RECENTLY VIEWED: THE HAWK

Okay, I am a huge Will Ferrell fan. I have watched most of his movies, and I have liked the majority of them. However like other comedians like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey, his schtick starts to get old. I recently watched his 10 episode comedy on Netflix called The Hawk. It is ok - just ok. The Hawk was created by Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, and Chris Henchy, and starring Ferrell and Molly Shannon. It premiered on Netflix on July 16, 2026.

The plot is simple. Lonnie "The Hawk" Hawkins, a washed-up, former No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, looks to recapture his magic and win the U.S. Open to complete the Career Grand Slam. Will Ferrell plays yet another version of his washed up athlete personna. Molly Shannon as Will's wife was the standout. That funny lady can do anything. Pretty much all of the cast was better than Will Ferrell was.

On April 19, 2023, it was announced that a comedy series about "a professional golfer who becomes the face of a controversial new league competing with the PGA Tour starring Will Ferrell, was in development at Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum's Gloria Sanchez Productions and Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman's T-Street Productions.

On May 15, 2024, the series was given the title Golf, and it was announced that the series would be co-created by Ferrell, Ramy Youssef, and Josh Rabinowitz, and would star Ferrell and Youssef. The series would be executive produced by Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Alix Taylor through Gloria Sanchez Productions, Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, and Nena Rodrigue through T-Street Productions, Youssef and Andy Campagna for Cairo Cowboy, and Rabinowitz.

On August 5, 2025, it was reported that Molly Shannon had joined the series, with Youssef and Rabinowitz having left the project the previous year due to creative differences.  In September 2025, Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver, and David Hornsby joined the cast. In March 2026, Netflix announced that the series was retitled The Hawk.

I smiled a few times and laughed out loud once. As much as I didn't think this series was funny, I still was drawn to the story, and the show kept me watching for 10 episodes. I'm not sure why The Hawk wasn't funnier. Maybe Will Ferrell looked bored in the role. Maybe the laughes just weren't there. The Hawk wasn't a bad show but it wasn't good either. As a fan of Will Ferrell I expected more...

MY RATING: 6 out of 10