Hulu expands partnership with MGM, gets streaming rights to ‘Fargo’

It’s a season of giving -- or getting SVOD rights -- over at Hulu.

The subscription video on demand site is getting more friendly with MGM, closing a deal that expands its library of content from MGM’s portfolio of titles, including gaining exclusive streaming rights to this year’s critical favorite “Fargo.�

All 10-episode first season, which starred Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman, will be available to stream on Hulu in 2015. The anthology drama, which was renewed for a second installment on FX, is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, with MGM Television serving as the lead studio and worldwide distributor of the series.

In addition to “Fargo,� Hulu has also licensed from MGM every episode of History’s period drama “Vikings.�

Old favorites are also finding a home on the streaming site. The expanded SVOD deal also gives Hulu multiyear, nonexclusive licensing rights to many classic MGM titles -- totaling more than 1,500 episodes -- including sci-fi series “Stargate,� cult drama “Thirtysomething,� and nostalgic productions such as “Green Acres� and “The Addams Family,� as well as family and kids’ titles such as “All Dogs Go to Heaven.�

Hulu’s head of content, Craig Erwich, lauded its coup with the FX drama, which racked up a hefty 18 Emmy nominations this year and is a multi-Golden Globe nominee, and exulted that the “expanded partnership with MGM brings even more hit titles to Hulu.�

The deal follows Thursday’s announcement of Hulu’s multiyear pact with FX productions, which gives it exclusive SVOD rights to a selection of new and upcoming shows across FX Networks, including “Tyrant� and “You’re the Worst.�

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