The best shows on Hulu include the Disney+ original Percy Jackson and the Olympians, British comedy Such Brave Girls, and plenty more favorites.
If you’re looking for some of the best shows to watch right now, including high-profile titles as well as hidden gems, Hulu is a good place to start. The streaming service has tons of popular originals like Only Murders in the Building but also offers access to shows in partnership with other services, like FX’s A Murder at the End of the World and The Bear, and the new Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Yes, you can watch that show with a Hulu subscription.
If you’re unsure what to watch next as you look to ease your way into the new year, we have highlighted the best shows on Hulu right now in this list. Learn about each show, make a list of what you want to watch, and start enjoying whenever you have downtime. If you love the genre to which each of these shows fit, you won’t be disappointed.
Looking for something else? We’ve also rounded up the best movies on Hulu, the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and the best shows on Disney+.
Fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson book series especially have fallen in love with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, a fantasy series based on the stories that have been popular tween/teen (and even adult) reading since 2005. The title character, played by Walker Scobell, is a 12-year-old demigod, the son of Poseidon. The Greek god Zeus believes the young man has stolen his thunderbolt. Percy, with the help of his friends, goes on the hunt to find the missing thunderbolt. He hopes to restore order to Olympus, the palace where powers from all the gods and goddesses unite.
With Riordan himself heavily involved in the project as co-creator, the series has been praised for sticking with the source material. Some critics, in fact, say Percy Jackson and the Olympians is better than the film series, a testament to the acting, storytelling, and depiction of the fictional world. Though it’s technically a Disney+ series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is also streaming on Hulu.
Enjoy hearty laughs with this BBC Three British sitcom featuring an all-female ensemble cast. Josie (Kat Sadler) and Billie (Lizzie Davidson are siblings living with their single mother Deb (Louise Brealey). The trio continuously make bad decisions and are obsessed with what others think of them, blissfully ignorant to the fact that others don’t care much about them at all.
Dubbed a dysfunctional family sitcom, Such Brave Girls was created by Sadler, who stars alongside her real-life sister (Davidson), bringing a level of authenticity and natural chemistry to the show. In fact, Sadler has said that while the story itself is fiction, she does draw on the worst bits of both herself and Davidson for the characters. Such Brave Girls is a wonderful addition to the quirky family sitcom sub-genre.
A great show to watch with the kids, Science Fair: The Series is a mix of educational content and reality TV. The three-part docuseries, a follow-up to the 2018 documentary Science Fair, follows more than 2,000 teenage students from 80+ countries competing at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Known as the most competitive science fair, these kids aren’t just making paper mache volcanoes; they are creating technology that solves real-world issues, from hunger to climate change.
Science Fair: The Series is smart TV at its finest, and it will inspire kids and adults alike to learn, educate themselves on important social topics, and spark competitive spirit. It’s also a glimpse into how, while these teenagers have incredibly gifted minds, they are just like everyone else their age with the same hopes, dreams, and heartaches.
A must-watch South Korean drama, Moving is finally coming to Hulu with a dubbed version for English-speaking audiences who can enjoy it without subtitles. A Disney+ original directed by Park In-je, the man behind the popular Netflix series Kingdom, Moving is a supernatural drama about three teenagers who discover they have superpowers.
The series, which became Disney+’s most-watched Korean original globally, follows the high schoolers as they deal with their superhuman abilities and their parents figure out what they are capable of doing. Critics call Moving a fascinating superhero series with character arcs for the parents that are just as compelling, if not more so, than that of the kids.
A high-stakes heist series, Culprits is about a crew that believes they have pulled off the perfect heist. Once all is said and done, they go their separate ways, taking on new identities and living their best lives in different parts of the world. But when one gets killed, then another, it’s clear someone knows what they did and is coming for revenge. Now, they may need to come back together to save the lives of the remaining group members and catch who is picking them off, one by one.
Premiering on Star via Disney+ before coming to Hulu, Culprits has been well-received by both critics and viewers alike. The action crime drama is praised for its pacing and hints of horror that give it a unique spin. “Slick, chic, and blood-soaked,” writes one reviewer. Culprits is poised to be one of the best heist dramas in recent years.
Set in the remote, rural town of Letterkenny (populated, the show tells us, entirely by hicks, skids, hockey players, and Christians), Jared Keeso’s comedy Letterkenny follows a group of hicks: Wayne (Keeso), his friend Daryl (Nathan Dales), sister Katy (Michelle Mylett), and Squirrelly Dan (K. Trevor Wilson), as well as a pair of hockey players, Reilly (Dylan Playfair) and Jonesy (Andrew Herr). The show revolves around their lives and encounters with the other eccentrics in the town.
It’s a show deeply rooted in Canadian culture, with heavy use of slang.
