Bob's Burgers Holiday Short Premieres on Hulu
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- "On the Fort Day of Christmas" is Bob's Burgers' first original streaming-exclusive short, premiering on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally in most markets during the holiday season
- Creator Loren Bouchard announced the short at Saturday's Bob's Burgers San Diego Comic-Con panel alongside cast members H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and Supervising Director Bernard Derriman
- The short's plot finds the Belcher kids building a record-breaking snow fort after a record-breaking Christmas snowstorm hits their seaside New Jersey town
- Bob's Burgers becomes the third 20th Television Animation Fox comedy — after The Simpsons and Family Guy — to produce original content exclusively for Disney's streaming platforms
- The trend's context: Fox began ordering shorter broadcast seasons a couple of years ago, and 20th TV Animation kept annual output steady by diverting surplus episodes to Disney+ and Hulu, with The Simpsons' "Simpsley" dropping July 3 and "Yellow Mirror" on Aug. 26, plus Family Guy's recent Halloween and Christmas specials
- Season 17 of Bob's Burgers debuts on Fox in midseason 2027 and will stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S.
Why it matters: Bob's Burgers joining The Simpsons and Family Guy on Disney's streaming-exclusive track signals 20th TV Animation's full conversion to a dual broadcast-plus-streaming model, with Fox ordering shorter seasons and the studio routing surplus episodes — including this holiday short — to Hulu and Disney+ rather than trimming total output.
