Hulu users report issues during the 2025 Oscars

(NEXSTAR) — For the first time ever, the Academy Awards are airing on the streaming service Hulu. Unfortunately, some users reported issues accessing the service just as the award show began.

Over 30,000 user-reported outages were being tracked by Downdetector as of roughly 7:15 p.m. ET, just after the Oscars began.

Hulu users on X said they were unable to get through a page that alerted them to the company's new subscriber agreement. Others said the streaming service was crashing with notices that the awards show was not available to be viewed in their location.

In response to one such user, Hulu's support account said it has "all hands on deck working to get this behavior cleared up."

Responding to another post, the company said it was "currently investigating this behavior with a high priority."

In a separate post just before 7:40 p.m. ET, the Hulu Support page wrote, "Having issues logging in? If so – we’re on it! Our team is actively investigating, and we hope to have things back up and running soon."

No additional details were immediately available.

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