Hulu Live Crashing During MLB Playoffs Left Fans Furious

The streaming service went down during the 10th inning of Guardians-Yankees Game 3.

David Fry admires a home run that Hulu subscribers did not see live. / Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

The Cleveland Guardians beat the New York Yankees on Thursday night, 7-5. David Fry hit a walk-off home run to win the game in the 10th inning in front of the home crowd. But anyone watching the game on Hulu Live did not see that because the service crashed during the previous half-inning around 9 p.m. ET.

It was incredibly unfortunate timing for the streaming service that had a whole ad campaign centered around the fact that they had live sports. While they may have live sports, no one could watch them during the ALCS and NLCS, not to mention there was college football on and it's the first week of the NHL season.

Oh, and the price of all the Hulu + Live TV plans went up $6 Thursday.

Fans, including the author of this article, were not happy.

2 playoff baseball games, nfl, college football, and @hulu just stops fucking working. If this isn’t fixed in 2 minutes I’m switching to YouTube TV. This is a fucking joke and waste of money.

— Donald Crunkilton (@crunkilton22) October 18, 2024

Dear @hulu ,

Welcome to my class action lawsuit.

I pay $100s of dollars and you go down during playoff baseball?

I want $1,000,000 in punitive damages

— Fred Davies 🔍 (@DR_Fred_Davies) October 18, 2024

Hulu going down during MLB playoffs on the day of their big price gouge pic.twitter.com/7N1XWQoish

— Michael (@Michael_LBK) October 18, 2024

And we’re done with @hulu_support @hulu . The same day they raise their price(again), it cuts out on all the mlb playoff games, nhl hockey, and live tv. @YouTubeTV it is.

— Arman Manesh (@abmanesh18) October 18, 2024

Mets fans and Yankees fans joining forces to yell at Hulu pic.twitter.com/QUWbdLkoXa

— Alison - NYC Recessionista (@NYRecessionista) October 18, 2024

At one home old and new technology came together so that a couple could listen to the end of the Guardians-Yankees game on the radio ... through their refrigerator.

Tonight’s MVP? Not Noel. Not Fry. Not Boyd.

Stupid Hulu just straight cut out before the Bottom of the 10th.

So my wife figured out how to get Hammy and @GuardiansRadio to play ON THE FRIDGE.

The real hero. #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/s8GregBGH1

— Michael Keefe (@GarageBeersMike) October 18, 2024

Hulu started to come back approximately 50 minutes later during the top of the 5th inning of Game 4 between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.

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