a full tantrum over a three-foot putt while donning a pair of visually-assaulting plaid pants. Now the show's over, and you find yourself craving more washed-up athletes, delusional egos, and the kind of comedy that happens when grown men take playing with their balls way too seriously? Well, good news: television loves a jock in crisis. Here are the shows to line up after you’re done with The Hawk. Some are sweet, some are nasty, and every one of them gets the joy of an athlete who refuses to quit. 'Stick' (2025–Present) Image via Apple TV 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 who now sells clubs at an Indiana sporting goods store, at least until he gets fired. He pins all 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, Timothy Olyphant swings by, and real PGA stars like Max Homa and Collin Morikawa pop in to lend the Apple TV series some authenticity. Where Ferrell's Hawk is a tornado, Wilson's Pryce is more of a warm front. This is a hangout comedy that happens to take place on driving ranges, and it's more interested in the found family assembling around Pryce than in who wins the tournament. Think of it as the well-adjusted cousin to The Hawk. If you are burned out from chaos, it's the 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 and instead became the streaming era's most beloved feel-good machine. Ted's relentless optimism disarms a locker room full of egos, a skeptical owner, and eventually millions of viewers who came for the sports and stayed for the therapy talk. The connective tissue to The Hawk is the ensemble. Both shows understand that a sports comedy lives or dies on its bench, and Ted Lasso built one for the ages: Roy Kent's (Brett Goldstein) grumpiness, Keeley's (Juno Temple) relentless cheer, 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 instead. It goes down easy, and it's the antidote if The Hawk left a bad taste. 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' (2026–Present) Image via NBC Tracy Morgan stars as Reggie, a former running back whose career imploded in a scandal twenty years ago and who is now dead set on rehabbing his image. His plan: hire an award-winning documentarian, played by Daniel Radcliffe, to move into his mansion and film the comeback. What Reggie wants is a puff piece. What Arthur keeps catching on camera is the truth. Morgan is a live wire here, fueled by bluster and wounded pride, and pairing him with Radcliffe's buttoned-up British earnestness is the kind of odd-couple math that just works. The mockumentary format lets the show pick at Reggie's delusions, which is what The Hawk builds its funniest moments from, as Lonnie's ego writes checks his golf game can't cash. Critics adored it and NBC fast-tracked a second season, so you can binge knowing there's more coming. 'Chad Powers' (2025–Present) Image via Hulu Glen Powell buries his movie-star face under prosthetics and a wig for this one, and somehow, he’s still a damn delight. He plays Russ Holliday, a hotshot Oregon quarterback who torpedoed his own career eight years ago with a showboating fumble at the goal line. When a small Georgia school holds open tryouts, Russ builds an entire new identity on the back of a bad wig, worse teeth, and the alias "Chad Powers," walking on undercover to finally get his shot at redemption. The bit is drawn from a real stunt Eli Manning pulled in 2022, which gives the premise a wink of sports-nerd authenticity. Steve Zahn is having a ball as the beleaguered coach, and Powell commits to the disguise with just enough deranged sincerity to help its tougher moments along. Like Lonnie Hawkins, Russ is a man who can't let go of the game that made (and unmade) him, chasing one more chance to prove the doubters wrong. The difference is he had to invent a whole different persona to do it. Collider Exclusive · Marvel Personality Quiz Which MCU Hero Are You? Spider-Man · Daredevil · Iron Man · Punisher · Thor · Cap Six heroes. One destiny. Answer 10 questions to discover which Marvel Cinematic Universe hero shares your personality, values, and fighting spirit. Will you swing, fly, or thunder your way to glory? 