Hulu Embraces Binge Model for Original Drama Shut Eye

SANTA MONICA: Hulu, which traditionally has released one episode per week for its original series, is making the entire first season of the new drama Shut Eye available at the same time.

All ten episodes of Shut Eye, created and executive produced by Les Bohem, will be released on December 7, allowing customers to binge-watch the series in its entirety. The story centers on Charlie Haverford (played by Jeffrey Donovan), a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a client’s angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new “clairvoyant,” and suddenly, a man whose entire life has been based on fraud begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths.

The move of making all episodes available at once is a departure for Hulu, while rivals like Netflix have embraced the binge-viewing model from the start.