Curating Your Hulu Watchlist: Which Shows Are Actually Worth Your Time
The New York Times published its Best Movies and Sh…
This week's streaming guides want you to add another subscription. Here's which picks are actually worth the hit.
WIRED dropped its 7 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month on August 7, and unlike most "what to watch" lists, the picks map cleanly to specific subscription decisions. That's the only angle that matters when you're juggling five streaming logins.
What's worth a new subscription
Star Trek: The Original Series hits its 60th anniversary. WIRED reminds readers the show premiered September 8, 1966 and ran three seasons, but its legacy spans dozens of spinoffs, films, and real-world tech inspiration. Nearly the entire franchise lives on Paramount+. If you've been holding off the charge, a one-month sub covers the remastered original plus most spinoffs. Binge, cancel, move on.
Futurama Season 14 premiered August 3, per WIRED. The show returned in 2023 after a decade off-air, created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. The new season keeps the tech satire sharp — AI jokes, corporate greed gags, the usual. It's on Hulu. No new subscription math required if you're already paying.
The third WIRED pick worth flagging: President Curtis, a Rick and Morty spinoff with Keith David voicing President Andre Curtis. That one lives in the Max/Adult Swim ecosystem — a separate decision.
What Hulu actually delivers
The New York Times published its Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now on August 4. Hulu is the standard pick for cord-cutters because it bundles with Disney+ and ESPN+ cheaper than standalone. Audit your overlap before adding anything new.
Tom's Guide also dropped its August 2026 new releases roundup on August 5. Standard calendar content — wait for weekly drop lists before committing.
The cut
- Paramount+: add for Star Trek month, then cancel. One show, one month.
- Hulu: keep if you've got the bundle. Drop standalone if you're double-paying alongside Disney+.
- Max (for President Curtis): skip. Not worth a fresh subscription for one show.
- New August releases: wait two weeks. Let the press cycle filter what's actually good.
Pick three shows max. Map them to the cheapest bundle path. Cancel everything else.
