Hulu's initial success came from streaming current episodes of TV shows. But when cable services began fulfilling that need with On Demand programming, Hulu needed something to offer beyond reruns. And in the past five years, the company's original TV programming has made Hulu a subscription-worthy service in its own right.

The Handmaid's Tale

　　Year: 2017-present

　　Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski

　　Creator: Bruce Miller

　　Based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, the most critically acclaimed show on Hulu tells the story of women who were forced into sexual servitude as a means of repopulating the Earth.

　　Watch The Handmaids Tale On Hulu

Normal People

　　Year: 2020

　　Starring: Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones

　　Creator: Sally Rooney

　　A romantic drama set in Ireland, Normal People tells a story about growing up, falling in and out of love, and the arising tensions from unequal social status.

　　Watch Normal People On Hulu

Castle Rock

　　Year: 2018-2019

　　Starring: André Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Melanie Lynskey, Lizzy Caplan, Elsie Fisher

　　Creator: Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason

　　A Stephen King-inspired fever dream, Castle Rock combines the horror master's most famous characters and storylines into a common, shared universe.

　　Watch Castle Rock On Hulu

Animaniacs

　　Year: 2020-present

　　Starring: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille

　　Creator: Tom Ruegger

　　The smartest animated show from the mid-'90s is back. Watch Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner irritate everyone while Pinky and the Brain try to take over the world.

　　Watch Animaniacs On Hulu

The Great

　　Year: 2020-present

　　Starring: Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox

　　Creator: Tony McNamara

　　A comedic, darkly satirical take on the life and times of Catherine the Great, and her murderous impulses towards her husband, Peter III.

　　Watch The Great On Hulu

Harlots

　　Year: 2017-2019

　　Starring: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay

　　Creator: Alison Newman, Moira Buffini

　　Set in a brothel in 18th century London, Brothels centers around a madame who's trying to improve the lives of her families--both her professional and personal ones.

　　Watch Harlots On Hulu

Pen15

　　Year: 2019-present

　　Starring: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle

　　Creator: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman

　　Thirteen is an awkward age, and Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, both playing fictionalized versions of themselves, bring the pain in this cringe comedy.

　　Watch Pen15 On Hulu

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

　　Year: 2019-present

　　Starring: Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore, Siddiq Saunderson

　　Creator: RZA, Alex Tse

　　The Wu-Tang Clan has always engaged in self-mythologizing, and this "based on a true story" epic, about the group's meteoric rise to fame, is another extension of that.

　　Watch Wu-Tang: An American Saga On Hulu

M.O.D.O.K.

　　Year: 2021-present

　　Starring: Patton Oswalt, Aimee Garcia

　　Creator: Jordan Blum, Patton Oswalt

　　Stop-motion animation isn't the go-to medium when it comes to telling Marvel stories, but M.O.D.O.K., about a big-headed supervillain's midlife crisis, makes it work.

　　Watch M.O.D.O.K. On Hulu

Runaways

　　Year: 2017-2019

　　Starring: Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner

　　Creator: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage

　　Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Runaways is about a group of superpowered teens who discover their parents are supervillains, and band together to stop them.

　　Watch Runaways On Hulu

　　If you need something new to binge-watch, you can definitely find it on Hulu. Here are the 10 best original shows currently available for streaming.