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Hulu lands nearly 3,000 new TV episodes in deal with 20th Century Fox

Hulu has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox that will add nearly 3,000 episodes of the studio's popular shows to the streaming service, the company said on Wednesday.

Announced through Hulu's website, the agreement includes streaming rights to every episode of long-running comedies and dramas like "How I Met Your Mother," "Burn Notice," "Bones" and "Glee." The deal also includes all 11 seasons of "M*A*S*H" and the every episode of "NYPD Blue."

Hulu will be adding the following content over the next few weeks:

Hit Comedies: How I Met Your Mother, Raising Hope, The Bernie Mac Show, Better Off Ted, Reba, Life in Pieces

Long-Running Dramas: NYPD Blue, Bones, Glee, Burn Notice, White Collar, The Practice

Iconic Series: M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, The Bob Newhart Show

Fan Favorites: Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23, The Grinder, Blue Collar, Saving Grace, Lie To Me, Graceland

Cult Hits: Dollhouse, Wilfred, The Glades

In addition to the shows listed above, 20th Century Fox is granting Hulu access to other shows that have yet to be announced.

Hulu expanded its Fox library offering recently in another deal with Fox that delivered animated comedies like "Bob's Burgers," "American Dad!," "Futurama" and "The Cleveland Show" to the subscription streaming service. The company acts as the exclusive subscription-based streaming provider of other Fox titles including "This Is Us," "Fresh Off the Boat," "Empire," "The Last Man on Earth," "Homeland" and more.

The TV-centric streaming platform has been on a tear recently with exclusive partnerships with HBO and Cinemax, as well as the launch of a new live TV service featuring content from a number of major studios including ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX, FX, NBCSN, FS1, History Channel and TNT, among others.



17 Comments

smack416 20 Years · 63 comments

Now someone make this happen in Canada, please. They only released one season of St Elsewhere on DVD and the first two seasons of Hill Street Blues. #wantmore

retrogusto 16 Years · 1140 comments

Odd that it took so long for this, given that Fox owns 30% of Hulu.

Soli 9 Years · 9981 comments

smack416 said:
Now someone make this happen in Canada, please. They only released one season of St Elsewhere on DVD and the first two seasons of Hill Street Blues. #wantmore

You're probably shit out of luck for a long time due to archaic methods of distribution rights. If you want an old show that's only available in the US I'd find a VPN whose IP address blocks aren't flagged by the video streaming service (Netflix seems to be a site that takes that very seriously), buy the DVDs from Amazon in the US (which seems to be available as a complete set for Hill Street Blues, only), or even just torrent those old episodes (which may be the only way to get all of St. Elsewhere, even if you were in the US).