Norvella Ihm

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| map-marker Dallas, Texas

Can’t find football game.

With all of the sports selections the didnt even have a football section for NFL games. Cant seem to be able to watch games in the future.

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User's recommendation: Get another form of network. Can’t understand the person. Heavy accent. Didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Left me on hold for a long time. I finally just hung up the phone.

Anonymous

Hulu freezes after commercials

It's bad enough that Hulu makes me watch the same commercials during every break of every show, but now the app freezes after each commercial break. I have to turn off the TV, turn it back on, restart Hulu, restart the show, and re-watch the commercials.

Then maybe I get to see the next segment of the show. This stinks. I'm almost ready to go back to cable. And that's saying something.

( i'm using Hulu on a Vizio TV, hardwired, with excellent broadband service. It's Hulu, not me.)

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Reason of review:
Bad quality
363 comments
Guest

I'm having the same problem as well. They act as if they never heard of this before.

But, now that I'm reading the reviews I see that I'm not alone. I'm getting rid of this app!!!!

No help at customer service and the promised call backs never happen. Just horrible!!!!!!!!!

Guest

I have not been able go connect either! It is over and over i have been calling.. Absolute worst T jaffers

Frank A Zdc

Same here. I cancelled yesterday after it locked up during the final seocnds of NCAA tournament game - yet another one of their problems.

Guest

The same thing happens on one of our tvs

Donald M Opu

Hulu jacks up the volume when the commercials come on. VERY ANNOYING!

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Guest

Hulu continues to raise their prices while their services continues to decline, they don't offer their customers any resolution and contacting them is extremely difficult. Time to search for new streaming service

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I agree that hulu is constantly raising their prices for sucky services At times you are lucky to get through an entire movie or television show without the service freezing. Shameful.

Guest
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Dropped Live for basic $14 plan. I do not need ESPN and Disney.

Guest

The "Hulu Freeze" continues. Someone from Hulu six months ago actually had the balls to simply post: "This sounds like behavior that our teams are currently looking into?" Guess what?

You failed. Are failing. No fix yet. Are y'all still working on it?

What seems to be the problem? Why isn't my $64.99 a month paying for new coders, because the ones you have now apparently are incompetent? How 'bout an update? I am giving you an update.

The comments are giving you an update. My Hulu freezes all the time. Commercials, between shows, in the middle of an amazing finish to a sporting event.

They know that the "uninstall and reinstall" the app instructions is a smokescreen to say "we do not know what the *** we are doing." Dumping Hulu again. If Hulu is the model for "streaming is the future," give me back my coaxial cable.

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Matt H Bvp

The new interface is wretched

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I canceled after being forced to use the new interface. It's difficult to navigate and has removed many of the features that made the old Hulu interface so user friendly.

Autoplay will play shows you do not want to watch. Your watchlist is difficult to find and no longer allows you to find your unwatched shows at the top of the list. It is VERY easy to find shows that you do not want to watch, as Hulu will shove them down your throat on every screen. What you won't see?

Your stuff.

People have been complaining about this for months after they were forced to use this UI on other devices...but Hulu pushed it anyway.

I am not paying for a service that ignores it's customers and, because of that, has no clue what they want.

0/10. Bye bye!

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Loss:
$11
Pros:
  • Old hulu
  • Some shows
Cons:
  • New ui
  • Hulu does not respond to its own feedback site
Reason of review:
bad UI

Preferred solution: Restore the previous UI.

117 comments
Guest

I can't stand it, Hulu used to be great, easy navigation. Now it skips down over my stuff that I've been watching..

what the *** Why did you mess it up? Where's my stuff?

Guest
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Terrible interface &user experience. Why hide the show that I started “

Guest

I used to love Hulu. I seldom use it now because it's so difficult and time consuming to find anything to watch.

Who wants to scroll endlessly to the right?

Not having to do that was why I used Hulu, as opposed to Netflix and Amazon Prime, in the first place. Disappointed.

