--- title: Hulu 'No Commercials' Plan Offers Shows Without Ads description: Hulu announced a new “No Commercials” plan that removes advertisements from almost all of its shows. canonical: https://time.com/4020168/hulu-no-commercials-plan/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-02T15:45:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:06:31.358Z article:section: Business og:title: Hulu 'No Commercials' Plan Offers Shows Without Ads og:description: Hulu announced a new “No Commercials” plan that removes advertisements from almost all of its shows. og:url: https://time.com/4020168/hulu-no-commercials-plan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d5515c45e5698f1/6988620d3c163966ed4598dd/huluupfront_mike_2015_11.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: HuluUpfront_Mike_2015_1[1] og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hulu 'No Commercials' Plan Offers Shows Without Ads twitter:description: Hulu announced a new “No Commercials” plan that removes advertisements from almost all of its shows. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d5515c45e5698f1/6988620d3c163966ed4598dd/huluupfront_mike_2015_11.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hulu is Finally Getting Rid of Its Ads—For a Price by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 2, 2015 3:45 PM CUT  Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 2, 2015 3:45 PM CUT One of the biggest complaints Hulu users have leveled against the video-streaming site is its glut of commercials. Now, Hulu is finally offering a solution for customers willing to open their wallets a bit wider. On Wednesday Hulu announced a new “No Commercials” plan that removes advertisements from almost all of its shows. The new plan will cost about $12 per month, compared to the cheaper Hulu plan that costs $8 per month and features ads throughout shows. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, which don’t feature ads, cost $9 per month and $8.25 per month (in the form of a $99-per-year subscription), respectively. Netflix also offers a $12/month plan that allows more simultaneous streams to different devices and higher resolution content. Not every show on the ad-free plan will actually be ad-free. Because of its inability to secure the necessary streaming rights, Hulu will still show a handful of shows with commercials before and after episodes, including _Grey’s Anatomy_, _Scandal_ and _New Girl_. The move is the latest aggressive tactic Hulu has taken this year as it tries to shake off its image as an also-ran in the streaming wars. The company signed a big-ticket deal to stream all episodes of _Seinfeld_ in June and in August signed a nonexclusive deal with the pay-TV channel Epix for the rights to hit films like _The Hunger Games_ and _Transformers: Age of Extinction_. 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