You’re a pop culture pig and catching hot tv shows is no small part of your electronic media diet. For those who may not have found it already, there’s a great way to get your tv fix that’s free and easy with fewer spots.
Ok, so you’ve got ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX websites offering their prime shows in full with minimal commercials. Fancast, AOL, Veoh and others also offer a great variety of full shows and even some download opportunities. They’re all free and the quality is good enough to pull drops and clips. Still, you have to jump across multiple sites to get variety and deeper search ability. Enter Hulu. Hulu takes recent episodes of shows like The Office, SNL, 30 Rock and breaks them down into categories like “Most Popular” and “Recently Added”. There are movies too. Some garbage yes but also some cooler stuff like St. Elmo’s Fire and Requiem for a Dream.
Hulu highlights topical events like red carpet galas and presidential inaugurations in a category called “Spotlight” and in some cases the events are covered live.. For added browsing speed and efficiency, each vid clip has a mouse over Tivo-esque description of the show which helps avoid the “click…buffering…oh jeez! Wrong clip!” scenario. Hulu is a joint venture between Fox and NBC but check it, you can watch the Daily Show, The Colbert Report and other gems from other content providers. So, get your Hulu on, it’s like having a tivo you can take with you minus the cool beep-boop sounds.
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