Chick-fil-A is launching a streaming service and the internet is bawking at the idea

Dinner and a movie? Chick-fil-A apparently wants to be your one-stop shop.

On Aug. 21, Deadline  that the fast-food chain, known for its chicken sandwiches and , is launching its own streaming platform along with a slate of original programming.

Chick-fil-A has been reportedly working with “a number of major production companies” to create “family-friendly” shows, many of which will be reality TV, and is also in talks to license and acquire content. Discussions of scripted content and animation are also apparently on the table.

According to Deadline, this includes a family-friendly game show from the company behind 온라인카지노사이트’s “The Wall,” as well as , the same production company behind series including “13 Reasons Why,” “The OA” and “True Detective.” Deadline reports that the Sugar23-produced show has secured a 10-episode order.

Sources tell Deadline that the chain is thinking of a late 2024 launch.

Chick-fil-A declined TODAY.com’s request for comment.

But this isn’t the first time Chick-fil-A has gone down this programming path: In 2021, it produced a series of short, animated films called “.”

Plus, Chick-fil-A is owned by the Cathy family, whose independently managed trust . The studio frequently works with Marvel and is where “WandaVision,” “Loki” and “Ant-Man” were filmed.

Social media users, as you can imagine, had plenty of thoughts on the chicken chain’s latest venture into entertainment.

“Wait what,”  one Instagram commenter, mirroring the surprise felt by many other commenters.

“Stream what? Shows about religion?”  another. (For context, Chick-fil-A’s founder S. Truett Cathy’s devout Christian beliefs have  many of the company’s values.)

“No because you’ll be off the air on Sundays,”  another Instagram user, wondering if the chain’s streaming service will mirror its restaurants’ .

“Lemme guess, it’s all Chick Flicks?”  one more.

“And it’s a Chick-Fil-A original movie, Liz”

— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar)

“And it’s a Chick-Fil-A original movie, Liz,”  one user on X along with a picture of “30 Rock” character Jenna Maroney Jane Krakowski), an actor who ,  and commercials.

“If Chik-fil-a can afford to spend millions of dollars on a streaming platform, they can afford to pay their workers a living wage,”  another X user. (Chick-fil-A restaurants are individually owned and operated by franchisees; the average hourly rate for an employee is .)

“I can see this as a cross between the hallmark channel and a worship network,”  one Reddit user. “As long as they’re not publicly traded they can do whatever they want with their money.”

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