'Kids in the Hall' revival coming to Amazon Prime Video

Amazon announced Thursday that the sketch comedy series “Kids in the Hall” will return as an eight-episode Amazon original series.

The series, which premiered in 1989, will star the original Canadian comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. All of the original “Kids” will be reprising fan-favorite characters for the series.

The series will be executive produced by “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels.

“Even after 30 years, ‘The Kids in the Hall’ has retained its brilliance and originality. We are happy to be bringing back all of the original ‘Kids’ for the new series,” said Michaels.

A release date has not been announced.

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