Netflix unveiled the first real teaser for The Hawk on May 13, 2026, setting up a July 16 global launch for Will Ferrell’s first television comedy. The 10-episode sports series stars Ferrell as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, a former golf great who still believes he is one stroke away from the game’s biggest comeback.

Hawkins is the kind of character built on denial and memory. He was 2004’s number one golfer, and the series follows him late in his career as he tries to recapture the form that once made him a force. Ferrell created and wrote the show with Chris Henchy, and Netflix is banking on a broad cast that includes Molly Shannon, Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver and David Hornsby.

The teaser arrives after an initial first look in March 2026, but this is the first real trailer to show the tone of the series. That matters because The Hawk is not just another sports comedy in a crowded field. It is Ferrell’s first TV comedy, and it lands in the middle of a wider golf-comedy moment after Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 last year helped keep the genre in the conversation.

Behind the camera, the project has a crowded executive producing lineup that includes Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions, along with Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue for T-Street. Chris Henchy, Harper Steele, David Gordon Green and Andrew Guest also executive produce. That kind of backing suggests Netflix sees more than a one-joke premise here: it is treating The Hawk as a full series launch rather than a novelty tied to Ferrell’s name.

The question now is not whether Ferrell can draw attention. The teaser has already done that. The real test comes on July 16, when viewers can see whether Lonnie Hawkins’ stubborn belief in one more miracle round can carry 10 episodes. Netflix is asking audiences to believe that a golfer who cannot let go of 2004 still has something left to say, and the show’s first trailer makes that gamble look deliberate.