Hulu Strikes Again with the Stealth Release of 'Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes'

No offense to Hulu, but if a series is debuting on the Disney-owned platform and it's not an FX series (or a Freeform one), it feels like no one bothers to promote it. We've been complaining about this on and off for the last few years, as Hulu stealth dropped British shows Telly Visions was specifically keeping an eye on to see which American distributor stepped up. Some of this is due to the tight turnaround times Hulu operates on — there are times when a deal is made (like with Big Boys), where the real get was Season 3, and Seasons 1 and 2 were almost like an afterthought once the papers were signed, showing up with no warning. However, some of this is simply the left and right hands not communicating, as seen in the Disney+ series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, which lands on Hulu with all episodes on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. This reveal was not apparent until Tuesday, April 29.

Disney+ only announced the series was in production in February 2025, but at the time, the press release stated that this series was a Disney+ UK joint venture, with no mention of Hulu. That made sense, as the series is about an incident that most Americans aren't aware of — the shooting of unarmed, innocent Brazilian-born electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, who the Metropolitan police misidentified in the wake of the 7/7 bombings and shot dead in a crowded tube station. The series aimed to arrive in time for the 20th anniversary of the shooting, and securing an American distributor seemed as likely as a U.S. network trying to convince the U.K. to pick up a series about Eric Gardner.

However, it turns out that the producers were planning to release the series globally from the start, including the U.S., where the series will debut on Hulu with all episodes available on the same day as they are on Disney+ everywhere else.