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Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024
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Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024

Expert advice: Update your subscriptions Expert advice: Update your subscriptions 02:28 Amazon will begin airing ads in its Prime Video television shows and movies on January 29. That means Prime Video subscribers, who pay $139 per year for a Prime membership, will see "limited" ad interruptions starting on that date, Amazon said Tuesday in a statement to customers. People who pay for the stand-alone Prime Video subscription, which costs $8.99 per month, will also see...
The 37 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now
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The 37 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now

While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800 episodes over three years, plus A Day in the Life, a docuseries from Oscar-winner Morgan Spurlock.Hulu has continued to make TV history in the dozen years since, most notably in 2017, when it became the first streamer to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with The Handmaid’s Tale. In fact, that was just one of eight Emmys the series took home in its inaugural season, and it has continued to rack up nominations and wins over the years.W...
Hulu Documentary Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Families
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Hulu Documentary Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Families

For decades, major cities like New York and San Francisco have been seen as safe and supportive environments for the LGBTQ+ community. A new documentary, however, is about to take an in-depth look at the queer folks who have chosen to live outside of those urban bubbles, and the challenges they’ve faced in doing so.On Thursday, Hulu unveiled an emotional trailer for “We Live Here: The Midwest.” Directed by Melinda Maerker, the film is billed as “an authentic portrait of courageous families in America’s heartland,” and is due out Dec. 6.Among those profiled in “We Live Here: The Midwest” are a trans/queer family with five children in Iowa who have been expelled from their church, a gay Black couple and their young daughter in Nebraska, and a lesbian couple who reside on a farm in Kansas, w...
Disney reaches $8.6 billion deal with Comcast to fully acquire Hulu
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Disney reaches $8.6 billion deal with Comcast to fully acquire Hulu

Hulu, Disney+ to increase streaming costs Hulu and Disney+ set to raise streaming prices again 03:09 The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced it will buy Comcast's $8.6 billion stake in Hulu, completing its takeover of the streaming service. The acquisition will "further Disney's streaming objectives," the company said in a press release, and comes as it strives to boost subscriber numbers at its Disney+ streaming service.The deal valu...
Johnny Hardwick, voice actor who played Dale Gribble on “King of the Hill”, dies at 64
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Johnny Hardwick, voice actor who played Dale Gribble on “King of the Hill”, dies at 64

"King of the Hill" voice actor Johnny Hardwick has died at 64, the Travis County Medical Examiner office of Austin confirmed to CBS News.Hardwick played the cartoon character Dale Gribble in Fox's animated series, which ran from 1997 to 2010. Gribble, an exterminator and bounty hunter, loves conspiracy theories and urban legends.Hardwick was a part of the series from the very first episode, and earned an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animated Program, as well as two other nominations in 2001 and 2002 for the show. The voice actor was also a staff writer, story editor and producer for the animated series. Johnny Hardwick, far to the right on the upper row, who played Dale on "King of the Hill", with the cast and guests celebrating the 200th episode of of ...
The 16 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
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The 16 Best Movies on Hulu This Week

In 2017, Hulu made television history by becoming the first streaming network to win the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, thanks to the phenomenon that is The Handmaid’s Tale. While that painfully prescient adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel remains one of the best TV shows to watch on Hulu, it also set a bar for quality entertainment that the network has continued to match—and sometimes exceed—with original series like The Bear, The Great, and Only Murders in the Building. While Netflix has largely cornered the streaming market on original movies, and even managed to convince A-listers like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Martin Scorsese to come aboard, Hulu is starting to find its footing in features too. Below are some of our top picks for the best movies (origi...