Noonan

I have the Hulu no-ad, Live TV, Disney+ no-ad, ESPN+ with ads plan and it's going up to 89.99.

Why So Blu?

The plans with Live TV seem to be the ones getting the highest increase - it's like $7 - $8 more I think.

Deftones

Same. I would assume this bundle will go away soon. Although if it doesn't, I may never switch my Verizon plan.

Spiderbite

Can you advise how you got the ad-free upgrade with the Verizon package? I have the same thing through Verizon but tried every way possible to upgrade Hulu to the no-ad version and could never get it done. I was even told by a Verizon rep one time that there was no way to upgrade it to the ad-free and still keep the included Verizon bundle.

I would watch Hulu more often if I could dump the ads.

Meathead

@Verizon rep... as I am about to quote Verizon's own site.

Sure... I would just make sure you will be able to re-enroll in the Disney bundle before following the steps. Plans have changed recently.

https://www.verizon.com/support/disney-bundle-faqs/

That's what I did from the get go without activating the bundle first. I pay $5 a month for the Hulu ad-free upgrade.

Cardsfan111

It seems as if I've experienced an increase in offers from Verizon lately, encouraging me to add lines or to "upgrade" to their new set of plans being offered--which obviously don't include this bundle, or at a cost if they do. That seems to be their strategy currently and I'm not taking the bait.

Deftones

What will happen is they just keep raising the cost of these legacy plans until it doesn't make any sense to keep them anymore.

Meathead

Yes... I'm holding on to my current plan (last year's 5G Get More) as long as I can. Not only do I get the Disney Bundle included but also Apple Music and Arcade.

They did that last month with one of my lines on the last year's entry 5G Start. It was going to go up $3. I switched only that line to this year's offering and instead it went down $3 for the same plan features.

DJariya

Time to panic watch Ally McBeal and Hill Street Blues Licenses for some older FOX shows are expiring and won't be renewed. If I had to guess, the viewership for these shows are probably pretty low to non-existent. I mean who is really streaming any of these?

https://deadline.com/2023/09/ally-mc...es-1235554287/


20th TV shows leaving Sept. 30:

The Bob Newhart Show
Dollhouse
Napoleon Dynamite
Don’t Trust the B—- in APT 23
Second Chance
Shots Fired
Touch
Ally McBeal
Arrested Development
Sirens
The Cleveland Show
Hill Street Blues
Damien
Son of Zorn
The Practice
Speechless
Out There
Legends
Breakout Kings
Better Off Ted



Fox shows, most of them departing Sept. 25

I Can See Your Voice (Seasons 1-2)
Alter Ego (Season 1)
Cherries Wild (Season 1)
Beat Shazam (Seasons 4-5)
Masterchef Junior (Seasons 1-8)
Masked Dancer (Season 1)
Crime Scene Kitchen (Seasons 1-2)
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back (Seasons 1-3)
Cosmos Possible Worlds (Season 1)
Lego Masters (Seasons 1-2)
Masterchef (Seasons 1-12)
The Masked Singer (Seasons 1-8)
Name That Tune (Seasons 1-2)
Next Level Chef (Season 1)

RichC2

I just binged Sirens, great albeit short lived series. ... which they should bring back and pair with Animal Control (same creator)

stingermck

I did a binge of Ally last year, still great.

Noonan

Hulu Live on Apple TV - For one (ish) glorious week we finally had a dedicated Go to Guide button after you press Up on the remote. Sadly it was short lived. As of a coupe days ago it's back to having to click on the lightning bolt first, the press Guide in the options with Jump to Live.

DJariya

Moonlighting remastered in HD coming October 10th

Dan1boy

Can anyone explain why Hulu doesn't offer an ad-free, pay annually subscription plan? Every other streaming service does (that I'm aware of).

Just renewed and completely taken by surprise. Hulu's ad breaks are by far the longest as well.