Guest

Absolutely agree, I hate this new layout and find I almost don't use Hula at all now. As soon as my daughter is done with the series she is watching I will likely cancel...

Guest

I hate the new interface. It is so hard to find what I want to find. Genres particularly.

Guest

new hulu interface stinks, stopped using it since update

Guest

I do love my Hulu but this change has made me shut it off! I absolutely hate it!!!

Makes it impossible to watch!!!! I will give them a chance to change it before I cancel.

Guest

Unbelievable! HULU really you had to change the layout to make yourself feel new.

YOUR NEW LAYOUT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! I gave it a chance. It take entirely too long to find something I wat to watch. Your programming is not good enough for me to spend the time surfing.

You should fire the dummie that thought this was a good idea.

You really should change it back or give us the customer the option. I rather read then look at pictures.

Guest

I hate it too. We are currently looking in to other companies. I am going to cancel Hulu as soon as I get a new service

Guest

The recent changes HULU has made has cost us quality viewership. The navigation is horrible and now looks and feels like DirectTV.

We canceled DirectTV for HULU and now are strongly considering doing the same with HULU. NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR UI UPGRADE!!!!!!

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When I received an email that Hulu & Disney were partners

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When I received an email that Hulu & Disney were partners
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I was told I was gonna have the Hulu Paramount+ and Disney all for the total 11.99 my credit card has been charged $14.82 every month since I switched. They do not offer everything on Paramount+ through this offer.

You only get a few things that they want you to have so I called and canceled it, and I will pay for Paramount+ by itself and Hulu by itself doing the combo thing is ridiculous talking to people who dont speak English I could barely understand.

I cant do this. I need to understand what youre saying and how much its gonna cost me when youre on a limited income and disabled.

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Loss:
$15

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Buy each separately

Jeree Awk
map-marker Denver, Colorado

Want to speak with a live agent

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The chat experience was ridiculous! I simply called to have Disney removed from my basic Hulu account.

I inadvertently ordered Disney and that is why I wanted to make that change. I supplied the chat agent with my full name email address the name of my credit union and the last five numbers of my account and that still wasnt enough for the change to be made, so out of frustration I eventually found a phone number and was able to speak to a live agent. That didnt go much better because after repeating all of the information that I had provided on chat, she tells me she cant find that I even have Disney! She then found it after a bit, she located it and said she would cancel.

I just dont understand why such a simple request became such a complicated endeavor.

If I ever have to call Hulu again, which I pray to God I dont, if this kind of nonsense occurs, I will just cancel Hulu and never ever get it again and go back to Comcast.

Hulu is cheaper but a disaster trying to get something so simple taken care of. The agent that I spoke with was a freakin idiot!

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Notice of intent to sue

Hulu - Notice of intent to sue

To HULU ,

this hearby serves as a notice of intent to sue , on behalf of the plaintiff who is currently advising and has become aware of your company violating many violations of ,privacy act , slander, and defimation of character to say the least

Your felonious activities have made , the duressment and team effort ,to ruin stall, complicate ,and cause a snowball effect of unquenching hate twords the plaintiff your actions have motivated the people , civilians to find ways , pursue,as well as set up complications to duress the plaintiff. hurting Mr Hernandez inflicting great bodily harm, and unbeknownst to him, untill now ,The Plaintiff formally addresses, and serves this document NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE.

Sun May 5th, The plaintiff Is seeking punitive compensation. Suing for financial and medical duress that you have caused. This notice serves as a (N.O.I.T.S)This informal document, is a notice of intent to sue,alerting

informally and ,highlighting serious complications to the plaintiff, and Mr Hernandez is seeking financial compensation for the duress and hardships your company has inflicted through rules and bamboozlement of the people of The United States of America ,to the Duressment of the plaintiff ,Mr Russell Hernandez , the plaintiff is also seeking punitive damages. Can implicate punitive damages to the communitys affected over your negligent, hearsay inspiring comments, the community believed over the character of the Plaintiff s real character, you used

the plaintiffs duressed and double jeopardized disability from the state/ (S) your company/ parties have inflicted, felonies against the plaintiff.

