The best shows on Hulu right now (November 2025)

By Dan Girolamo and Anthony Orlando Updated November 18, 2025

If you’re looking for the best shows on Hulu, you’ve come to the right place. The Lowdown, a new neo-noir with a budding star, premiered in September, and it remains popular on Hulu. Meanwhile, the Emmy-nominated series Abbott Elementary has returned with a new season.

Other recent shows like Alien: Earth and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox also have their complete first seasons on Hulu. Elsewhere, fans can watch some of Hulu’s top shows, including The Bear and Shōgun. Read the rest of our guide for the best shows on Hulu.

We also have guides to the best new shows to stream, the best shows on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, and the best movies on Amazon Prime Video.

This series from Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo premiered on FX earlier this year, and it has grown into one of the most acclaimed shows of 2025. The Lowdown follows investigative journalist and self-proclaimed “truthstorian” Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke), whose endless pursuit of the truth always gets him in hot water.

The series shows Lee uncovering a sinister conspiracy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, centered around a powerful family after one of its members is found dead. As Lee navigates a web of crime and corruption, he finds himself followed by a mysterious private investigator named Marty (Keith David).

Stream The Lowdown on Hulu.

Based on a podcast exploring the real-life Murdaugh murders, this true crime miniseries dramatizes said case and the dark truths surrounding it. Murdaugh: Death in the Family begins with lawyer Alex Murdaugh (Jason Clarke) reporting to the police that his wife Maggie (Patricia Argquette) and their son Paul (Johnny Berchtold) have been shot dead.

From there, the audience is sent back in time and shown how things had gotten “real bad.” From a deadly boat crash to financial theft to drug and alcohol addiction, all the crimes and vices involving the Murdaughs come to light, revealing how a wealthy family slowly decayed, finally imploding with such shocking deaths.

Stream Murdaugh: Death in the Family on Hulu.

In creator Quinta Brunson’s mockumentary workplace sitcom, audiences follow the lives of the teachers at a predominantly Black public school in Philadelphia. Though the school is underfunded and led by an incompetent principal (Janelle James), Janine Teagues (Brunson) works hard with the other teachers to support their students as best as they can.

Abbott Elementary‘s fifth season premiered on ABC on October 1st, and there are some big changes. Janine is teaching a 40-student class, Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) is teaching sixth graders, and one of Barbara’s (Sheryl Lee Ralph) previous students is a new teacher.

Stream Abbott Elementary on Hulu.

A toxic relationship serves as the narrative force in Tell Me Lies, based on Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel of the same name. Beginning in 2007, Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) is a freshman at Baird College. Lucy meets junior Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) and instantly forms a connection.

What starts as a harmless college relationship transforms into an addictive and turbulent connection that plays out over eight years. The show bounces back and forth between the college timeline and 2015, which explores the fallout of their secrets. Hulu renewed the series for a third season.

Stream Tell Me Lies on Hulu.

For the first time in franchise history, Alien went to television as a drama series in Alien: Earth. A prequel to the events in Alien, Alien: Earth examines how five corporations rule the planet and solar system. The first hybrid — a synthetic being with human consciousness — has been introduced to the world and could shape the course of mankind.

When a spaceship crashes on Earth, the hybrid Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a group of soldiers investigate the remains. What they find will haunt their nightmares.

Stream Alien: Earth on Hulu.

In this adored sitconm, after the wealthy Rose family loses their fortune, they are forced to live in a town that father Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) bought for his son, David (Dan Levy), as a joke birthday gift. Forced to shack up in a tiny motel together, the spoiled, pampered Roses initially struggle to adjust to their new surroundings.

However, after meeting and growing close to their oddball neighbors, the Roses accept Schitt’s Creek as their new home and begin to become better, more loving versions of themselves.

Stream Schitt’s Creek on Hulu.

For 13 seasons, the Hills, a family of Arlen, Texas, became the subject of the animated sitcom King of the Hill. After 13 seasons, Fox canceled the show in 2010. 15 years later, King of the Hill returns for a 14th season on a new network, Hulu.

After years working in Saudi Arabia, Hank (Mike Judge) and Peggy Hill (Kathy Najimy) return to Arlen to find a different community. The couple’s son, Bobby (Pamela Adlon), is now working as a chef in Dallas. Despite being off the air for a decade, King of the Hill manages to hilariously capture the mundane aspects of a changing world.

