While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800 episodes over three years.
Hulu has continued to make TV history in the years since, most notably in 2017 when it became the first streamer to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with The Handmaid’s Tale (which recently dropped its long-awaited final season). In the years since, the streamer has continued to match—and often exceed—that high bar for quality entertainment with shows such as Shōgun, which set an Emmy record in 2024 with 18 wins in a single season, and The Bear.
While more competition has popped up since Hulu started gaining critical credibility, the network has continued to stand out for its carefully curated selection of original series and network partnerships that make it the home of FX series and more. Below are some of our favorite shows streaming on Hulu right now.
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The Manipulated
Like a cross between The Fugitive and Taken, this new South Korean crime series is as much about revenge as it is about getting to the bottom of a horrific crime. Park Tae-jung (Ji Chang-wook) is a young courier who is working to help his brother through school and to make his own dreams of opening a plant nursery—something he and his late mother bonded over—come true. When he finds a lost cell phone one night and agrees to take it back to its owner, his life is thrown into an upheaval. His simple act of kindness turns out to be his undoing when he’s accused of rape and murder. In addition to proving his innocence, Park is intent on finding out who framed him for the crime—and exacting revenge.
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
After his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Chris Hemsworth decided to do something: create a “road trip back in time” to help his dad hang on to their family’s memories. In this National Geographic documentary series, the Thor actor not only helps his father but also learns, and shares, the science behind how social connection can impact brain health.
To Cook a Bear
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