Hulu’s ad-free version comes with one small asterisk. Seven Hulu shows — “New Girl,” “Scandal,” “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Agents of Shield” and “Grimm” — will be what Hulu is referring to internally as “exception shows,” which means they will run with ads even on the ad-free version.
But this is a pretty minor concession: While the shows will have a 15-second commercial before they start and a 30-second ad after they end, there won’t be any commercials in the middle of the programs.