A Sneaky Way to Watch Hulu Now
The good folks over at BuzzFeed have pointed out a backdoor way to watch the new Hulu video service — even if you don’t have a beta invite.
Just change the number at the end of this URL to any value between 1 and 1801:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/100
For instance:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/1500 brings up an SNL sketch featuring Alec Baldwin as Tony Bennett (always funny).
http://www.hulu.com/embed/700 is an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (dig that theme song).
and http://www.hulu.com/embed/1209 is an episode of Arrested Development.
Whether this is a glitch, lazy programming or intentional is irrelevant at this point, and I’m not going to be the one to call NBC or FOX for comment. So plug in a number and see what comes up!
Update: Could just be my Internet connection, but are the videos stopping part way through for anyone else?
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I watched these clips on a coffee shop’s wi-fi and didn’t have any problems. It looks like this work-around is still working.
Here’s a “WKRP in Cincinnati” episode:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/300
And an Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodie:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/555
Craig Rubens on October 30th, 2007 at 6:04 pm - Permalink
The videos Played all the way through over here but i did not play MTM Even though she could turn the World on with her smile.
stevenh on October 30th, 2007 at 7:05 pm - Permalink
made a little page on my server that lets you scroll thru videos without typing it in…
http://premity.com/hulu.php
dan on October 30th, 2007 at 8:40 pm - Permalink
Won’t play in Canada. Same problem with some other TV sites (copyright/distribution reasons).
cyclepromo on October 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm - Permalink
This is great. More WKRP, please!
Brian Andrews on October 31st, 2007 at 6:50 am - Permalink
They likely have their sites geo filtered cyclepromo. We do it at my place of employment at a major network. Mostly due to contracts about allowing the content into other regions that may have different rights for the media.
Lawrence on October 31st, 2007 at 7:05 am - Permalink
207 is master and commander- kiss your afternon goodbye!
b on October 31st, 2007 at 8:55 am - Permalink
Doogie Howser, MD!!!!!!
http://www.hulu.com/embed/100
matt on November 1st, 2007 at 12:14 pm - Permalink
any workaround on the location issue?
verbal on November 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm - Permalink
yea, any high speed proxy or something like that out there? geo locking sux
jonny on December 2nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm - Permalink
You can watch full episodes of hulu here if you missed out on an invite:
http://hellohulu.com
Brandon on December 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm - Permalink
Download Hotspot Sheild by AnchorFree in order to work around the location issue. Hope this helps. I reside in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and it has worked for me. Enjoy!
Corey Malison on March 27th, 2008 at 2:03 am - Permalink
If your outside the US chances are you cant get Hulu to work unless you use proxies or something else, but it often interferes with the stream.
I use http://3click.TV I think its the best site on the web for TV- available everywhere, more shows (complete seasons of everything) awesome stream quality, and no ads-
Phil on January 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm - Permalink