Hulu users across the United States are reporting widespread outages and disruptions to the streaming service this evening. Frustrated subscribers have taken to social media to express their inability to access the platform or stream content.
Update: Hulu and its live TV streaming service is now back online.
Reports of problems began surfacing around 9pm Eastern, with users experiencing difficulties logging in, error messages, and buffering issues. The outage appears to be affecting both live TV and on-demand content.
The company has not yet provided details on the cause of the outage or an estimated time for restoration of service.
DownDetector, a website that tracks online service outages, shows a significant spike in reports of problems with Hulu, indicating the issue is widespread. There are also smaller reports of Disney+ and ESPN+ having similar issues.
Hulu has not yet responded to requests for further comment.