Streaming services are a much-appreciated relief in these times that we all are stuck at our homes and have got nothing to do, while Netflix has its plethora of titles to keep you busy, if you want to look somewhere else for a change, you can try the top trending shows on Amazon Prime.
While the streaming services lack in original content, it has quite enough content gathered from various other sources to fulfil your need of binge-watch worth material and if you’re looking for a list of top trending shows on Amazon Prime that you can check out, you’ve come to the right place.
Here is a list of the top 6 trending shows on Amazon Prime that you can watch:
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is one of the top trending shows on Amazon Prime, a Prime original the show has won an Emmy award in the Best Original Comedy Series category.
A period comedy-drama, the show follows a housewife in New York in the early 1960s and the late 1950s by the name of Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), who finds out that she is talented in standup comedy and decides to pursue a career in the same.
The pilot episode of the series gained critical acclamation, after which Amazon Studios decided to run the show, and the first season came out in 2017, in the subsequent years, the show premiered 2 more seasons and as of December 2019; it has been renewed for a fourth season.
Not only the series has earned critical acclamation but has also won many awards such as two consecutive Golden Globes, multiple Primetime Emmy Awards, and others.
This Amazon Original deserves the top spot on the list of “Top trending shows on Amazon Prime” and is worth a watch if you are interested in musical comedies.
Good Omens
Angels, Demons, and David Tennant (Doctor Who) should be enough for you to check out this Amazon series but if that isn’t enough, don’t you worry! We have put in the Armageddon and the fact that this six-part series is adapted from a novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Tery Pratchett.
The series which is a co-production of Amazon Studios and BBC Studios features a demon and an angel played by David Tennant and Michael Sheen (Master of Sex ) respectively as they plan to thwart the Armageddon from happening. The series brings a comedic tinge to the story of the war between heaven and hell as the Antichrist ascends.
While the series premiered in May 2019, it still deserves a place in this list of “Top trending shows on Amazon Prime”. The series contains an impressive ensemble of Michael McKean, Jon Hamm, Adria Arjona, Miranda Richardson, Nick Offerman, and various other members which you have seen in popular tv shows and movies.
The series is a must-watch and contains only six episodes, so it shouldn’t take much time to finish, but we can assure you that you’ll wish for more episodes at the end of the final episode.
Bosch
Bosch is one of the rare additions on the list of “Top trending shows on Amazon Prime” as it belongs to the quite limited list of Amazon Originals that have had a longer run than 3-4 seasons.
This American police procedural drama follows Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch, a police detective in the Los Angeles Police department. Developed by Eric Overmyer, the series takes inspiration from the novel series by Michael Connelly.
The first season of the series was based on the novels Echo Park, City of Bones, and The Concrete Blonde, in which Bosch is put on trial for the murder of a suspected serial killer. Amazon put the decisions to continue the series on its viewers and generally positive opinions of the season resulted in Bosch becoming a full-fledged series and is going to return for its seventh and final season.
The series has received critical acclaim and gained wide popularity, and if you are into police dramas and thrillers; the show is a must-watch for you.
You might also want to check out this list of upcoming Tv shows in 2020!
Hannibal
Well, as much as Amazon Prime grew in recent years, it still doesn’t have enough original series that can be considered the “Top trending shows on Amazon Prime”, so here is one of the best dramas in the TV industry which is currently available on Prime Video.
This NBC drama has set precedents for psychological thrillers in the Tv industry, based on Thomas Harris’s novels, and the latest addition in the various adaptations of Dr. Hannibal Lecter on the tv screen, this show has gained a cult following over the years and is regarded as one of the best shows in the tv industry.
This adaptation by Bryan Fuller follows the relationship between a forensic scientist Dr. Hannibal Lecter and FBI Will Graham. The show had its premiere in 2013 and ran for 3 seasons and lately, there have been speculations on the show coming back for a fourth season.
While many of us have already watched the series, it is never too soon to see Mads Mikkelsen on the screen as Hannibal Lecter, a second or third time.
Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan has always found a way to make a comeback on the big screen or the small screen time and time again, and this time it returns to Amazon Prime with none other than John Krasinski (The office) in the titular role.
While Krasinski might be the fifth actor to play the role after the likes of Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin and not to mention Chris Pine, this version of the character from Ryanverse has gone through a sort of re-imagination and now is a little lesser heroic brawn and more intellect.
The series co-created by Graham Roland and Carlton Cuse had its premiere in April 2018 and a second season came out in October 2019, as of now, the series has been renewed for a third season with no definite release date.
Hanna
Last but not least, this action drama series by Amazon is another suitable addition for this list of “Top 6 Tv shows trending on Amazon Prime”.
The show is an adaptation of the 2011 film of the same name and follows a young girl who is raised alone by a man named Erik in an isolated forest in Poland. The duo is on the run from CIA. The series premiered in March 2019 and came back for another season, which premiered in July 2020.
Hanna played by Esme Creed-Miles is a teenager who was part of ULTRAX a program where children were raised to be a part of a super-soldier program, Erik who fell in love with Hanna’s mother chose to escape from the facility to protect the girl.
The show is a super-powered thriller that will take you on an amazing journey of action and mystery and is one of the shows that you must at least try before you eventually get hooked on it.
The above list of the “Top trending shows on Amazon Prime’ presents you with a healthy amount of content to binge-watch if you decide to take a break from Netflix and want to give Amazon a chance. There are other shows that didn’t make it to the list but you can check like The Boys, Hunters, 30 Rock, Victoria, etc.
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