Stream King of the Hill on Hulu.

Relive one of the more harrowing and notorious murder cases of the last 20 years, which gets dramatized in Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. In 2007, exchange student Meredith Kercher was murdered in Italy.

Amanda Knox (Grace Van Patten), Meredith’s roommate, is accused and convicted of murder. The ensuing media circus became a global story as Knox spent years in an Italian prison for a crime she did not commit. This is how it went down, from the initial crime to the eventual acquittal.

Stream The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Hulu.

In the new society of Gilead, women are relegated to subservient roles, and due to the low birth rate, a class of women called “handmaids” is conscripted to bear children for the powerful male leaders of Gilead. The protagonist of The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred/June (Elisabeth Moss), is one such woman, forced to have ritualized sex with Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) to provide him and his wife with a child. Living without any rights or power, Offred tries to survive each day, hoping to one day be free.

The Handmaid’s Tale is a masterful adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s grim novel of the same name, with excellent performances and gorgeous, oft-disturbing scene composition. While the story diverges from Atwood’s writing in the latter seasons, the troubling themes and startling revelations continue, culminating in the show’s sixth and final season.

Stream The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu.

What would happen if the person tasked with protecting the president was the last person to see him before he died? Fingers would start pointing at the protector, and that’s precisely what happens in Paradise. This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman reunites with Sterling K. Brown, who plays Xavier Collins, a Secret Service agent assigned to protect President Cal Bradford (James Marsden).

The mysterious story follows Xavier’s journey as he tries to prove his innocence and deal with the death of a close friend with whom he had friction right before his death. Whether a frame job or a conspiracy is the big question mark that looms over this whodunit mystery, Paradise is about much more than you’d expect.

Stream Paradise on Hulu.

In Only Murders in the Building, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez are residents of an upscale New York building who come together because they share an obsessive passion for true crime. When they find themselves actually involved in one, the situation gets increasingly hairy, and their sleuthing skills are put to the test.

The show has had a long list of guests and supporting stars, including Tina Fey, Sting, Nathan Lane, Shirley MacLaine, Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, and Eugene Levy. The show recently returned with season 5, which follows the gang as they investigate the death of their doorman.

Stream Only Murders in the Building on Hulu.

When he left his job in the world of fine dining to take over his family’s small-town sandwich shop, Carmen (Jeremy Allen White) had no idea what he was in for. Not only is he dealing with the grief of family loss, but he is also trying to navigate a professional world very different from the one he knows.

That includes the challenges of running a small business and doing so with a team of rough-around-the-edges employees who are initially none too pleased to have him bossing them around. Nonetheless, “Carmy” is determined to succeed professionally in The Bear. But to do so means sacrifice, often at the expense of his personal growth and happiness.

Stream The Bear on Hulu.

Shōgun is a spectacular reimagining of the 1980 TV miniseries and the James Clavell novel. Three people end up in the same place by happenstance: John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English sailor; Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), a powerful daimyo; and Lady Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a woman who has been dishonored by her family.

While the story in Shōgun is largely fictional, it’s also loosely based on real historical events, with each character based on a real person. Blackthorne, for example, is based on English navigator William Adams, who became a samurai. He was taught by Tokugawa Ieyasu, on whom Toranaga is based, while Mariko is modeled after Hosokawa Garasha, an aristocrat from the Sengoku period.

Stream Shōgun on Hulu.

Donald Glover’s comedy-drama Atlanta follows a dogged college dropout named Earn (Glover), who sleeps at his on-again/off-again girlfriend’s place and struggles to provide for their child. When he learns that his cousin Alfred is starting to achieve success as a rapper — stage name, Paper Boi — Earn becomes his manager.

There is not much of an overarching plot to Atlanta. Most episodes play out like short films, and the show experiments with a variety of stories and formats — one standout episode is presented entirely as an episode of a local interview show, complete with fake commercials. Daring and frequently poignant, Atlanta is one of the most exciting shows on TV today.

Stream Atlanta on Hulu.

What South Park is to late-night animation, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is to sitcoms. Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day — who also created the show — star as three best friends who kind of hate each other, while Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito round out the cast as the infamous Dee and Frank.

The group often finds itself in some of the most absurd situations as the members push into the uncharted and irreverent comedic territory for which the show is well known, usually as a result of their own botched schemes. The show recently completed its 17th season and has already been renewed through to season 18.

Stream It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Hulu.