Scripted series · HBO
Eastbound & Down
Every kid has a baseball player to look up to. Kenny Powers is not that guy.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Danny McBride
Kenny Powers
29 eps
Steve Little
Stevie Janowski
29 eps
Ana de la Reguera
Vida
6 eps
Ben Best
Clegg
8 eps
Andy Daly
Terrence Cutler
10 eps
Ike Barinholtz
Ivan Dochenko
6 eps
John Hawkes
Dustin Powers
16 eps
Jennifer Irwin
Cassie Powers
16 eps
Katy Mixon
April Buchanon
20 eps
Rhoda Griffis
The Teacher
1 eps
Raiko Bowman
Woman On Boardwalk
1 eps
Chandler Massey
Pliny Caldwell
1 eps
Simon Rhee
Sensei
1 eps
Marlene Forte
Soledad
1 eps
Joaquín Cosío
Hector
3 eps
Jody Hill
Andrew, Pat Anderson's Sponsor
1 eps
Deep Roy
Aaron
3 eps
Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo
Announcer
5 eps
Efren Ramirez
Catuey
6 eps
Marco Rodríguez
Roger Hernandez
6 eps
Michael Peña
Mr. Cisneros
5 eps
Joe Buck
Joe Buck
1 eps
Gina Gershon
Realtor
1 eps
Adam Scott
Pat Anderson
2 eps
Sylvia Jefferies
Tracy
5 eps
Shannon Eubanks
Donna Schaeffer
1 eps
Jill Jane Clements
Shane's Mom
1 eps
Megan Hayes
Gloria
1 eps
Tim Ware
Shane's Dad
1 eps
Alisa Harris
Brenda
2 eps
Robin Mullins
Bobbi
1 eps
Craig Robinson
Reg Mackworthy
4 eps
Will Ferrell
Ashley Schaeffer
5 eps
Don Johnson
Eduardo Sanchez
5 eps
Jason Sudeikis
Shane Gerald
6 eps
Erick Chavarria
Casper
4 eps
Matthew McConaughey
Roy McDaniel
3 eps
Seth Rogen
Texas Pitcher
1 eps
Alex ter Avest
Andrea
5 eps
Amber Brooke
Kate
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Eastbound & Down actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Eastbound & Down reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 29 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200916 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20096 episodes
7.6IMDbFormer pitcher Kenny Powers finds himself out of baseball and reduced to teaching Phys Ed at the North Carolina school he once attended. Wreaking havoc both at school and at the home of his brother Dustin where he crashes, the loutish, foul-mouthed Kenny plots his return to the majors . . . while trying to win back his former high-school squeeze April, now a teacher engaged to principal Terrence Cutler.
Best episode · S01E05 Chapter 5
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20107 episodes
7.6IMDbSpurned by the big leagues and humiliated in his own hometown, Kenny Powers is heading south of the border to lick his wounds--and plot a comeback that might just land him back in the spotlight. In the wake of a bogus pitching offer, Kenny takes up residence in a small Mexican town and prepares to fashion a comeback scenario that involves a local baseball team and its filthy-rich owner.
Best episode · S02E07 Chapter 13
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20128 episodes
8.6IMDbPicking up one year after Season Two, Kenny brings his boorish behavior to Myrtle Beach, SC and somehow resurrects his baseball career as the closer for the minor-league Myrtle Beach Mermen. Even as he postures himself as the new King of Myrtle Beach, Kenny struggles to come to terms with growing older, both in his personal life, and professionally with the arrival of some talented up-and-comers on the team.
Best episode · S03E08 Chapter 21
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20138 episodes
7.7IMDbTaking place several years after he made it back to the majors only to fake his death and head home, Season 4 finds Kenny a new man: working at a car-rental outlet, dabbling in screenwriting, attempting to enjoy couples nights. The vices of his playing days are a thing of the past...until Kenny runs into former teammates and current talk-show host Guy Young who convinces Kenny to get back in the game as a celebrity "titan" who deserves greatness and the lifestyle of the rich, famous and arrogant.
Best episode · S04E06 Chapter 27
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E06
Chapter 27
Kenny is rattled when Guy introduces a wildcard to the show; Stevie enlists Maria's help to promote Kenny's side business; April is frustrated with "Famous Kenny".
- Directed by David Gordon Green
S04E02
Chapter 23
Kenny visits Guy Young to discuss a career change, and tries to convince Stevie to rejoin the Powers team.
S01E03
Chapter 3
Stevie gets a scoop on Kenny's possible competition when he hears of a promising young high school pitcher. Cassie wants to sell off all of Kenny's baseball memorabilia on the computer. Meanwhile, Kenny makes a commitment to a new exercise regimen.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
S01E04
Chapter 4
Kenny attends a BBQ at April and Terrence's house where his romantic feelings for April intensify. Later, Stevie puts together a DVD of Kenny's greatest moments in the hopes that the major leagues will notice.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
S04E03
Chapter 24
Kenny takes his family and friends on a trip to the local water park.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
S04E01
Chapter 22
In the Season 4 premiere, Kenny Powers is now a family man—with his wife, April, two little kids and a home in the suburbs—but a night out with a former teammate and current TV star has him yearning to get back in the limelight.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Will FerrellProducer
- Adam McKayProducer
- Danny McBrideProducer
- Chris HenchyProducer
- Jody HillProducer
Writing
- Ben BestWriter
- Danny McBrideWriter
- Jody HillWriter
Direction
- Adam McKayDirector
- David Gordon GreenDirector
- Jody HillDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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