The 12 Best Comedy Shows on Hulu, From “Only Murders in the Building” to “Schitt’s Creek”

This Hulu original stars Selena Gomez as Mabel, Steve Martin as Charles, and Martin Short as Oliver. If that’s not enough, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Meryl Streep, and other big hitters also make appearances in the series about three strangers who bond over their love of true crime – just to find themselves entangled as suspects in a case after someone is murdered in the Upper West Side apartment building where they all live. Together, the unlikely trio work together to solve a murder every season and clear their own names in the process.

Watch “Only Murders in the Building” on Hulu now.

“Abbott Elementary” is the endearing yet hilarious story of a group of talented teachers and an offbeat principal at an underfunded school in Philadelphia whose only real thing in common is their passion for providing their students an exceptional education. While the basis of the show is what’s going on in the school, love triangles, family drama, and amusing team bonding outings all play a major part in what makes the series so lovable. In 2023, “Abbott Elementary” scored 15 Emmy nominations and three wins.

Watch “Abbott Elementary” on Hulu now.

Ashton Kutcher heads this hidden-camera reality TV show that pranked some of the biggest stars of the early aughts, including Beyoncé, Jessica Biel, and Britney Spears. The show ran from 2003 to 2015 before being rebooted in 2020 with Chance the Rapper, and while only four of the seasons are currently available on Hulu, there’s no shortage of laughter that will come from the episodes that see Kutcher pull some of the funniest, yet most cringeworthy, practical jokes on other celebs.

Watch “Punk’d” on Hulu now.

“Saturday Night Live” star Aidy Bryant leads this series about a journalist named Annie who is focused on changing her life without changing her body. As Annie deals with the woes of life, including sick parents, flaky boyfriends, and a boss who is a textbook perfectionist, she learns she is just as good as everyone else. This show boasts both endearing characters and genius comedy.

Watch “Shrill” on Hulu now.

If wholesome family comedy is your thing, this TGIF classic will make you cry tears of laughter. It follows the life of the middle-class Winslow family – dad Carl, mom Harriette, daughter Laura, and son Eddie – as they navigate teenage drama, family feuds, and, most importantly, the mishaps caused by their annoying neighbor, Steve Urkel. The show debuted in 1989 and ran through 1998 with nine seasons.

Watch “Family Matters” on Hulu now.

If you want to relive your awkward youth but this time be able to laugh at all the strange things that come with growing up, “PEN15” is worth a watch. The show, according to IMDb, tells the “comedic story of middle school seen through the eyes of two 7th grade girls dealing with the awkwardness of being a teenager.” It’s worth noting that the series ended after season two, so fans shouldn’t get too attached to the characters and their stories, though that will be tough.

Watch “PEN15” on Hulu now.

Though Dre Johnson seemingly has it all – a great job, a smart and successful doctor wife, and healthy children – he can’t help but feel he’s missing something. He fears he hasn’t instilled the Black culture in which he was raised in his own three children, whom he’s raising in a predominantly white upper-middle-class California neighborhood. The show follows Dre and his wife Rainbow’s family life as they all navigate real-life social and political issues as a Black family in the US, hitting on actual events that took place during the filming of the show from 2014 to 2022.

Watch “Black-ish” on Hulu now.

Mindy Kaling’s comedic chops are front and center in this comedy about the life of Dr. Mindy Lahiri. Lahiri struggles to find a balance between her work as an uber-successful ob-gyn and her personal life, where she’s an awkward yet endearing woman who is obsessed with love stories, office gossip, and finding her soulmate. While the love stories that play out during the six seasons of “The Mindy Project” are enough to get you hooked, it’s the relationships of Lahiri and her quirky coworkers that leave viewers longing for more.

Watch “The Mindy Project” on Hulu.

If you’re looking for a fast and easy comedy that won’t take you forever to stream in its entirety, Hulu’s “Reboot” is for you. Unfortunately, the show – which follows a reboot of a fictional early-2000s family sitcom, forcing its dysfunctional cast to deal with their unresolved past in the modern world – only has one season, but it’s still worth diving into. The show stars big names, including Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville, Judy Greer, and Calum Worthy.

Watch “Reboot” on Hulu now.

“Modern Family” follows the life of three very different families that are all related through a patriarch, Jay Pritchett. The show is filmed as a mockumentary in which the characters talk one-on-one with the camera, often telling hilarious secrets or spilling unexpected knowledge through humor. Over the course of 11 seasons, fans not only fall in love with the hilarious cast members of the series, but actually feel like they’ve grown up with them as part of the family.

Watch “Modern Family” on Hulu now.

With nine Emmy wins, “Schitt’s Creek” is known for its critically acclaimed humor. The show, which stars Dan Levy, Eugene Levy, Sarah Levy, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara, and Emily Hampshire, follows the story of the once-wealthy Rose family, who lose everything after falling victim to fraud. They’re forced to move to the remote town of Schitt’s Creek – their only asset, which they bought as a joke before losing everything – where they experience major culture shock that brings them closer.

Watch “Schitt’s Creek” on Hulu now.

Another early-’90s classic, this show tells the story of two twin sisters who are reunited as teens after being separated at birth. A chance encounter at a local mall leads them to one another, and together with their adoptive parents, Lisa and Ray, they begin learning how to live together as one big, happy family – with lots of life’s hiccups along the way.

Watch “Sister, Sister” on Hulu now.