Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" won the best drama series Emmy award for 2017, making it the first streaming service to reach that prestigious spot.
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RANKED: Hulu's 12 original shows, from worst to best
We found that while Hulu's new dramas like the Emmy-winning "The Handmaid's Tale" outperformed some of its more wacky fare, comedies still dominated.
"The Handmaid's Tale."
With one of Hulu's shows reaching the apex of critical acclaim, it's a good time to take stock of the rest of Hulu's catalog of original material to see which ones you might have missed.
To give you a full picture of how Hulu shows stack up against each other, we turned to Rotten Tomatoes, which pulls in We excluded Hulu originals that had less than four critic reviews.
Here are Hulu's 12 original shows, ordered from worst to best:
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No. 12: "Shut Eye" — 38/100
Critics score: 38
Audience score: 84
Hulu description: "Shut Eye
Status: Current
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No. 11: "Dimension 404" — 67/100
Critics score: 67
Audience score: 55
Hulu description: "
Status: Pending
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No. 10: "The Hotwives of Orlando" — 78/100
Critics score: 78
Audience score: 100
Hulu description: "
No. 9: "The Path" — 76/100
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Critics score: 76
Audience score: 82
Hulu description: "
Status: Current
No. 8: "Chance" — 79/100
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Critics score: 79
Audience score: 82
Hulu description: "
Status: Current
No. 7: "11.22.63" — 80/100
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Critics score: 80
Audience score: 87
Hulu description: "
No. 6: "The Mindy Project" — 86/100
Critics score: 86
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Audience score: 87
Hulu description: "
Status: Current
No. 5: "Casual" — 88/100
No. 4: "The Wrong Mans" — 90/100
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Critics score: 90
Audience score: 90
Hulu description: "
No. 3: "Difficult People" — 92/100
Hulu description: "
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No. 2: "Harlots" — 95/100
Critics score: 95
Audience score: 85
Hulu description: "Margaret Wells struggles to reconcile her roles as brothel owner and mother to daughters Charlotte and Lucy. When her business comes under attack from Lydia Quigley, a rival madam with a ruthless streak, Margaret must fight back even if it means losing her family and possibly her life."
Status: Current
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No. 1: "The Handmaid's Tale" — 97/100
Critics score: 97
Audience score: 92
Hulu description: "Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world."
Status: Current
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