The 10 best shows to stream on Disney Plus and Hulu from 2024

This year, Hulu officially became part of Disney Plus, meaning you’ll no longer be jumping back and forth between the two apps if you subscribe to both. The two services had some pretty notable releases this year, including several new additions to Marvel and Star Wars lineups on Disney Plus, along with a number of binge-worthy shows from Hulu.

Here are all the best shows released this year that you can stream on both platforms.

Agatha All Along takes place three years after the expiry of WandaVision. It follows Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), who is released from a magical spell by a mysterious teenager (Joe Locke). As Agatha seeks to restore her lost powers, she recruits an eclectic coven of witches, including a lover from her past, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), fortune-telling witch Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone), and elixir expert Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata). ), to take on the trials of the witch’s path.

Skeleton Crew is the latest Star Wars spinoff to hit Disney Plus. It’s a coming-of-age story about four children – Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), KB (Kyriana Kratter) and Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) – who get lost in an alien galaxy after exploring an abandoned ship on their home planet. As they try to find a way home, they encounter the power-swinging Jod Na Nawood (Jude Law), and things only get wilder from there.

If you’re in the mood for a riveting historical drama to immerse yourself in, Shogun is a good choice. Set in 17th century Japan, it revolves around two key characters: the powerful Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) and John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an Englishman who ends up in Japan after a shipwreck. The story is adapted from a 1975 book by James Clavell and is loosely based on real events.

Along with Skeleton CrewDisney Plus added The acolyte to its lineup of originals Star Wars shows this year. The acolyte is set about 100 years before The Phantom Menace, explore the relationship between identical twins Mae and Osha (both played by Amandla Stenberg), who were separated as children and went on to lead very different lives. The two are reunited under unexpected circumstances: the assassination of a Jedi Master. Though The acolyte was canceled after one season, it’s still worth watching if you’re looking for a new spin on Star Wars.

We were the lucky ones is a heart-wrenching miniseries based on a book by Georgia Hunter, which chronicles her family’s struggles as they struggled to survive World War II and the Holocaust. It centers around the Kurcs, a Jewish family living in Poland who are separated when the war breaks out and try to reunite. Some notable names in this series include Joey King as the youngest sibling, Halina Kurc, and Logan Lerman as one of her brothers, Addy Kurc.

As the title suggests, Marvel’s X-Men ’97 reminiscent of the classic – and beloved – X-Men: The Animated Series. It picks up one year after the events of the ’90s-era series, where Cyclops (Ray Chase), Jean Gray (Jennifer Hale), Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith), Wolverine (Cal Dodd), Rogue (Lenore Zann), and other familiar mutants as they face new challenges in the absence of Professor Charles Xavier.

Speaking of Marvel, the company’s first TV-MA series debuted on Disney Plus this year. Echo offers a deeper look at skilled fighter Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), who first appeared as a villain in 2021’s Hawkeye. The five-episode series touches on her Native American roots, along with her troubled backstory that left her an amputee. Lopez, who is deaf, returns to her hometown in Oklahoma, where she aims to take control of an enemy crime ring.

Doctor Who has returned for a 14th series. This time, the alien Time Lord is portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa, who was first introduced as the Fifteenth Doctor during a Christmas special in 2023. The show hit Disney Plus in full this year, with the Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) as they investigate strange events throughout London while encountering some new enemies along the way.

The bear released its third season this year, making it a good time to catch up on the Emmy-winning series. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, a prestigious chef who moves back to Chicago after inheriting his late brother’s Italian sandwich shop. The third season only expands the chaos in the kitchen as a stressed-out Carmy juggles problems at home and work while trying to turn his restaurant into a Michelin-starred place.

Based on the book by Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown is a bit of a show within a show, starring Jimmy O. Yang as Willis Wu, an actor and waiter at a Chinatown restaurant who longs to break out of his role as a background character in a crime procedural. But things begin to change when Willis witnesses a crime and detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) asks him for help solving the case.