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Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost

The fast-food company is launching its own slate of original content including a gameshow from Glassman Media and Sugar23.

deadline.com

Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost​

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EXCLUSIVE: Chick-Fil-A is moving aggressively into the entertainment space with plans to launch a slate of originals for its own streaming platform.

Deadline understands that the fast-food firm has been working with a number of major production companies, including some of the studios, to create family-friendly shows, particularly in the unscripted space. It is also in talks to license and acquire content.

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.

Chick-Fil-A, known for its fried chicken sandwiches, is the latest company outside of the entertainment industry to move into making its own originals. It joins the likes of Lyft, which has produced shows such as Lucky Lyft, a game show hosted by Bob The Drag Queen, and Airbnb, which previously produced documentary Gay Chorus Deep South that aired on MTV.

Chick-Fil-A, which operates over 3,000 restaurants in the U.S., has previously produced content for its own site before including Stories of Evergreen Hills, a series of short, animated films. It has also diversified into other areas such as making children’s puzzles and games under its Pennycake brand.

One source told Deadline that it was a positive move for the reality TV industry, which has been struggling in recent years, and another source added it was a good opportunity, comparing it to branded content. Chick-Fil-A declined to comment.
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[Dacvak]

 

[Alex Anderson]

Good cluck.

 

[Alex Anderson]

I swear, I read the whole article before posting.

 

[March Climber]

Reality TV makes hundreds of millions in revenue over traditional TV, but they are overshadowed on most streaming services by the traditional big stuff when logging into an app. If someone were to make an app where you are not only seeing only Reality TV when logging in, but you are also up to date on new reality TV offerings, I could see the potential in earning money there.

The worst that could happen is they crash and burn like Dramafever (they tried to make a streaming app full of only K-drama and J-drama).

 

[digital_ghost]

What the Cluck?

Are what Chick Fil A's executives are going to say when they lose a shit ton of money.

 

[Alex Anderson]

Sorry to derail but does anyone else remember when the chick fil a sandwich cost half as much and the patty was twice as big?

 

[T8SC]

 

[EviLore]

Sorry to derail but does anyone else remember when the chick fil a sandwich cost half as much and the patty was twice as big?

Back in the olden days of 2020 when all food cost half as much, yes.

 

[kruis]

What if it's all a front for a drugs operation?

 

[jason10mm]

Man, this is gonna have the hottest most pure chicks on TV

 

[BlackTron]

It does work on Sunday, right?

 

[AJUMP23]

Hopefully it is just all shows about cows.

 

[digital_ghost]

It does work on Sunday, right?

Yes, The Lord's work.

Watching Hot Chick's and Farmer Hoes.

 

[BlackTron]

It's your time to shine Little Chicken . I know there's NDA but I'm trying to guess which part you got for the show anyway.

Spoiler

Breast or thigh?

 

[reinking]

I guess they have too much money and need to burn through some of it.

 

[ReBurn]

It does work on Sunday, right?

No they're going to do like they used to do when Nickelodeon went off the air and broadcast the playboy channel until sunrise on Monday.

 

[BlackTron]

No they're going to do like they used to do when Nickelodeon went off the air and broadcast the playboy channel until sunrise on Monday.

Makes sense because chick fil a doesn't think their rules apply to sex workers and it's everyone's day off anyway

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Because subscription.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I love Chick-Fil-A so much that I would give it a try despite it being complete nonsense.

 

[Doom85]

Chick-fil-A: Fuck using our profits to maybe lower prices a bit for our consumers (which might pressure other fast food chains to do the same), let’s make some television barely anyone will watch!

 

[EviLore]

Chick-fil-A: Fuck using our profits to maybe lower prices a bit for our consumers (which might pressure other fast food chains to do the same), let’s make some television barely anyone will watch!

The goal of a business is not to lower prices to the point where they don't generate any profit. That serves no purpose other than operating as a charity for consumers, and is unsustainable in the long run. If you can make a lot of money while remaining competitive and satisfying your customers, you should make that money.

A large company artificially reducing prices to put pressure on competitors is generally considered to be an anti-competitive business practice that drives small businesses out of the market entirely, since they can't operate at a loss at individual locations to remain competitive, while the big players can. E.g., Walmart kills its small business competitors in local economies with this strategy.

It is definitely a weird play for a fast food company to enter an already heavily saturated streaming service market, though, yes, and could be a waste of resources. But Chick-Fil-A apparently sees an opportunity to market to its family-oriented customers. We'll see!

