Hulu’s big night at the 2025 Oscars was cut short on Sunday evening when the streamer’s red carpet coverage of Hollywood’s biggest night was followed by glitches in the stream of the broadcast of the ceremony, leaving its paying customers in the dark as the Academy Awards began.
For the first time, tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony is streaming live on Hulu. Since the ceremony is broadcast on ABC, cord cutters can watch it live on any live TV streaming service that carries ABC, including Hulu + Live TV, Sling, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream.
Yet, Hulu subscribers couldn’t watch it all of the Oscars action unfold as the beginning of this year’s ceremony was beset with major interruptions, causing viewers to miss out on Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s live Wicked performances and Conan O’Brien’s opening monologue.
Annoyed and perplexed Hulu subscribers were quick to take to X to complain about the glitches. One user pointed out that Hulu is prone to having issues when it comes to live events streaming on the platform.
“Reminder Hulu servers can’t handle live events,” X user @DogeCoinAud wrote in response to Hulu’s post about Best Actor nominee Sebastian Stan, which read; “Reminder that this always was and forever will be a Sebastain STAN account,” with the actor’s name misspelled.
The company was quick to catch on and respond to the technical issues. Around 4:45 p.m. PT, Disney Plus help’s account posted on X that users having trouble streaming the Oscars broadcast should restart their Hulu Plus or other Hulu application or check for app updates.
“@DisneyPlusHelp Thank you for reaching out! The 97th Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC-TV and are streaming on Hulu starting at 7 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT. If you are having trouble accessing it, try restarting your app or checking for updates. Let us know if you need further assistance!@DisneyPlusHelp Thank you for reaching out!”
Thank you for reaching out! The 97th Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC-TV and are streaming on Hulu starting at 7 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT. If you are having trouble accessing it, try restarting your app or checking for updates. Let us know if you need further assistance!
— Disney+ Help (@DisneyPlusHelp) March 3, 2025
More to come.
