AMC Networks' IFC To Premiere 'Hullraisers' with Sundance Now

As noted in our end-of-year streaming service round-up, looking forward to 2023, AMC Networks is changing how it approaches the streaming business. Unlike some of its competitors, like FX, it does not have a massive monopoly company behind it. Also, it did not create a single monolith destination for its content like HBO Max or Peacock. Instead, it created a network of smaller niche services, from Acorn TV to Sundance Now, each of which is programmed to aim at different audiences.

But unfortunately, that model is not working, and the massive overhaul at the top of AMCN suggested things were about to change fast. As noted in mid-January, one of the first moves was to start splashing programming across the multiple networks and streamers available for headline debuts. Mayfair Witches, for example, is debuting on four different services and two cable channels. Happy Valley's final season is also going from an AMC+ exclusive to an Acorn TV/AMC+/BBC America triple debut.

However, this merely heralds a new standard of programming debuts, as previously announced Sundance Now program SisterS and newly acquired series Hullraisers will be debuting simultaneously on the IFC streaming service and Sundance and probably AMC+ as well. Both series, billed as comedies, will be part of the spring 2023 debut slate for AMC Network's streaming services, with Hullraisers hitting the two services in April and SisterS arriving in May.