Here Are the Best TV Shows to Stream this Weekend on Hulu, Including ‘Gintama’

Hulu’s lineup this weekend blends brand-new premieres with fresh seasons and some standout international and anime arrivals. If you’re planning a Friday-through-Sunday binge, there’s plenty landing right now, plus a couple of recent additions from the past few weeks worth sliding into your queue.

Below are ten timely picks with the essentials—what each show covers and who’s behind it—so you can jump in fast. The list prioritizes the newest arrivals from this week, followed by notable originals and then recent or classic additions that have a strong footprint.

‘9-1-1: Nashville’ (2025– )

This new entry in the ‘9-1-1’ universe is set in Tennessee and follows Captain Don Hart, the chief at Nashville’s Fire Station 113, as he leads multi-agency responses to tornadoes, mass-casualty events, and citywide emergencies. The series is created by Ryan Murphy, Tim Minear, and Rashad Raisani, with executive producers including Brad Falchuk and Angela Bassett, and stars Chris O’Donnell with Jessica Capshaw and Hailey Kilgore among the principal cast.

Produced by 20th Television, the show introduces a fresh unit and protocols specific to the region, opening with a high-risk rescue on the Shelby Street Bridge. It connects to the broader franchise playbook—dispatch calls, coordinated incident command, and rotating specialty teams—while establishing new inter-department dynamics across fire, police, and EMS.

‘9-1-1’ (2018– )

The flagship first-responder drama continues in Los Angeles, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear. The ensemble features Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, and Ryan Guzman as Station 118 faces large-scale disasters alongside intimate call-outs.

Produced by 20th Television, the current season picks up on fallout from last year’s finale, threading character arcs through case-of-the-week rescues. The production blends cinematic set-pieces with procedural rhythms, with leadership changes and on-scene tactics shaping the unit’s evolving playbook.

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (2005– )

Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama returns to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, continuing stories that interweave complex surgical cases with the personal lives of its doctors. The veteran ensemble includes Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Kevin McKidd, Kim Raver, Caterina Scorsone, and Camilla Luddington.

Under current showrunner Meg Marinis, new episodes extend mentorship lines between interns and attendings while balancing trauma, cardiothoracic, neuro, and pediatric surgery threads. Produced by Shondaland and The Mark Gordon Company for ABC/Disney, the series maintains its long-running focus on hospital politics, cutting-edge procedures, and training-program dynamics.

‘Halloween Baking Championship’ (2015– )

Food Network’s seasonal competition returns with host John Henson and judges Carla Hall, Zac Young, and Stephanie Boswell evaluating spooky-themed desserts in timed rounds. Bakers tackle sculpted cakes, pies, and elaborate showpieces that emphasize technique, flavor, and holiday-ready presentation.

Produced by Super Delicious Productions, the format mixes pre-heat challenges and main bakes with twist prompts tied to Halloween motifs. Earlier seasons cycled different hosts and judges, but the current lineup continues the series’ emphasis on technical execution, precision decoration, and escalating difficulty across episodes.

‘Ghost Adventures’ (2008– )

The long-running paranormal investigation series follows Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley as they conduct dusk-to-dawn lockdowns in reportedly haunted locations. Episodes open with site histories and eyewitness accounts before the team deploys cameras, audio recorders, and field instruments.

Produced by MY Entertainment, the show documents EVPs, thermal anomalies, and on-site experiments while threading in interviews and archival materials. The franchise has spawned specials and spinoffs, with ongoing evidence reviews and follow-ups that revisit high-profile hotspots.

‘Vinland Saga’ (2019–2023)

This historical anime adapts Makoto Yukimura’s manga, tracing Thorfinn’s path from revenge to self-discovery across Viking-era Europe. Season 1 was produced by Wit Studio and Season 2 by MAPPA, directed by Shūhei Yabuta with music by Yutaka Yamada.

Twin Engine oversees production with collaborators including Production I.G and Kodansha. Across 48 episodes, the run covers the War Arc and Slave Arc, charting encounters with key figures such as Askeladd, Canute, and Einar while moving from Iceland and England to broader Norse frontiers.

‘Branding in Seongsu’ (2024)

This South Korean romantic thriller revolves around a body-swap that occurs after an accidental kiss between a hard-driving brand strategist and a warm-hearted intern, forcing rivals to navigate each other’s lives and careers. The series is created by Choi Sun-mi, written by Choi Sun-mi and Jeon Sun-young, and directed by Jung Heon-soo, starring Kim Ji-eun, Lomon, Yang Hye-ji, and Kim Ho-young.

Produced by Studio X+U for U+ Mobile TV, the mid-form drama runs roughly 24 episodes at about 30 minutes each. Set in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong neighborhood, it frames workplace power plays and marketing-world intrigue with genre twists that reshape office alliances and project stakes.

‘Gintama’ (2006–2018)

Set in an alternate-history Edo occupied by alien Amanto, this anime follows freelancer Gintoki Sakata and his odd-jobs team—Shinpachi and Kagura—through sci-fi samurai misadventures. The TV run began at Sunrise and later continued at Bandai Namco Pictures, with directors including Shinji Takamatsu, Yoichi Fujita, and Chizuru Miyawaki.

Based on Hideaki Sorachi’s manga, the series spans comedic parody arcs and serious storylines adapted from the source, such as ‘Shirogane no Tamashii-hen’. Music is by Audio Highs, with a large recurring cast that includes the Shinsengumi and Joui faction, and the televised narrative later dovetails with the feature ‘Gintama: The Very Final’.

‘Chad Powers’ (2025– )

This sports comedy stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a disgraced quarterback who re-enters college football undercover as “Chad Powers.” The series is co-created by Powell and Michael Waldron, inspired by the Eli Manning sketch, and features Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, and Perry Mattfeld among the supporting cast.

Executive producers include Eli and Peyton Manning alongside the creators, with episodes directed by Tony Yacenda and score by Natalie Holt. The show blends recruitment-and-practice beats, roster politics, and game-day sequences with a central disguise premise that drives the season’s investigation-and-exposure tension.

‘Only Murders in the Building’ (2021– )

This mystery-comedy follows three neighbors—Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez)—who investigate murders linked to their Upper West Side building while turning each case into a true-crime podcast. The series is created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman.

Executive producers include Martin, Short, Gomez, Hoffman, Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, and Jamie Babbit, with music by Siddhartha Khosla. The show’s seasons center on single-case arcs featuring guest stars tied to ‘The Arconia’ and the trio’s personal histories, with evidence reveals, apartment-set stakeouts, and theatre-world detours woven through each investigation.

Share which of these you’re streaming first this weekend—and what hooked you—in the comments!