D'Oh! The Simpsons TV makes it to iTunes

It's called the me-too effect, where everyone the slightest bit unsure will blindly follow people who sound convincing (while not knowing what they're talking about).

I.e., "all" the people saying HULU is great are reinforcing the belief that mediocre (at best) quality is awesome.

Personally, I haven't tried it due to me being in Europe, but if it's anywhere near the quality (un-quality?) of Joost, then I'd say I'd LOVE to use Hulu for my everyday needs just about as much as I'd prefer listening to 64Kbps MP3s over a telephone line instead of my iPod.

For music when I'm somewhere with an internet connection, I've found my level of comfort: Spotify.
A very large catalogue (currently 2.16 million tracks), licensed through big labels and a few smaller, with more labels (including independents) being added constantly.
Streamable att (currently) Ogg Vorbis -q5 quality (very roughly comparable to a 160Kbps MP3), with higher quality most likely being somewhere on the horizon.

Cost?
Either free (listen to 30-60 seconds of ads every 20-30 minutes) or ~9 Euro per month.

For video/tv, I haven't found something that meets my needs, but I strongly doubt Hulu would be enough for me, even if it were available over here, given the low bitrates -- I mean come on, 700Kbps for video and audio combined?
Yuck!

I am surprised Apple didn't just release a "HD" version and stretch the picture, like the way episodes look on a HDTV, and collect the extra buck for each one... No question, someone would be willing to pay that Apple Tax.

*Apple* releasing a HD version? Apple does not own The Simpsons. The right to release in either SD or HD or both on iTunes, is wholly in the hands of the owners. So if they did release in HD with just scaling, then it would be the owner's tax, not Apple's.

People are just too quick to jump on meaningless and/or misleading buzzwords like "Apple Tax". If you want mindless and factless Apple-bashing then try the Engadget comments section.