Streaming service Hulu was plagued by technical difficulties all evening during the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, including experiencing widespread outages and ending their live event before the main awards of the evening had been announced.

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The Academy Awards always ends with the biggest awards of the night, but some viewers couldn't watch it. Streaming service Hulu allegedly cut its feed before the winners of Best Leading Actress and Best Picture were announced.

Did you watch the Oscars on Hulu last night? If you did, you might want to check out our Oscars 2025 live blog to see what you missed. Last night was, of course, the 97th Academy Awards. It was filled with big moments and even some shocking upsets and if you watched on cable or with a cable alternative,

The biggest night in Hollywood was interrupted by Hulu‘s bungled livestream Sunday evening (March 2) as technical errors blocked thousands of subscribers from logging in and also led to the livestream being cut short just as the evening’s biggest categories were announced.

More than 33,000 users reported an inability to log onto Hulu just as the 97th Academy Award telecast was set to begin. Thousands more saw their stream abruptly end before the best picture award.

Hulu subscribers trying to keep up with Anora’s roll though many of the major Oscars categories Sunday missed out on the evening’s climax, when the film won Best Picture and Sean Baker became the only other person besides Walt Disney to win four Oscars in one night.

It doesn't offer much information about why the livestream cut off, but it does confirm that this was a Hulu issue that impacted only "some" viewers. Mashable entertainment editor Kristy Puchko was watching ABC's official Oscars livestream and didn't experience any issues.