Chick-fil-A Streaming Service

Submission 1,276

About

Chick-fil-A Streaming Service refers to reports that the fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A will launch a video streaming platform and begin producing original content. The news was reported by Deadline in late August 2024, with the report claiming that the company will focus on family-friendly and largely unscripted products, including a gameshow that reportedly received a 10-episode order. The news inspired memes and reactions online shortly after, many focusing on the perceived absurdity of a fast-food company entering the entertainment media space.

History

On August 21st, 2024, Deadline^[1] reported on claims that Chick-fil-A will launch its own streaming service for original and licensed content. The report claims that the yet-unnamed service will focus on family-friendly, unscripted series. It also claims that a gameshow from the producers of The Wall was picked up for a 10-episode deal and that budgets for the unscripted works were "in the range of $400,000 per half-hour."

The report was shared in the media and by several X^[2]^[3] / Twitter accounts that day, including the @DEADLINE X page and @DiscussingFilm, the latter gaining over 20,000 likes and 4,000 reposts in a day.

Online Presence

The news inspired memes and reactions online highlighting the perceived absurdity of Chick-fil-A starting a streaming service. On August 21st, 2024, X^[4] user @TomZohar posted an image of Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock captioned, "'And it’s a Chick-Fil-A original movie, Liz,'" garnering over 38,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Also on August 21st, X^[5] user @dumbbitchskeet posted a response to Deadline's X post sharing a clip from a podcast where the hose jokes about General Mills starting a streaming service, garnering over 1,200 likes in a day. X^[6] user @bigfatmoosepssy replied with screenshots of the film Sunday School Musical, joking about how the Chick-fil-A brand is known to espouse Christian values, garnering over 5,000 likes in a day (shown below).