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Is Hulu about to get a whole lot gayer with shows from the UK's Channel 4?
The video streaming site Hulu certainly can be an addictive space to spend a few hours. Its mix of current NBC and Fox shows along with TV classics like The Facts of Life and Doogie Howser, MD has certainly kept me occupied on a rainy day. Now Hulu is about to get an infusion of British programming (and, most likely, become even more addictive) with a new arrangement to feature content from the UK's Channel 4. If you're enough of a Brit TV geek to know about Channel 4, you probably first heard of it when the groundbreaking drama Queer as Folk became a sensation stateside. QaF isn't the only Channel 4 show to cross the pond and find a gay following, as the network is also the home of Shameless, Hollyoaks and Skins, as well as some of Graham Norton earlier talk shows. So will this deal make Hulu a lot gayer? From the original Folk In the short term, definitely, since the two shows that get mentioned as part of the deal are Queer as Folk and the Stephen Fry drama Kingdom. Back when Queer as Folk debuted, being able to watch the drama required knowing someone who managed to get their hands on a copy of the series. Since then, watching gay TV from other countries has become easier, with distribution on Hulu the logical next step. I've certainly got my wish list of shows I'd like to see. Do you have other shows you hope will make it Stateside via Hulu? Submitted by on Fri, 2009-03-27 15:25. |
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Hulu certainly has become one of the places I spend a lot of time on.
Just caught all the old episodes of Dark Shadows (the 1991 remake). Loved the campiness. There are a few shirtless scenes of Ben Cross, Michael Weiss and Adrian Paul that are yummy.
I've also been watching the old Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel and other 60's show from my youth. Some hold up remarkably well some don't. It's nice to sit back and watch them all now.
I've heard of a sci-fi show called Primeval that comes from the other side of the pond. I'd like to see it along with all of the Torchwood shows and also all of the old Dr. Who.
Hulu's also where I'll watch 24 ( I'll watch Heroes instead). Anytime I have to miss an NBC show or Fox I'll catch it there. Who need's Tivo.. Online is just as good, even better with shorter commercials.
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Just caught all the old episodes of Dark Shadows (the 1991 remake). Loved the campiness. There are a few shirtless scenes of Ben Cross, Michael Weiss and Adrian Paul that are yummy.
Glad to see people are still appreciating Dark Shadows '91. I always did love this short lived series and it's full of eye candy for virtually everyone of any persuasion.
Huluuu..
Shoot, it's not accessible outside the US..
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That's GREAT NEWS.
I was one of the few folks that had someone send me tapes of the original QAF series during its initial airing back in 1999 (and she lived in Montreal, Canada during that time). She had a friend from the UK sending her tapes and then she "paid it forward" to me.
I still have those tapes. I want more people to see where the original idea of QAF US came from in 2000.
If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't have become a fan of Aidan Gillen.
Love me less, but love me a long time - Les Chansons D'Amour
Excited
Hopefully this means we'll be able to watch programs on Hulu, too, as the UK is currently banned. If not, it could be interesting to see what is made of this as Channel4 receives money from government via the tv licence to make its programs.
Hoping not to be screwed out of my pound,
Corvidae/Sean
From what I've seen...
I think Hulu will remain US-only but aren't most Channel 4 programs available to watch online in the UK via Channel 4? (At least, whenever I visit a C4 site there's video that I can't watch.) Technically, BTW, the deal isn't with Channel 4 but with C4i who distributes Channel 4's shows internationally (plus a few ITV shows, apparently) but that's getting a bit "inside baseball". I expect that means that the issues with the license fees are handled the same way they are when BBC America or Sundance buys the rights to air a C4 show here... and I'd expect if there's any controversy they'd argue that the revenue makes it easier for them to make more original scripted programming, as opposed to importing more USA shows.
C4 Isn't funded by the