The fourth day of the Hulu Days of Summer brings some cerebral content to the site: Five new series from Hulu’s newest content provider, PBS.
When I was a child, I often got to stay up late to watch Nova with my parents. Not only did the show foster a love for science, but also a keen interest in the spectacular — and Nova has both in abundance. Nova comes to Hulu with 14 amazing episodes, from the Lost King of the Maya to a behind-the-scenes look at the Mars Exploration Rover project.
In addition to Nova, we’re launching 10 episodes of Scientific American Frontiers — an entertaining look at the latest trends in science, medicine, technology and the environment with the ever-charismatic host, Alan Alda. In a similar vein, we have 10 episodes of Wired Science, spotlighting the latest in cutting-edge research and technology as it redefines our culture, brought to you by the team behind Wired Magazine. If you like the magazine, you will love this show. Architecture and design fans will want to tune into design: e2. It moves “green” to the forefront of building practices and habitability, bringing sustainable architecture indoors as it explores the impact on concrete jungles and our homes alike.
My newest favorite, Carrier, takes you aboard the USS Nimitz — a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — and gives you an incredible look at the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s largest warships. It shows what it’s like to manage an airport that floats 24 stories off the water; check out this clip of Navy F-18 pilots taking off from the flight deck at 130 miles per hour:
One of the things I’ve always appreciated about PBS is that they are publicly supported, with no commercial breaks in their shows. We’ve done our best to support that format here at Hulu. While you’ll see a couple short advertisements at the beginning of each show, as well as some “overlay” ads (the ads that appear at the bottom of a video), we’ve made sure you can watch episodes as they were intended, with no ad breaks.
Love what you see? Continue to support your local PBS station to keep great shows like these coming. In the meantime, I can’t wait to see more from PBS — and it’s a good bet that I’ll be staying up late to watch!
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Amen to Poirot and Mrs. Marple…and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, add one of the best brit-sits ever: The Vicar of Dibley. I know not a lot of people know it, but I’ll watch it so many times you’ll think you’ve reached the entire east coast 18-49 demographic.