RIP: Hulu! The streaming service goes dark at the end of the year.

[thewayne]

Disney is shuttering Hulu. They're migrating its content to Disney Star, which is apparently its home for more adult-themed content.

Hulu began almost twenty years ago in 2007 as one of the older streaming services. But, of course, Disney can't leave good enough alone and has got to absorb it into its own branding. We began watching Hulu a while back with Only Murders In The Building and a couple of other shows, but we haven't been watching much in the way of television of late. I've been wanting to cut down on our streaming subscriptions, and ABC/Disney cancelling Kimmel was a good excuse. Their bringing him back wasn't nearly enough for me to consider paying again for a service that we don't watch enough.

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2025/10/disney-to-officially-shut-down-hulu-after-20-years.html

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, no!

I only watch Hulu once in a blue moon. I mean, we watch The Bear and Futurama on there, and I loved being able to see all of Twelve Monkeys. But it's not a regular streaming service for us. Great for stuff that isn't streaming elsewhere.

HalfshellHusband, though... what will he do without daily access to the Colin Firth "Pride And Prejudice"? Admittedly, he watches it over lunch when he knows he'll nod off and won't miss much. But he's pretty attached to it!

[thewayne]

The content will still be there, just under Disney's Star-branded streaming service. Since Disney owns Star, I expect they'll be moving subscriptions over unless you opt out.

[halfshellvenus]

It's the fear of eventually being forced over to a Disney subscription that I worry about. There's almost nothing I want to see on Disney, and I'm pretty unhappy with them right now.

Also mad at Paramount+ over the Stephen Colbert thing and the self-censorship, even though I really want to see S3 of Strange New Worlds and S2 of School Spirits.

Did you see the Barbie movie? There was a blip in there where it showed components of a lifestyle "rut", and one of the things that flashed by was that version of Pride and Prejudice. I went to see it with our son, and LOLed at that part. The rest of the theater must have thought we were nuts.

[thewayne]

LOVED the Barbie movie!  Saw it in the theater, but couldn't get Russet to go.  Eventually got her to watch it with me on DVD and she really enjoyed it.