Mr Hernandez intends to sue HULU, _ and Is offering Affidavits through his attourney and the plaintiff together , for the employees following the guidelines , the plaintiff has on file , Know One, EXCEPT THE plaintiff AND HIS ATTOURNEY CAN DUPLICATE OR PRESENT THESES Sworn AFFIDAVITS.THE plaintiff

is Is seeking PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND. ,possible formal charges, 1,of cruel and unusual punishment 2. crimes against humanity, 3. defimation of character , 4 Cyber terror plots , Duressment caused by slander and actions of of hearsay inflicting great bodily harm, may pursue Possible Crime ENHANCEMENT legalities imposed by the federal government ) your actions are CAUSING LIFELONG complexes , and further MORE impacted the ability to gain employment, housing or good standing of character to the neighborhoods he has had to move , area , to area , defimation of character implication to next defimation of character judgements by these neighborhoods and communities involved , over The derogatory statements that now a collective uses to defame the plaintiff, slandering and manipulating good characteristics ,attitude demeanor,core beliefs ,and standards obtuse to the plaintiffs intelligence.

,everything about Mr Hernandez , has been misrepresented. Slandered along with many other felonies commuted against the plaintiff Russell Hernandez ,directly caused by Your , Negligence, has directly has caused ,is,causing great pain and suffering , to mr Hernandez had suffered , acts involving psychological warfare, harassment, Duressment and many other felonies committed against Mr Hernandez) because of your Negligence. This notice is formally advising you of soon to be filed , is not looking for " blood" over the fiasco your employee(s) have caused, and does not want involve innocent workers betrayed or misled by hearsay, IF, and when the plaintiff files formal charges of defimation , slander invoking crime enhancements + Title 5 to deserving parties, a federal investigation most likely occur, implicating possible charges on your party members.

This letter of Notice of intent to sue is the plaintiffs last attempt of informal addressing this issue federal charges violating the privacy act are also being investigated, at this time the plaintiff hearby

Informs you, the intentions that follow this Duressment of the plaintiff on this Day of _May_____ ,_____ Respectively I understand that you may not be fully aware and neither am I on all these matters. I am a civil , responsible,servant wanting to not have to serve these charges or these implications to the county clerk/,(S) involved over the amount of data in favor of the defendant, these are actual felonies committed against the plaintiff, misrepresenting his character duressing the plaintiff, you may or may not care but the plaintiff to the most extreme levels the plaintiff is a human by the way, and would rather talk , than to involve extra parties involved elsewhere over this perplexing complication layed upon the plaintiff , and the community

This needs to be forwarded to a supervisor.

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Loss:
$100000

Preferred solution: This was just a data trail, my network has alot of redirects and attainable council is a hindrance at the moment

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Guest

If you're going to pretend to be a lawyer and threaten to sue, you should learn grammar and probably not put it on this site.

Susan M Iek

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Programming issues with general hospital

Hulu - Programming issues with general hospital

Issue has not been resolved. I was asked to send a screenshot to an email that was undeliverable.

I asked for a supervisor and no one was available. I am paying for a service that I am not receiving.

Someone, please solve my issue or I will cancel my service. I have no access to any September episodes of GH.

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Cons:
  • Access

Preferred solution: Access to GH episodes

Joe S Zab

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Worst Movie Site

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I tried Hulu's free one-month subscription and it is the absolute worst movie site I've used. The site itself is extremely slow and difficult to navigate.

Watching a multi-season series of episodes is a painstaking chore, exacerbated by their disabling of right clicks. All subtitles are out of sync with the video. Watching movies is frustrating at best, with frequent stopping to load, lengthy delays when skipping 10 seconds back or forward; there's even a long delay when trying to pause a frame. Good luck with that!