🕷️Spider-Man 😈Daredevil 🤖Iron Man 💀Punisher ⚡Thor 🛡️Cap FIND YOUR HERO → 01 What drives you to do what's right? Choose the answer that feels most like you. AWith great power comes great responsibility — I protect those who can't protect themselves. BMy faith and my conscience — I believe justice must be served, even in the dark. CLegacy and ego, honestly — but I've learned that others depend on me now. DThe system failed. Someone has to make sure the guilty actually pay. EDuty to the innocent and honour to my name — I was born to protect realms. FThe values I was raised with — freedom, decency, and never backing down from a bully. NEXT QUESTION → 02 It's 2 AM. Where are you? Your answer says more about you than you'd think. ASwinging between skyscrapers, keeping an eye on the neighbourhood. BRunning rooftops in Hell's Kitchen, listening for trouble. CIn my lab, upgrading my suit with a cold cup of coffee nearby. DStaking out a target I've been tracking for three weeks. ESomewhere between the stars, or at a feast that got out of hand. FOn a morning run — I was up at 4, actually. Couldn't sleep. NEXT QUESTION → 03 How do you handle a villain who keeps escaping justice? Every hero has a method. What's yours? AWeb them up and leave them for the police — again. BBuild an airtight case and dismantle their entire operation from the inside. CDeploy a containment system I designed specifically for them. Tech wins. DMake sure they don't escape a third time. Permanently. EChallenge them to single combat. Honour demands a decisive end. FRally allies, adapt the plan, and bring them in — by the book, even if it's hard. NEXT QUESTION → 04 How do you feel about keeping a secret identity? The mask — or the lack of one — says everything. AEssential — my loved ones would be in danger if anyone found out who I am. BCritical — the mask protects my mission as much as my face. COverrated — I announced myself to the world and I'd do it again. DI'm a ghost. The less people know about me, the better. EMy name is known across the Nine Realms. There's no hiding it. FI don't hide — but I understand why some need to. Transparency builds trust. NEXT QUESTION → 05 You've lost someone important because of your heroism. How do you carry that? Every hero pays a price. The question is how they pay it. AWith guilt that never fully goes away — it pushes me to do better, every single day. BI channel it into purpose — their memory is the reason I keep fighting. CI buried myself in work for years. I'm only recently learning to face it. DIt transformed me completely. I'm not the same person I was before. EWith warrior's grief — I honour them by fighting with everything I have. FI keep moving forward. Stopping means letting the loss win. NEXT QUESTION → 06 What's your role when working with a team? Who you are under pressure is who you actually are. AThe enthusiastic wildcard who somehow makes it work — and keeps the mood up. BThe strategist who works best alone but shows up when it matters most. CThe one who funds it, equips it, and occasionally takes over the whole operation. DI don't do teams. I'm more effective operating solo, on my terms. EThe heavy hitter — I crash in, draw fire, and turn the tide of battle. FThe leader — I earn trust, build the plan, and make sure no one gets left behind. NEXT QUESTION → 07 Where do you draw the line between justice and revenge? The answer defines what kind of hero you really are. AClearly — I don't kill, and I wrestle with that line constantly. BI try to hold the line, but I've come terrifyingly close to crossing it. CPractically — I do what's necessary to protect people, including hard calls. DI crossed that line long ago. What I do is justice — the system just won't admit it. EIn battle, victory is justice. Mercy is earned — not automatic. FFirmly. The moment we abandon our principles, we become what we fight against. NEXT QUESTION → 08 When you're not saving the world, what does life look like? The person behind the mask is always the more interesting story. ATrying to juggle school, a part-time job, and not failing my friends. BWorking as a lawyer by day, fighting for justice in court and on the streets. CRunning a global company, attending galas, and pretending I'm sleeping enough. DQuiet. Isolated. Surviving with a clear mission and no distractions. ENavigating a bizarre and fascinating mortal world — coffee is extraordinary. FAdapting to a world decades ahead of everything I knew. Quietly, stubbornly. NEXT QUESTION → 09 What keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you're honest about what you're actually afraid of. AThe people I couldn't save — and the ones I might not reach in time tomorrow. BWhether the monster I fight every night is starting to live inside me too. CThe threats I can see coming and whether my tech is actually good enough. DNothing. Silence is the only peace I get. I've made my choices. EWhether I'm truly worthy — of the hammer, of the throne, of the people I protect. FA world where no one stands up anymore. Where good people do nothing. NEXT QUESTION → 10 The battle is lost. