Not content to let Netflix be the only major original content investor around, Hulu has announced four more original series. The new shows will bring Hulu’s total of new shows launched in 2013 to 20.

According to Home Media Magazine, Hulu’s new crop of shows will include “’Run’ (Aug. 20), a powerful four-part drama about inner city life starring Olivia Colman (“Rev”) and Lennie James (“The Walking Dead”), ‘Fugget About It’ (Oct. 13), an animated sitcom about the misadventures of Jimmy Falcone, a former mob boss who enters witness protection in small-town Canada, and ‘The Strange Calls’ (Oct. 19), about bizarre late-night phone calls in a place where people turn to chickens, and mermen go to the school dance.”

CEO Andy Forssell said the following about the new series launch:

“You can expect to see our number of first-run titles double in the next couple of years as we find more and more great shows to engage and excite viewers,”

With Hulu’s owners deciding to hang onto the service and double down on new content, will we see Hulu emerge as a stronger threat to Netflix?

[via Home Media Magazine]