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May 27, 2012

Here's the list of ABC shows coming to Hulu

by Mike Moody, posted Apr 30th 2009 2:16PM

abc lost hulu jackIt's official. I'll finally be able to watch Lost online for free without having to get up from the couch to click "Continue" after an ad plays on ABC.com.

Disney, owners of ABC and ABC Family, has become a joint venture partner and equity owner of Hulu.

That means a slew of ABC shows will be popping up on Hulu soon. Here's the list of ABC/ABC Family shows Disney reportedly plans to make available for free streaming on Hulu (ranked by awesomeness):

Lost
Scrubs
Ugly Betty
Desperate Housewives
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice
General Hospital
Greek
Less Than Perfect
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Commander in Chief
Hope & Faith
The View

It's a good start, but I hope they'll offer more from the back catalog soon. I'd love to see old eps of The Practice and Green Hornet show up on Hulu.

Disney also pans to offer select Disney Channel shows on Hulu, including Wizards of Waverly Place and Phineas and Ferb. (What? No Even Stevens!)

This news comes on the heels of a possible Hulu iPhone app for wi-fi and 3G. Being a consumer of mass TV quantities, I see nothing bad about these recent developments. (I'd give Hulu and Disney high-five if I could). The questions that do pop up are: Will CBS eventually join Hulu? What about the premium cable networks like HBO and Showtime? Is Hulu the right place to offer more mature shows like True Blood and Weeds?

Like most TV addicts, I'd love to see the premium cable shows streaming for free on Hulu. It was always a long-shot to begin with, but I doubt it'll happen now that Disney is in the mix. The site will now offer more family-friendly content, so it looks like we'll never get to see Sookie Stackhouse flirting with Vampire Bill on Hulu. But we will get to see Jack and Sawyer running away from Smokie! That seems good enough for now.

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Tobias

Awesome! I hate getting off my couch.

May 01 2009 at 4:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
stg

I actually found the ABC player better than CBS, which has a shitty player.

Anyways, I hope ABC and HULU bring back shows that that they canned early, aka shows which isn't LOST or geared towards chicks..eg...Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Carpoolers, Knights of prosperity, ICE, etc.

And enough with the disney crap, nobody's buying the whole christian family values anymore.

May 01 2009 at 3:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

Trecherous if you buy playon and use the playit plugin you can watch hulu ,cbs, and netflix through windows media center

May 01 2009 at 2:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nathaniel

This is excellent news, and I hope it tips the scales so CBS and the CW join in (would that give CBS an unfair control percentage, though?).

As for the international thing, Elisabeth, I'm sorry you don't get our streaming services, but this is primarily a blog about American television, so these stories are relevant.

April 30 2009 at 9:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Elisabeth

I've posted this before, and I'll post it again. If this is a blog that has "global" reach, then why do you keep talking about Hulu, which is only available in the US??? Let me say it again: I will not and do not care about Hulu until they allow non-US residents in.

As for Hulu taking over the world, that would be a little difficult under the circumstances, no?

April 30 2009 at 7:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

Sportscenter. Sportscenter. Sportscenter.

Please?

My biggest complaint with ABC's player was always the 'Click to Continue' button which would always be offscreen if you happened to put the window in the corner.

April 30 2009 at 7:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
K.

Even now, they don't fully appreciate Sports Night. Maybe it's out of embarrassment from the laugh track they shoved down Sorkin and Schlamme's throats in season 1.

April 30 2009 at 6:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
philly_phenom

Nice - sadly no Better off Ted...

April 30 2009 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bubbameister33

They really are trying to takeover the world.

April 30 2009 at 5:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

HBO, Showtime & the other pay channels should should set up a pay site or Hulu should or better yet add their programing to Netflix!

April 30 2009 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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