Letterkenny is back! Hulu just announced season seven of the TV show will debut in October.
The Canadian comedy series “revolves around the dustups Wayne (Jared Keeso) and his pals get into with their small-town rivals. For the hicks, skids and hockey players of Letterkenny, getting your ass kicked is a legitimate concern on a day-to-day basis.”
In addition to the premiere date, Hulu announced they’ve acquired the U.S. streaming rights to Letterkenny and all future seasons. Season seven debuts on October 14th.
Read more info below:
Santa Monica, CA (June 6, 2019) – Hulu announced that following the acquisition of award-winning Canadian fan favorite and Crave Original comedy series Letterkenny, the show will return as a Hulu Original. In a new licensed deal with New Metric Media and DHX Media, Hulu will now have exclusive U.S. streaming rights to all upcoming seasons of the series. Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the half-hour comedy revolves around the dustups Wayne (Keeso) and his pals get into with their small-town rivals. For the hicks, skids and hockey players of Letterkenny, getting your ass kicked is a legitimate concern on a day-to-day basis. In the upcoming six-episode seventh season premiering Monday, October 14, the Hicks start an agricultural call-in show. Fans can still binge the first six seasons of Letterkennyon Hulu, now under the new Hulu Original moniker.
“We know from the current success of our Original comedy series’Ramy, ShrillandPen15thatoursubs
cribers are looking for hilarious, unique and engaging programming,” said Hulu’s Senior Vice President of Originals, Craig Erwich. “Letterkenny checks all of these boxes and then some. Since we first premiered season one last summer, the fan-following and conversation around the series has gained exciting momentum. We’re proud to have the show join the Hulu family.” In addition to Wayne (Keeso),Key residents of Letterkenny are Daryl (Nathan Dales), Wayne’s free-spirited younger sister Katy (Michelle Mylett), and Wayne’s buddy, Dan (K Trevor Wilson) – while Dylan Playfair and Andrew Herrare are Hockey Players Jonesy and Reilly. Tyler Johnston and Evan Sternare Skids Stewart and Roald, Mark Forward is the temperamental Coach, and Tiio Horn is the badass leader of The Natives, Tanis.
Hulu kicks off this new agreement by bringingLetterkennycast and creators to the Austin Television Festival (ATX) on June 9thfor a special sneak-peek of the new season. Additionally, starting June 20ththe cast of the award-winning comedy series are bringing the “LETTERKENNY LIVE!” tour for the first time ever south of the border to New York, Chicago and Minneapolis.
Letterkenny is produced by New Metric Media, in partnership with DHX Media and Playfun Games in association with Bell Media, with the participation of Canadian Media Fund, OMDC Tax Credits and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and distributed by DHX Media & New Metric Media.Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company.Jared Keeso is executive producer, co-writer, star, and creator, Jacob Tierney is executive producer, director, and co-writer and Mark Montefiore is executive producer for New Metric Media. Sarah Fowlie is Director, Original Programming, Comedy, Bell Media. Production Executive for Bell Media is Chris Kelley. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Original Programming, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is President, Content and Programming, Bell Media. Randy Lennox is President, Bell Media.”
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