The 12 best shows on Hulu you can watch right now - Android

Here are our picks for the 12 best TV shows on Hulu that you can stream from the popular streaming service.

Hulu may be looked upon as the smaller version of Netflix, but the truth is that the premium streaming service has a lot of great TV shows and movies that are not available on its bigger competitor. The service’s cheapest subscription tier (with commercials) is just $5.99 a month. If you can stomach some ads, you will be able to access the complete runs of some of the best shows on Hulu.

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Which shows should you watch on Hulu? We have picked our selections for the 11 best TV shows on Hulu that are currently available to stream on the service. Just a quick note: We selected TV shows with full season runs, and it’s a mix of both original Hulu series and older shows that are available to stream on the service. You can check out the service at the link below, with a 30-day free trial to get you started.

Best TV Shows on Hulu:

Editor’s note: We will update this article as more great TV shows are added to Hulu’s catalog and others are removed.

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1. The Handmaid’s Tale

Based on the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel, The Handmaid’s Tale is a cautionary look at a possible future United States that lets an ultra-Christian theocracy take over the country. In this version of the future, women are seen as no more than servants, wives and, in the case of Handmaids, birth mothers. As the title character Offred, Elizabeth Moss gives the performance of her career as a woman who fights this horrible life in her own way — with dignity and grace.

This is a Hulu-exclusive series, and it’s also the first-ever streaming series to win an Emmy for Best Drama. Three seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale are available on Hulu now, and a fourth is coming in 2020. It’s one of the best shows on Hulu that’s an original series for the streaming service as well.

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2. The X-Files

Creator Chris Carter’s sci-fi/horror show was an instant hit when it premiered in 1993. Combining elements of The Outer Limits with an investigative procedural, the show (mostly) followed the FBI files that no one else wanted. No one, that is, until Special Agent Mulder decided to go check them out. He gets lots of help from his reluctant and skeptical partner, Special Agent Scully. While the series ran out of steam, and mostly out of Mulder, in its final couple of seasons out of its original nine-season run, it’s still worth watching. The show was also revived with its original cast more recently for a couple of shortened seasons (10 and 11), and Hulu has those as well, but don’t expect them to be nearly as good as the classic seasons of this show.

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3. Atlanta

Who knew that Donald Glover, best known for his role in the sitcom Community, would create one of the best TV series in recent years? Atlanta is a dramedy that focuses on two cousins, played by Glover and Brian Tyree Henry, who are trying to make it big in the huge hip-hop market in Atlanta. The show not only turned Glover into a major TV artistic talent, but would also be the big break for other actors like Henry, Lakeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz.

The show is hard to categorize, but it is funny and takes some chances with storylines, particularly in the acclaimed second season episode “Teddy Perkins.” Two seasons of Atlanta are available now. This is definitely one of the best shows on Hulu.

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4. Seinfeld

The show about nothing certainly turned into something: one of the funniest sitcoms ever. Created by comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, this show took a little while to find its audience, or rather it took a while for its massive audience to find it. In any case, the tales of Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer were ones that seem on the outside to be outrageous and over-the top. The truth is, Seinfeld’s humor mostly comes from the fact that many people might actually live their lives like this foursome did in New York City for nine seasons. From dealing with mean lunch cooks (“No soup for you”), to creating a new holiday (Festivus), to running a highly unusual contest among these friends (“Are you still master of your domain?”), the classic episodes, lines, and situations in Seinfeld are available to stream. Without a doubt, it’s a worthy addition to our best shows on Hulu list.

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5. Legion

Like Atlanta, Legion comes from the FX network. At first, these two series don’t seem to have a lot in common. The title character of David Haller, based loosely on the Marvel Comics X-Men character, is a man who has massive telepathic and telekinetic abilities, but who also suffers from serious mental health issues. However, like Atlanta, Legion is not afraid to make some changes to the typical superhero TV show story. It messes with time and narrative, and it also has some very weird psychedelic sequences. You can watch all three seasons of Legion now on Hulu.

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6. What We Do In The Shadows