Even the free bootleg movie sites are faster and easier to navigate than Hulu! And then there are all the ads that slow everything down even more and ruin the movie. They are milking the profits from both ends, where you have to pay to subscribe, then pay again to get rid of the ads! Their movie selections are about the same as all the others, but they have little or no original content or series.

With very few exceptions, all of their movies are available on other sites, and all of those sites are far more user friendly. Their overall performance is so bad I canceled my subscription early - and it was a FREE subscription, so that should tell you how bad they are.

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Pros:
  • Free trial
Cons:
  • Slow and difficult to navigate
  • Poor selection
  • Horrible service

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: Any other movie site is better than Hulu

1 comment
Guest

It has a really dumb name. They should apologize for that and then cease operations.

Susan M Iek

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| map-marker Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Programming issues with general hospital

Hulu - Programming issues with general hospital

Issue not resolved.

I was asked to send a screenshot to an email address that bounced back.

I have not been able to access any General Hospital episodes in September.

Please, can someone help???

I have attached the screenshot requested.

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MaryAnn M Yxq

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Telling me I can start a plan at 7.99. I already paid

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Hulu - Telling me I can start a plan at 7.99. I already paid

If you could freaking talk to someone, it would really be nice because yall dont know what yall doing. I paid my 799 this month and all it shows on here is that the plan starts at 799 dont need to get some freaking people to answer the damn phones.

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Loss:
$8
Pros:
  • Programs are good
Cons:
  • Need to talk to someone

Preferred solution: The damn station on

User's recommendation: Don’t get Hulu

Signe Xdi

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| map-marker Detroit, Michigan

Hulu Account

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Hulu Account

Hulu account canceled a scam was people on my account some wrong my bank account and charges my account thank you help out

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User's recommendation: They still good streaming services

Anonymous
map-marker Levittown, Pennsylvania

Outstanding service from Carl. What an asset he is to your company

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Hulu - Outstanding service from Carl. What an asset he is to your company

For three months Ive tried to do this and couldnt

He was patient and knowledgeable of the situation

What an asset he is to you

Thank you for having such a great staff member in him

Now after three months I can use the service.

Thank you Carl and the people that manage him

He was wonderful

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User's recommendation: Just call

Susan O Bus

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Unable to disable audio description for TV

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I am writing to express my frustration with the experience I recently had while using Hulu on my TV. I was unable to disable the audio description feature despite numerous attempts. I went through all the expected channels—Accessibility, Settings—but there was no toggle button available for the audio description. I noticed there are options for subtitles and autoplay, and I could see a bar for the audio description, but there was no way to actually turn it on or off.

I spent nearly 20 minutes on the phone with a customer service representative, who I believe was located in the Philippines. Unfortunately, she only repeated the obvious instructions, like going to Accessibility and Settings—steps I had already taken, without success. This experience was not only frustrating but a waste of time.

Ultimately, I had no choice but to cancel my subscription. I am extremely disappointed, as I had been a loyal Hulu customer for a long time. It should not be this difficult to manage basic accessibility features, and I urge you to review and improve the process for turning off audio descriptions.

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Pros:
  • I really like the shows
Cons:
  • Too many to list just look at bbb complaints

Preferred solution: Fix the problem

User's recommendation: Hulu is terrible

Media Expert Talks

Disinformation: Russian and Chinese trolls among us

Disinformation: Russian and Chinese trolls among us

Jun 16, 2022

How to know what’s fake on social media? In this video, Prof. Darren Linvill from Clemson University Media Forensics Hub explains how disinformation works, common tactics of political propaganda, the role of trolls, hashtags, and how to spot fake news.

Prof. Darren Linvill
Prof. Darren Linvill

Darren Linvill investigates data messaging and context accompanied by inauthentic behavior on social media networks. He also examines misinformation and disinformation in the rising field of social media forensics and data monitoring.

