BBC's 'Black Ops' Heads to Hulu with Season 2 on the Way

There's been a spate of worrying across the pond about the state of the TV comedy. There's a sense among those at the BBC that critics haven't given sitcoms their propers in quite a while, with fears that comedy could become an endangered form of entertainment. This is nonsense, of course, but there is a kernel of truth within these overblown proclamations: American streamers don't import British comedies the way they do dramas, and only a very few are willing to co-produce half-hour sitcoms from across the pond, as we have plenty of comedy at home, thanks*.

(*"Comedy at Home" being the superb Abbot Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, and Hacks. Obvs.)

However, Hulu (plus FX and the Disney+ UK arm) still believes the British comedy has a place in America, with series like Obituary and Extraordinary. Hulu also scooped up Such Brave Girls, the first TV series from writer Kat Sadler, which was part of the BBC's ambitious slate of commissions in 2023. The latter was successful enough to be renewed for a second season, and Hulu is returning to the well for another from that year's slate, Black Ops.