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and exhausted. What do you do? This is your tiebreaker — choose carefully. ACrack a joke to buy a second, then find the one web shot that changes everything. BBlock out everything except the sound of the next threat — and keep going. CActivate the emergency protocol I built for exactly this scenario. Always have a plan. DI don't accept that it's lost. I keep fighting until I physically cannot anymore. ECall the lightning. All of it. The storm answers to me. FPick up the shield. Stand up. Because as long as I can stand, it's not over. REVEAL MY HERO → Your Hero Has Been Identified Your MCU Hero Is…Based on your answers, the Marvel hero who matches your spirit, values, and instincts has been revealed. 🕷️ Spider-ManYou carry the weight of the world on shoulders that are younger than they should have to be — funny, loyal, and endlessly self-sacrificing. You do the right thing not because it's easy, but because no one else will. You understand that responsibility isn't a burden you choose — it's one that finds you. Whether it's a neighbourhood mugging or a multiverse crisis, you show up. Peter Parker's lesson — that great power demands great responsibility — isn't a slogan to you. It's the code you live by, even when it costs you everything. 😈 DaredevilYou fight in the shadows between law and chaos, guided by a fierce moral compass that refuses to let the guilty walk free. You use every tool available — your mind, your body, your faith — to protect those the system overlooks. You've looked into the darkness and chosen not to become it, though the line has never been easy. Matt Murdock's duality — champion in the courtroom, devil in the alley — mirrors your own. Relentless, conflicted, and unwilling to stop. That is exactly you. 🤖 Iron ManBrilliant, driven, and occasionally insufferable — but always the person who solves the unsolvable problem. You lead with your mind and back it up with resources, innovation, and a stubbornness that borders on heroic. You started out looking out for yourself, but somewhere along the way the world became your responsibility. Tony Stark's arc — from ego to sacrifice — is your arc too. You build, you plan, and when the moment comes, you're willing to give everything. Because in the end, you're Iron Man. 💀 The PunisherYou've been through fire that would break most people — and it did change you, completely. What's left is unyielding, relentless, and operating by a code forged in grief. You don't ask for forgiveness, and you don't expect gratitude. You see a corrupt, broken world and you've decided to do something about it, consequences be damned. Frank Castle's war is born from love twisted by loss — and so is yours. Uncompromising and unflinching — the world may not agree with your methods, but your conviction is absolute. ⚡ ThorPowerful, proud, and on a lifelong journey to become worthy of the legend you carry. You lead with strength but have learned — sometimes painfully — that true greatness comes from humility and growth. You're larger than life, yet more vulnerable than you let on. Thor's story is one of transformation: from arrogant prince to worthy king, from isolated warrior to beloved protector. You bring the storm when it's needed — and the warmth when it matters just as much. 🛡️ Captain AmericaYou believe in something bigger than yourself — and you fight for it even when the world has moved on and nobody else will. You don't bully the small guy, and you never stop when it gets hard. Steve Rogers didn't become a hero when he got the serum — he was always one. So were you. Your strength isn't in your fists; it's in your refusal to compromise what's right, no matter the cost. In a world full of people taking the easy road, you're the one who picks up the shield and stands up — every single time. ↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ 'Brockmire' (2017–2020) Image via IFC Hank Azaria has never been better than he is here, as Jim Brockmire. He plays a legendary baseball announcer who suffered a spectacular on-air meltdown after discovering his wife's infidelity, then spent years drinking his way across the globe before crawling back to call games for a minor-league team in dying-industrial Pennsylvania. The voice alone, a sort of golden-age broadcaster purr narrating his own rock-bottom, is worth the price of admission. Brockmire shares The Hawk's appetite for messy, unlikable men. It's raunchy and rude and 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 guy, but there's a whole reservoir of pathos beneath the profanity that Ferrell's golfer never really swung for. 