Chick-Fil-A is expanding its horizons beyond the kitchen and into the world of entertainment. The popular fast-food chain is gearing up to launch its own streaming platform, filled with original content designed to appeal to families.
According to Deadline, citing industry sources, Chick-Fil-A has been collaborating with prominent production companies to develop a slate of unscripted shows. In addition, the company is actively exploring licensing and acquisition deals to further bolster its content library.
We hear that this includes a family-friendly gameshow from Glassman Media, the company behind NBC’s The Wall, and Michael Sugar’s Sugar23, which is behind series such as Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. Deadline understands this show has been handed a ten-episode order.
Budgets on the unscripted side are believed to be in the range of $400,000 per half-hour. Sources told us the idea is to launch later this year and there’s also talk of scripted projects and animation.
Brian Gibson, who has worked on series including History’s Top Gear remake and Fox’s adaptation of The X Factor, is leading the programming charge and has been in talks with various producers.
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Steaming chickens.
Who knew?
Weren’t they very public ally anti GLBT a few years ago?
I think they would be pro GiBLeT. 😀
This has exactly WHAT to do with Apple?
It’s literally a direct competitor to Apple TV+, competing for consumers’ streaming subscription dollars, bless your heart.