Burr’s next comedy special, which was taped in June at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, will air on Hulu as part of the Hulu’s Laughing Now banner.
He joins Jim Gaffigan, whose special The Skinny, will kick off the push on November 22. The plan is to have 12 specials across the year with one launching each month.
Deadline understands that Hulu is also in talks with other big names and is close to other deals.
Hulu’s move comes after Netflix somewhat cornered the stand-up comedy market, paying big money to launch
specials from the likes of Chris Rock, Hannah Gadsby, Pete Davidson, Katt Williams as well as its most recent
special, Hannah Berner: We Ride At Dawn. It also launched The Roast of Tom Brady, which aired during the Netflix is a
Joke festival, and recently announced an upcoming special from controversial podcaster Joe Rogan.
Others such as Amazon have also been active in the space with the Jeff Bezos-run company launching specials from
the likes of Marlon Wayans, and Sam Morrill, whose You’ve Changed special launched earlier this week. Max recently launched specials from the likes of
Hannah Einbinder and Ramy Youssef, while Peacock got in the game with specials such as Chris Fleming: Hell.
He has spent this year touring his Bill Burr Live show, having become the first comedian to perform at the 5,000-seat ancient Roman amphitheater, The Odeon
of Herodes Atticus in Athens last year and the first comedian to perform at Fenway Park with his show in 2022.
Burr has also starred in Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix film Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, his film Old Dads launched on Netflix last October and has appeared in Leo alongside Adam Sandler and The
King of Staten Island alongside Pete Davidson. TV roles have included The Mandalorian and Reservation Dogs.