FOX Entertainment Studios (FES) isn’t just investing in comedies, it is shaping what’s next in the genre. Emmy and Grammy nominated comedian, actor and director Bill Burr, along with his North Hill Productions, have entered into a first-look agreement with FOX Entertainment Studios (FES). This strategic partnership expands the studios’ comedy brand and will bring original comedic content to audiences, further cementing FES as a premiere destination for cutting-edge comedy. Under this partnership, Burr and Mike Bertolina will serve as executive producers and content originators for scripted and unscripted television for which FES will have first-look.

 

“Bill Burr is one of the boldest, most original voices in comedy, and teaming up with him and Mike Bertolina at North Hill is exactly the kind of move that defines our studio,” said Hannah Pillemer, Head of Scripted for FOX Entertainment Studios. “FOX has always been home for comedy that swings big, and at FES, we’re doubling down, championing creators with strong points of view who don’t play it safe. When our logo hits the screen, whatever the platform, we want audiences to instinctively think: daring, fresh and undeniably FOX.”

 

Founded in 2024 by Emmy and Grammy nominated comedian, actor and director Bill Burr, and his longtime business and producing partner Mike Bertolina, North Hill Productions is a production company with an emphasis on film and TV.  North Hill Productions’ first project was Burr’s 2025 one-hour Hulu stand-up special, Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years, which is nominated for two Emmy Awards.  North Hill is developing a half-hour comedy for FOX based on the life of the comedian, Earthquake, and has a development slate that spans multiple genres and media, including feature films, scripted and unscripted formats, animation and documentaries.

 

Burr and Bertolina have a long history producing together at All Things Comedy, the production company co-founded by Burr, which Bertolina led as President/CEO.  There they produced the feature films, Old Dads, written and directed by Bill Burr, and Drugstore June, starring Esther Povitsky, the feature documentary Patrice O'Neal: Killing is Easy, the Emmy-nominated dark-comedy sketch show Immoral Compass currently on Roku, as well as many standup specials for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Comedy Central.

 

Burr and Bertolina are repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, WME and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

 

FOX Entertainment Studios division includes its in-house unscripted studio with hits The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune, and its scripted content studio, featuring comedies Animal Control, Going Dutchand Best Medicine and signature drama series The Faithful, The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters. The unit also oversees the award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment with animated comedies including Krapopolis, Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel and Universal Basic Guys; entertainment platform TMZ with its tentpole primetime series TMZ Investigates; its new independent film label Tideline Entertainment with award-winning releases including Ponyboi and Slanted, which were featured at Sundance and SXSW, respectively; and the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global in partnership with iconic chef Gordon Ramsay, featuring food-themed original series on FOX such as Next Level Chef, Kitchen Nightmares and Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, as well as the new next-gen global food brand and entertainment platform Bite, No Taste Like Home on Disney+, Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars coming this fall on Apple+ and a new untitled Gordon Ramsay documentary series on Netflix in early 2026.

 

As a global content creator and production partner, FOX Entertainment Studios collaborates with studios and platforms worldwide, including Disney, Hulu, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony Pictures Television, Prime Video, Netflix, Apple+, Hallmark, Lifetime, TelevisaUnivision, UK’s Channel 4, France’s TF1, German’s ProSieben, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia’s Foxtel and FOX-owned streamer Tubi, among others.