Hulu carried the 2026 Oscars as the U.S. streaming service.
For the first time, viewers in the United States could stream the live Oscars ceremony on Hulu, alongside the traditional ABC television broadcast. The 98th Academy Awards took place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien serving as host. Hulu’s live stream gave cord-cutters an online way to watch the same ceremony shown on ABC.
The Academy’s official viewing information identified Hulu as the streaming destination, while ABC remained the broadcast network. Hulu + Live TV also offered access to the ABC feed, but the quiz’s canonical service answer is Hulu rather than a general live-TV bundle.
The change mattered because the Oscars had long been associated primarily with broadcast television. Paramount+, Peacock, and Netflix did not carry the U.S. ceremony as its official streaming home. The broadcast and streaming arrangement applied to the United States; international availability varied by territory.