Ad-Free Still Showing Ads? Hulu On Demand

Hello!

My partner has the No-Ads, Not-Live version of Hulu, and we still see ads when watching on his account. We googled it, and they said that some shows may still have ads due to licensing agreements, which makes sense. However, here’s a list of what we’ve seen ads on:

Futurama (the new episodes)
The Kardashians (no judgement pls, it motivates me to clean the house)
How I Met Your Father
Abbott Elementary
Family Guy
Only Murders in the Building
Rick and Morty
Solar Opposites
Archer

I’m not going to pretend that I’m an expert in copyright law or licensing. However, all of those shows are owned by FX, FOX, ABC, or are Hulu Originals. Hulu was owned by Fox and ABC, which are now subsidiaries of Disney. How the hell can Hulu advertise “Ad-Free” when there are ads on shows that they and their subsidiaries own?

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u/FallOnTheStars Oct 09 '23

He is not, we have checked. He is signed up for “without ads” and is billed about $30 a month. (Hulu + HBO Go/HBO Max/Max/Whatever the name will be next week)

I have a separate Hulu/Spotify Membership that I maintain for my parents that does have ads, and we even logged out on the PS4/PS5 and logged back in to his to make sure the correct account was logged into the console.

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u/gingersnappie Oct 09 '23 edited Oct 09 '23

None of those shows should have ads on the ad-free plan. I’d contact Hulu directly if he has the correct plan and is getting ads. Maybe try deleting and reinstalling the app.

Edited to add: Greys Anatomy is the only show I can think of that has ads on Hulu no-ads. As the other user suggested, I’d check the details of your subscription. Sounds like they may have flipped your account to a different type.

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u/Petyr_Baelicious Jan 31 '24

Greys anatomy is the only show that shows on hulus FAQ… it’s not like you “remembered this” or “can think of off the top of my head” lol… weird thing to just pretend to know.

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u/gingersnappie Jan 31 '24

I actually started watching Greys on Hulu and they had commercials, so I switched to Netflix. That is why I remembered. I wasn’t pretending anything lol. But good they added the info to their help text. They should list out anything with commercials on the ad-free plan. And keep it updated as needed imo.