Hulu To Offer Free ‘The Wrong Mans’ Episode On PlayStation Consoles

Online content distributor Hulu Plus will make available the first episode of its original series The Wrong Mans for free to PlayStation video game console owners, the company announced Monday.

To help celebrate Friday’s launch of Sony's new PlayStation 4 console, Hulu will make the first of six The Wrong Mans episodes available free of charge to PS3 and PS4 users who download the Hulu Plus app to the console, said company officials.

The Hulu and BBC-produced series, follows two unassuming office workers who get mixed up with crimminals in a case of mistaken identity, launched on the premium Hulu Plus service yesterday (Nov. 11).  

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