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Grimm
2011 · TV series · 42 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf, Stephen Carpenter
DramaMysteryScience FictionFantasy
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
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It's only 7 recent shows [0]. Also, consider Netflix and Hulu aren't competitors. They offer different content, mostly. Hulu has more recent and a far larger back catalog of popular television shows. Netflix has more older movies, original content, and a sprinkling of older television shows.
I'm not defending Hulu, I don't have a subscription. Consider that it's a fraction of the price of cable which has commercials, even with the limited commercials for $11.99, it's quite the bargain. It's on demand too and supported by just about every recent smart TV or streaming device.
> While the list of shows may change, they are currently: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder.
[0] https://help.hulu.com/en-us/included-in-no-commercials-plan
Even with the upcharge there are simply less commercials on hulu, not zero. So says their FAQ - https://help.hulu.com/s/article/included-in-no-commercials-plan?language=en_US
A small number of shows are not included in our No Commercials Add-on. You can still watch these shows, however, they will play with a short commercial before and after each episode.
While the list of shows may change, they are currently: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder.
And then on top of that it's a wasteland content-wise as you stated.
In case anyone was wondering, from https://help.hulu.com/articles/52427902#list
"In response to feedback from our viewers, we started offering a commercial free experience on Hulu. For a small number of shows, however, we have not obtained the rights to stream commercial free and they are not included in our No Commercials plan. You can still easily access these shows with a short commercial before and after each episode with no interruptions during the episode. Specific shows that still have commercials accessible through the No Commercials plan will be noted throughout the signup, switching and playback experience. While the list of shows may change, they are currently: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder."
It's seven shows, and even on those the ads are only at the beginning and end they don't interrupt the show. I say we cut them some slack.
Well, you could say "this service has no ads" and then include ads. Hulu did. People just may not like it or respect you for it.
Hulu 'No Commercials' Plan: "A small number of shows are not included in our No Commercials plan due to streaming rights. But we’ve still made them available to you uninterrupted. They will just play with a short commercial before and after each episode. These shows are: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon A Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder. "
- they reserve the right to add to this list over time
I'm sorry for derailing this, but
a) I didn't know that 'Zugzwang' is a word that is used in English, ever
b) That pronounciation reminded me of watching the 'Grimm' TV Series, where everything is German based and the actors talk .. just like that
It seems that not all shows will be commercial free, however. I understand that they must have special arrangements with those producers, but it feels very odd.
Will all shows and movies be commercial free?
In response to feedback from our viewers, we started offering a commercial-free experience on Hulu. For a small number of shows, however, we have not obtained the rights to stream commercial free and they are not included in our No Commercials plan. You can still easily access these shows with short commercial before and after each episode with no interruptions during the episode. Specific shows that still have commercials accessible through the No Commercials plan will be noted throughout the signup, switching, and playback experience. While the list of shows may change, these shows are currently: Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon A Time, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grimm, New Girl, and How To Get Away With Murder.
Exercise / Sports (participating) - mountain biking is my main thing, and I sometimes dabble with a little trail running. In the past, I wrestled, practiced jiu-jitsu, and messed around with some amateur powerlifting. I still lift weights from time to time, but not so seriously these days.
Sports (spectator) - I am a huge NFL football fan, and I make it a point to watch all the Miami Dolphins games that I can. #PHINSUP
Reading - I read a lot: fiction, nonfiction, whatever. I read everything from pulp-fiction crap like those Jack Reacher novels, to more "serious literature" like Dostoevsky, Melville, Pynchon, etc.; non-fiction spanning topics from Arduino, to electronics, to string theory and cosmology, from philosophy and mathematics to history and folklore... biographies, etc., etc.. Right now I'm working on the 3 James Bamford books on the NSA.
Movies: I watch movies from time to time, whether it means going out to the theater or just bit-torrenting something, or watching something I own on DVD. My movie tastes are fairly typical male hacker fare, I suppose.
Music: Going to live concerts is something I enjoy, but don't do nearly enough of. I think the last live show I saw was Steel Panther at the House of Blues in Chicago last summer. If all goes well, I hope to catch the Iron Maiden show in Raleigh in a couple of months. I'll go take in a performance of the NC Symphony Orchestra every now and again.
Comedy: I'll go to somewhere like DSI Comedy Theatre in Carrboro for some live improv on occasion.
Political stuff: I attend LPNC meetings every once in a while, but not nearly often enough these days. In the past I've done crazy shit like running for Lieutenant Governor of NC as the Libertarian Party candidate. Right now I'm working on getting a Cypherpunk meetup organized in the Raleigh/Durham area, and doing some education/advocacy work around crypto and anonymity tools.
Hackerspace: I hang out at SplatSpace (Durham, NC) sometimes and work on various projects. Sometimes I go there to work on the startup, but other times I'll go up there and tinker with other shit... I started building a coilgun, but that's kinda paused right now. I keep planning to start a Mantis PCB mill, but never seem to have time. Eventually I want to build one of those, then a 3D printer. Right now I'm looking into starting on a project to build a neat case to house about 8 Beaglebone Black boards, so I can make a nice small, self-contained HPC/Hadoop cluster to play around with.
TV: Doctor Who. I also like Grimm and a couple other series, but don't really have much time for watching television. :-(
I am not seeing that. Let's take the top TV show that I see on the Popular page right now that you mention - http://new.hulu.com/grimm. The drop down says "All Seasons (24 episodes)". It's a filter for the horizontal slide show viewer to limit it to only season 1 or season 2. There's no list of episodes. There's also a sort order drop down with default "air date", although air dates are not shown nor listed, it's just to select that as the sorting order. Do you mean some other drop down?