NOVA

I'm pretty anti-ad in general; they're a blight on our world, and are something we'd be much better off without, I'm sure.BUT, whatever. My complaint here isn't necessarily the ads per se, it's where they stuck 'em... It's not like Nova is edited with ad breaks in mind, and I found they tended to disrupt the flow of the program.Oh, well. It surely ain't gonna change any time soon, and if it does, it had better be on someone else's wishlist, 'cause I am not inclined to waste wishes on Hulu, should the cosmos suddenly find itself inclined to change to suit me.   See 7 other replies

Well, the main reason that Hulu has commercials is because it is a legal site, and needs some way to pay for the episodes that are being put up on the site. This money mainly goes to buying the rights and negotiating with the networks that broadcast these shows originally. As for this specific show, it's because no one felt that it was important enough to change this single part of the site to not show commercials, which would be a huge pain, and all just to spare you from watching a 30 second commercial or two, which you don't even have to pay attention to. If you were to watch a show on almost any other major network, PBS not included, you would have to sit through 20 minutes of commercials during an average hour long show, making it 40 minutes of content. And, no, you don't have to be an H+ member to watch these episodes. It would tell you that under the episode's picture. Not to mention you also have to pay for Netflix anyway. At least you get a lot of free episodes on Hulu.   See 7 other replies

PBS does indeed sell its episodes. Straight from its site, no less.   See 7 other replies