Lolita M Eix

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Slammed

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Refund pending

Original review Apr 19, 2024
I called in and was advised by Hulu the system "accidentally" added an additional platform to my account.
I currently pay $7.99 a month for Hulu and Disney.
I put my account on pause for one month 2 days before any of this happened.
I received an email stating my account has been updated and felt everything was okay.
A few days later the Hulu system added Hulu, Disney and Max.
I was charged $25.98 and also charge $0.53 for using one day of Max according to Hulu.
The refund of $25.98 + $0.53 takes three to five days.
As a customer and from a business point of view I feel like I've been slammed, bullied and I'm dealing with fraud regarding my checking account.
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Loss:
$26
Cons:
  • Lack of customer service

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: Keep all documentation you receive and verify checking account information

Jamie F Pia

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Reimbursement or access to hulu

Reimbursement or access to hulu

I went to pay for free trial an it took 4 dollars out my account an i not able to get on hulu keeps saying a issue.

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Loss:
$4

Preferred solution: Full refund an access to hulu

MaryJo E Xyq

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Deleted recordings keep coming back

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Original review Sep 28, 2024

I have two issues with Hulu. Issue 1: Five recordings I have deleted reappear when they are rerun.

Issue 2: Three shows added to 'my stuff' that I can't remove. Both of these issues were reported to Hulu over a year ago and they still haven't been fixed.

I was told that it's a known issue. I'm very close to canceling Hulu.

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Pros:
  • Pro local stations
Cons:
  • Two issues i was told by cust svc it is a known issue
  • Cost

Preferred solution: Issue fixed

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Summary

Hulu is a streaming video service that offers variety of movies, TV shows, clips, trailers etc. The company was founded in 2007. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Videos on Hulu official website are free. Hulu Plus is a TV service that requires subscription and it allows access to premium programming. Hulu and Hulu Plus shows comprise advertisements. Hulu offers movies and TV series from Univision, Comedy Central, FOX, MTV and NBC. It is possible to watch Hulu Plus via such connected to Internet devices as smartphones, Xbox, PlayStation, Blu-Ray Players and TVs. Hulu videos are accessible only for users in the USA.

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Hulu is ranked 174 out of 4989 in Media category

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Hulu FAQs

The Hulu subscription prices vary depending on the plan. For the ad-supported plan, you have to pay $7.99/ month or $79.99/year, at the same time the No-ads plan costs $17.99/month. To find out more details regarding prices, visit the “Help Center” page of the company’s website and follow “Plans and pricing”.

If you don’t want to use the features of the Hulu subscription, you can cancel it by several simple actions: navigate to “Select Cancel” under “Your Subscription” on your “Account” page, and choose “Cancel” from two options, after which follow “Cancel Subscription”.

The Max (with ads), Cinemax, and STARZ options cost $9.99/month. For Max No Ads, you have to pay $15.99/month. The Paramount + with SHOWTIME option costs $11.99/month. However, the prices may change, so check them on the “Plan and pricing” page of the company’s official site.

There are the following common reasons why is Hulu not working: entering the wrong login details, sticking on the welcome screen, sticking on a black/blank screen, or a generic app load error. To resolve your issue, apply to the Hulu customer service at the following number: 888-265-6650.

After purchasing the subscription you get access to over 90 live and on-demand entertainment, educational, family, national sports, and national news channels: Comedy Central, Disney Channel, Discovery, CNN, and others. To familiarize yourself with the details regarding channels, follow “Plans & Add-ons” on the “Help Center” page.

If you decide to delete your Hulu account, navigate with the mouse cursor to the top right corner, choose your name, click on “Manage Profiles”, select the profile you want to delete, follow “Delete Profile” in the “Edit Profile” pop-up window, and confirm your selection.

To activate your Hulu account on a new device, first download the Hulu app, after which log in by entering your email address and password in the special fields.

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