Disney Star: Everything to binge on the new streaming platform

Disney+ added a more grown-up section late in February 2021 under the Star label, giving viewers outside the United States a place for titles that sat outside the family lane. The hub arrived in Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, delivering general entertainment that U.S. audiences already found on Hulu. That split kept complicated licensing deals intact while giving international subscribers a broader slate in one app.

Star carried dozens of series and hundreds of films from Disney’s library, with new titles added monthly. American viewers instead turned to Hulu for the same shows and movies. The two services overlapped heavily, yet Hulu’s catalog stayed larger thanks to extra third-party deals unavailable to Star.

The Rebrand to Hulu

By 2025 Disney announced that the Star tile would become Hulu worldwide. The shift positioned Hulu as the single global general entertainment brand on Disney+, with a full unified app experience planned for 2026. The rebrand kept the same content mix but streamlined the name and interface for viewers everywhere.

How the Hub Works Today

Inside Disney+ the Hulu hub sits beside the core Disney+ catalog and surfaces ABC, FX, 20th Century, and Searchlight titles. International users reach it through the integrated Disney+ app. Viewers in the United States continue to use the standalone Hulu service or the Disney Bundle, so the mature slate stays consistent across regions even if the branding differs.

Ongoing Content Growth

New seasons, holiday specials, and licensed films keep landing every month. Recent roundups show fresh episodes of long-running series plus occasional originals that fit the general entertainment lane. The library has expanded well beyond the seventy-five series and two-hundred-eighty films noted at the 2021 launch.

Impact on International Viewers

The change from Star to Hulu did not remove programming, but it did replace the tile and menu language. Viewers in the original launch markets still open Disney+ to reach the same shows, now under the Hulu banner. The move also sets the stage for the single-app experience expected in 2026.

Love, Victor

Love, Victor spun off from the 2018 film Love, Simon and the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. The story follows Victor as he adjusts to a new high school, juggles family pressures, and sorts out his own sexuality. The series originally carried a Star Original label, then finished its three-season run in June 2022. All episodes now stream on both Hulu and Disney+.

Family Guy

Family Guy follows the misadventures of the Griffin clan in Quahog. The animated series keeps adding seasons and specials; Season 24 arrived recently, along with holiday installments that keep the irreverent tone intact. Episodes remain available through the Hulu hub on Disney+ and on Hulu in the United States.

Firefly

Firefly is the 2002 sci-fi western that ran for one fourteen-episode season. Set five hundred years in the future, it tracks a ragtag crew dodging authority while scraping by on the edges of settled space. The complete series still streams on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in select international markets.

Grey’s Anatomy

Created by Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy centers on the surgeons of Seattle Grace Hospital and their tangled personal lives. The medical drama reached twenty-two seasons by 2026 and earned a renewal for Season 23, extending its record as one of the longest-running scripted series on American television. All episodes sit inside the Hulu hub and on Hulu domestically.

Deadpool 2

Ryan Reynolds returns as the mercenary with a mouth in this 2018 sequel. Deadpool teams with a band of mutants to protect a young target from a powerful adversary. The R-rated Fox Marvel title now appears on Disney+ in supported regions as well as on Hulu in the United States.

Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 mockumentary follows the Kazakh journalist on a cross-country trip filled with awkward encounters and escalating chaos. The film streams on Disney+ in international markets and on Hulu stateside, though licensing rotations occasionally shift its placement.

Braveheart

Mel Gibson directed and starred in the 1995 epic about Scottish rebel William Wallace. The nearly three-hour historical drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It remains available on Disney+ in markets that carry the Hulu hub and on Paramount+ inside the United States.

The original Star experiment proved there was demand for mature programming inside Disney’s international service. The move to the Hulu brand keeps that catalog intact while preparing viewers for the single-app future slated for 2026. Whether audiences open Disney+ abroad or Hulu at home, the same library of series and films continues to grow month after month.