Hulu did, however, get a boon last month with its new drama “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Though streaming services do not release viewership
figures — making it difficult to know if a show is broadly popular — the show has received nearly universal praise from critics.
Hulu has been ramping up its original programming slate — Jeff Daniels
and Alec Baldwin have signed up for its “Looming Tower” project about Sept. 11 and Stephen King and J. J. Abrams are teaming up for an anthology series — just as it introduced a live TV service a week ago
Hulu Names Its First Chief Content Officer -
By JOHN KOBLINMAY 10, 2017
Hulu announced on Wednesday that Joel Stillerman, AMC’s longtime head of programming,
would become the streaming service’s first chief content officer.
Hulu is owned by several media companies — Comcast, 21st Century Fox, Time Warner and Disney each have a stake — and several entertainment executives noted
that its unusual ownership structure made this new job a bit tricky to sell.
He was involved with the later seasons of “Mad Men”
and “Breaking Bad” and then helped the network make the transition to a new era by bringing hits like “The Walking Dead,” “Better Call Saul” and “Into the Badlands” to life.