How to... Skip Commercials on Hulu

With so many people opting out of unaffordable cable bills, watching TV shows online through sites like Hulu and CastTV becomes mighty appealing. But since there's no TiVo for Hulu (and if there was it would surely carry a high subscription rate—which is the reason to cut off the cable in the first place), you're stuck watching commercials, right? Wrong!

If you're the type to be very weary of downloads (who isn't?) to the point that you steer clear of anything but the bare minimum of programs, this might not be the project for you.

But if you're protected and eager to watch an entire episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" without once seeing ads for soap or cars, get yourself on over to Instructables. User tjmarkham3 has outlined steps for those using Firefox and anyone on other browsers to skip the ads and get straight to the good stuff.

Tjmarkham3 assures you that even though you'd think you're going to see 30 seconds of black screen using AdBlock, his sytem does actually just skip right through the commercials leaving you with seamless footage of The Office.

Check out the whole How To here.

Comments (2)

Not to be a party pooper, but aren't the ads how they stay in business? I'm pretty sure the ad agencies know when you use an ad blocker. This is like sneaking into a movie without paying, or stealing your neighbors cable.

posted by Rolen the Great on April 29th 2009 at 7:09am
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The ad agencies know we skip ads now hence tivo which allows the same process. God knows how many people bought it just for the purpose alone.

There also the get up and go make a sandwich or use the restroom way to skip them as well.

posted by Joan52 on April 29th 2009 at 10:01am
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