Will Ferrell plays the lead role in the new Netflix series, 'The Hawk.' The show premiered on July 16, 2026, and Will also serves as an executive producer of the show.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleWill Ferrell has undoubtedly built a big fan base throughout his career due to his ability to make people laugh. The actor is back once again on Netflix with The Hawk, a comedy show that he also created. Furthermore, Will serves as an executive producer at the same time. The show features a lineup of talented faces, and the initial expectation is to see the best coming out of all of them on screen.
Will Ferrell delivers his best in terms of performance. But that is not sufficient to save a show that does not have anything fresh to offer in its storyline. Keep reading to know more!
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The Hawk gives Will Ferrell exactly the kind of role he was built for: a loud, delusional, never-say-die athlete who thinks he’s one good round away from rewriting history. He plays ‘Lonnie Hawkins,’ the world’s No.1 golfer in 2004, who’s now on the back nine of his career. His body is telling him to quit. His ego is telling him he still needs one more major to complete a Grand Slam.
That tension is the engine of the show, and Ferrell rides it hard. He’s back in the sports-comedy pocket that made Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory work - pink shirts, bad decisions, talking to the camera, hitting the ball into places no golfer should. Golf is usually quiet and polite. ‘Lonnie’ is not. That clash is where most of the laughs come from.
The 10-episode run at about 30 minutes each moves fast enough to keep the bit from getting stale. And the ensemble around him does a lot of heavy lifting. Molly Shannon, as his foul-mouthed ex-wife ‘Stacy,’ has great, messy chemistry with Ferrell. Their scenes feel lived-in. Jimmy Tatro plays ‘Lance,’ ‘Lonnie’s’ son and now golf’s new golden boy, which sets up the real emotional core: a father trying to outplay his own kid.
Luke Wilson as rival ‘Golden Fisk,’ Fortune Feimster as new caddie ‘Sam,’ Chris Parnell as a PGA board member, and Katelyn Tarver as ‘Lance’s’ influencer fiancée fill out the world. Everyone gets moments to steal.
Because the PGA Tour partnered on the show, the golf stuff actually looks and feels real, even while everything around it is absurd. It’s rated TV-MA, so it goes for raunch and big swings instead of safe feel-good beats. If anyone wants to see Ferrell at full volume doing a comeback story with heart underneath the chaos, this is it.
For as much fun as Ferrell is, The Hawk doesn’t do much that’s new. The premise is old: washed-up champ chases one last win to prove everyone wrong, while also dealing with family and a younger version of himself. We have seen versions of this before, and the show doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. It just puts Ferrell in golf spikes instead of a racing suit.
The tone is also a lot. It’s TV-MA, and it leans into that with raunch, yelling, and physical comedy that goes big every episode. If anyone likes Ferrell’s brand of unearned confidence and zero filter, they will be fine.
But if anyone is hoping for something closer to a quiet, uplifting sports story, this will feel exhausting. The joke of “loud guy in a quiet sport” is funny, but ten episodes start to feel repetitive. Some parts of the setup also feel thin. The family drama and rivalries are serviceable, but they exist mostly to give 'Lonnie' someone to bounce off of. There aren’t many surprises in where the story goes.
Because there are already several sports comedies out in 2026, The Hawk can feel like one more in the pile instead of something distinct. It’s not a bad show. It follows everything as promised: Will Ferrell playing a brash underdog who refuses to retire. If that’s what everyone is in the mood for, it delivers. But if people are looking for something new from Will, they probably won’t find it here.
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