Here’s everything you need to know about streaming ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ on Hulu!
‘90s teens had been waiting for the moment when their favourite teen soap drama would get a modern-day reboot. Long after their wish came true, the BH90210 reboot was cancelled before it could return for a second season.
Highlights —
- Watch ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ on Hulu
- These are the episodes missing from Hulu
- What is the reason behind these missing episodes?
Whether you’re watching ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ reruns because of your affection towards the series or for the wave of nostalgia, you can’t deny that it possesses a certain charm which is still experienced today. Although the series could seem outrageous for the time of its premiere, it was undeniably ahead of its time.
The series followed a group of teenagers living in an upscale Beverly Hills community. It had an amazing ensemble cast consisting of Luke Perry, Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestly, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, among others.
Fans have often wondered how to rewatch the series via streaming services, so we’re giving you all the information you need. You can’t stream ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ on Netflix but you can watch most of the episodes on Hulu!
Watch ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Hulu
Netflix won’t be bringing the iconic teen drama series to its streaming service anytime soon! The US itself has over 73 million people who are loyal subscribers of the streaming giant, but they have to resort to Hulu to watch the ‘90s show.
You can easily stream ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ on Hulu if you’ve watched the series before. If you haven’t, you might have some trouble keeping up with the plot, because Hulu doesn’t have all the episodes! 90210 premiered for 10 long years, from 1990 to 2000, and has a staggering 293 episodes.
Unfortunately, Hulu doesn’t have 60 episodes of the series which means there are only 233 available for streaming. During a rerun that might not really matter, but for new viewers who are unfamiliar with the series, it’s bad news.
These are the episodes missing from Hulu
Every season has between three to six episodes missing from the service. It can be exhausting to begin the series and discover this later, so we’re going to list the missing episodes.
Most viewers have only realised this while watching flashbacks of previous episodes, which has been really frustrating for them. While season 1 is available in its entirety, with all 22 episodes, none of the others are.
The second season has episodes 6, 8, 14,18, 23, 26, and 27 missing, which makes for a large part of the show. The third season has the finale episode missing while season 4 has all but episodes 15 and 23. The fifth season too has a few episodes missing, including 12, 20, 25, 32.
After season 6, it’s quite pointless to stream the series because there’s hardly any content. The unavailable ones in season 6 are episodes 2, 3, 16, 27, 28, 31, and 32! Season 7 too doesn’t have episodes 2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32.
Season 8 doesn’t have episodes 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 30, 31, and 32 whereas season 9 has parts 4, 11, 13, 14, 16, 21, and 24 missing. Finally, season 10, which is the last season in the series, has episodes 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, and 27 missing.
What is the reason behind these missing episodes?
Hulu hasn’t specified a reason behind the unavailability of these episodes, but it most likely has to do with music rights. Songs used in the series are mostly live performances by artists from the 80s and 90s, which makes it difficult for a streaming service to get rights for.
Music licensing is vitally important to these series, but it’s impossible to get the rights for most of them. The R&B group Color Me Badd had an important presence in 90210, but online sources report that negotiating music rights came in the way of streaming episodes.
Hulu still has over 73% of the show available for streaming, so until tides change and they can offer more episodes, we have 233 of them here for us!
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