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What day and time will 'Up Here' release? Everything you need to know about Hulu's musical series

'Up Here' is an upcoming musical comedy TV series by Hulu featuring Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes as leads

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Musical movies have always instilled in viewers a sense of joy and excitement, and the TV networks are catching up with more and more musical shows these days. Watching a movie that tells a story with music, lyrics, and dance is captivating enough already, but getting a romantic musical comedy TV series sounds too good to be true. Well, that's exactly what Hulu is bringing for us. 'Up Here' is an upcoming romantic musical comedy TV show by Hulu created by Robert Lopez and Kristin Anderson-Lopez, hitting American television on March 24, 2023. The show will focus on creating a grand experience while packing a nice punch of laughter that is typically expected of musical movies and shows like 'Smash', and 'My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' has shown that it can be done on TV without compromise.

The backbone of the show is the same crew that worked on popular shows like 'The Book of Mormon', 'tick, tick… Boom', 'Hamilton', and many more. It will be fun to see how the series unfolds once it releases. Here's everything that we know about 'Up Here' so far.

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When will 'Up Here' release? 

'Up Here' is set for a release on March 24, 2023, on Hulu only in the US. Hulu can be subscribed to as a standalone streaming service, as part of the Disney bundle, or even as a live TV channel by signing in to Hulu with Live TV.

How to watch 'Up Here'?

'Up Here' will be available for viewers in the US on Hulu. The show will be released fully as all 8 episodes will be available for streaming right from the second. 

What is the plot of 'Up Here'?

'Up Here' derives its plot from a stage musical by Robert Lopez and Kristin Anderson-Lopez with a few modifications for TV. The story is based on the inner voices of the lead characters, Miguel and Lindsay, as they struggle with the peaks and valleys of a relationship. As far as Hulu's official synopsis is concerned, it reads, "A musical romantic comedy set in New York City in the waning days of 1999, following the extraordinary story of one ordinary couple as they fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the treacherous world of memories, obsessions, fears and fantasies that live inside their heads."

Who stars in 'Up Here'?

The romantic comedy series has the pair of Miguel and Lindsay as its lead characters. Mae Whitman plays Lindsay while Carlos Valdes gets a crack at Miguel. The rest of the cast includes Katie Finneran (Bloodline), Andréa Burns (West Side Story), Emilia Suárez (A Good Person), Sophia Hammons (Under Wraps),  John Hodgman (Poker Face), and Scott Porter (Ginny & Georgia).

What is the buzz around 'Up Here'?

People are excited about 'Up Here' as the screenwriter for 'tick, tick… Boom' and the creators of 'Hamilton' and the songwriter of 'The Book of Mormon' are involved.

Are you excited for ‘Up Here’ as well? Stay tuned for more updates from MEAWW.