'Eastbound & Down' (2009–2013) Image via HBO Before Ferrell was headlining a golf comedy about a fading athlete, he was producing this one and popping up as a car-dealership king with a rat tail. In Eastbound & Down, Danny McBride stars as Kenny Powers, a washed-up MLB relief pitcher with a legendary fastball, a bottomless ego, and zero self-awareness, who slinks back to his hometown to teach middle-school gym and plot an impossible return to the majors. Kenny is a monster. He is also, unfortunately, hilarious. This is the meanest, most quotable entry on the list, and it's a direct ancestor of The Hawk's sensibility. Powers is a Southern-twanged peacock who believes his own hype long past its expiration date. McBride plays Kenny with such total conviction that you almost root for him, even as he insults everyone within a fifty-mile radius. If Lonnie Hawkins felt a little too unlikable for some viewers, that's the whole point here, just with the jokes cranked to eleven. 'Ballers' (2015–2019) Image via HBO Dwayne Johnson swaps the wrestling ring for a financial manager's office as Spencer Strasmore, a retired NFL linebacker trying to build a second career looking after the money and messes of active players in Miami. The show is a glossy, sun-soaked look at what happens to athletes when the cheering stops and the bills keep coming, wrapped in the easy charisma that made Johnson a movie star in the first place. The overlap with The Hawk is the after-life of a sports career, the part where the trophies are on the shelf and the man has to figure out who he is without the game. Ballers plays it slicker and flashier than Ferrell's version, trading the driving range for yacht parties, but the anxiety underneath is the same. 'GLOW' (2017–2019) Image via Netflix Set in 1980s Los Angeles, GLOW follows a scrappy troupe of women who answer an open casting call and end up reinventing themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Alison Brie plays Ruth, a struggling actress who finds her calling in the ring, and Betty Gilpin is a revelation as her former best friend turned in-ring nemesis. The show turns a low-rent syndicated wrestling event into a stage for reinvention, ambition, and some truly great body slams. What ties it to The Hawk is the sport-as-showmanship of it all, the understanding that athletics is at least half the performance. Marc Maron, playing the burnt-out director shepherding this circus, gives the whole thing a cranky comic engine. The comedy comes from a bunch of misfits taking something ridiculous deadly seriously, which is also the energy Lonnie brings to every putt. 'A League of Their Own' (2022) Image via Prime Video Prime Video's series reimagines the 1992 film, following the women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during World War II while widening the lens to the stories the movie couldn't tell, like queer players hiding in plain sight, or a Black pitcher forced to chase the game on her own terms. Abbi Jacobson and Chanté Adams anchor a cast that balances the comedy of a ragtag team with the weight of what these women risked to play. It's the most tender show here, and the least interested in a punchline for its own sake, but it belongs on the list because it gets the core appeal of The Hawk right: people who love a game enough to make it their whole identity. Where Lonnie is fighting time, these women are fighting the world, and both are chasing that same impossible high of getting to play. There's plenty of humor in the dugout banter, and the baseball itself is a joy to watch. A League of Their Own Release Date 2022 - 2022-00-00 Network CBS Cast Gbemisola Ikumelo Clance Morgan Set in 1943, A League of Their Own follows Carson Shaw, who leaves her small-town life to pursue her dream of playing professional baseball. She joins the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, forming deep connections with her teammates. Simultaneously, Maxine Chapman, an African-American woman, faces rejection from the league and, with her friend Clance's support, forges a new path to pursue her passion for baseball. Showrunner Will Graham Directors Will Graham Writers Kelly Candaele, Lowell Ganz, Will Graham, Abbi Jacobson, Kim Wilson Main Genre Drama Seasons 1 Producers Jeffrey Ganz Creator(s) Will Graham, Abbi Jacobson Story By Will Graham Streaming Service(s) Amazon Prime Video