 

[Doom85]

The goal of a business is not to lower prices to the point where they don't generate any profit. That serves no purpose other than operating as a charity for consumers, and is unsustainable in the long run. If you can make a lot of money while remaining competitive and satisfying your customers, you should make that money.

A large company artificially reducing prices to put pressure on competitors is generally considered to be an anti-competitive business practice that drives small businesses out of the market entirely, since they can't operate at a loss at individual locations to remain competitive, while the big players can. E.g., Walmart kills its small business competitors in local economies with this strategy.

It is definitely a weird play for a fast food company to enter an already heavily saturated streaming service market, though, yes, and could be a waste of resources. But Chick-Fil-A apparently sees an opportunity to market to its family-oriented customers. We'll see!

I have some differing opinions about the profit aspect, but let’s not derail the thread. Hopefully if the streaming service does fail (which seems likely, the streaming market is too crowded as it is), they won’t stubbornly hold on longer than they should but rather abandon ship. I’m sure they have enough money that it wouldn’t greatly hurt their company, but still hopefully they don’t overplay their hand here and wind up losing a lot of cash.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[Mistake]

(2074 at the chic-fil-a museum)
"Here you can see we started as a humble, christian, chicken sandwich restaurant. Now we own lots of entertainment platforms such as pornhub and smutbook. We produce quality shows including "oops my vagina" and "that ain't my baby.""

 

[near]

What a strange revenue stream for a fast food franchise to venture into, I also didn’t know they made children’s puzzle games. For all the money they have it’s still a shame they failed to open a branch here in the UK.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Chick-fil-A: Fuck using our profits to maybe lower prices a bit for our consumers (which might pressure other fast food chains to do the same), let’s make some television barely anyone will watch!

They could improve the product, or the wages of their staff instead. Obviously, fuck that though.

 

[EviLore]

They could improve the product, or the wages of their staff instead. Obviously, fuck that though.

The product is already widely loved and already has a R&D budget allocated, and wages are already significantly above average for the fast food industry.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Cyberpunk 2077 is becoming a reality faster than I imagined.

 

[Xyphie]

Call it Chickflix and run Mean Girls on repeat 24/7.

 

[TheUsual]

Demolition Man predicted the Franchise Wars but couldn't predict it would be Chik-Fil-A who would initiate it.

 

[Days like these...]

If you think about it from Chick-fil-A's perspective it makes sense because Jesus chicken™ alone isn't going to shift America toward a more Christian nation. If we're lucky we'll get some televangelists preaching prosperity gospel in the mix

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

Sorry to derail but does anyone else remember when the chick fil a sandwich cost half as much and the patty was twice as big?

I've been eating at chick fila for over 20 years the patty was never twice as big. But sure, inflation's killing.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Demolition Man predicted the Franchise Wars but couldn't predict it would be Chik-Fil-A who would initiate it.

Is there a movie that predicts streaming in the future?

Lost in Space with Joey Tribbiani comes to mind.

 

[jason10mm]

Is there a movie that predicts streaming in the future?

Lost in Space with Joey Tribbiani comes to mind.

Fifth Element certainly captures how annoying "live streaming" influencers can be...

fuuuck, now I wanna watch Fifth Element again....

 

[Codes 208]

Will it work on sundays though?

 

[digital_ghost]

I've been eating at chick fila for over 20 years the patty was never twice as big. But sure, inflation's killing.

That chick is huge.

 

[BadBurger]

They're going to have to go toe to toe with HBO Discovery.

 

[Days like these...]

This is some real dystopian shit and quite possibly the most American thing ever.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Man, this is gonna have the hottest most pure chicks on TV

Indeed, Hallmark Channel has the best women and I expect this to follow

including the queen of Hallmark herself

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Fifth Element certainly captures how annoying "live streaming" influencers can be...

Good point.

 

[RoboFu]

I'll try it for some free sandwiches for a month.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Indeed, Hallmark Channel has the best women and I expect this to follow

including the queen of Hallmark herself

Those Hallmark Christmas movies are pure feel-good slop. I love em.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Sorry to derail but does anyone else remember when the chick fil a sandwich cost half as much and the patty was twice as big?

Half of the $5 they cost now? Idk, the late 80’s/early 90’s?

Also, Kevin Corbo and Kirk Cameron about to get a lot of work in trash religious content

 

[SlimySnake]

Sorry to derail but does anyone else remember when the chick fil a sandwich cost half as much and the patty was twice as big?

prices looked the same to me. its the other fast food resutrants that have increased their prices.

but i had a really tiny spicy chicken patty the other day and i was like wtf happened here. i remember them popping out of the sandwich they used to be so big. really hoping it was a one off thing.