Stream thousands of free TV shows and movies on your computer, phone, or tablet! You'd be surprised how many episodes of popular shows are free online!

Free Battlestar Galactica Streaming – All Seasons & Movies of Goob’s Favorite Show!

Updated: Jun 9, 2020 · Posted on Apr 08, 2020 at 2:54 pm · Disclosure Policy

I first mentioned Battlestar Galactica on HIF back in 2008. Since then, my love and adoration for this show has only grown 10 fold. It's not the best show ever created, but it's easily my personal favorite show. I've probably watched it 8 or 9 times all the way through.

And now, you can stream all 4 seasons online for free!

You'll want to first start by watching the Battlestar Galactica mini-series. It was a 3 hour movie, split into two part, that was so popular they spun it off into a show. Seriously, don't watch the show without starting here first. You'll miss a lot of important info if you jump straight into the show.

After you watch the mini-series, you're all set to begin the show with season 1! They're listed in backwards order, so you'll need to scroll to the bottom to find the first episode.

Free One Month Streaming Broadway Shows

Posted on Apr 08, 2020 at 1:08 pm · Disclosure Policy

Free Broadway Streaming Plays & Shows — HEY, SIX FEET PEOPLE!

A lot of Hiffers are reporting this is no longer working without a credit card 🙁

BroadwayHD streams hit Broadway shows and are now giving away one free month's access with code CKID.

You can redeem this freebie without entering your credit card, by:

Choose the monthly plan
Sign up and click “Redeem Coupon” box
Enter CKID and the account should activate without a credit card

Maybe now I'll finally see Hamilton!

Free NFL Game Pass, NBA League Pass, & MLB TV

Updated: Jul 7, 2020 · Posted on Apr 06, 2020 at 3:57 pm · Disclosure Policy

Here are some great freebies for football, basketball, or baseball fans interested in watching old, classic games. First up free NFL Gamepass until 5/31/20. You'll gain access to full broadcast replays, condensed games in ~45 minutes, and the all-22 coaches film. I listed this one first because the NFL is giving access to games from 2009-2019!

NBA League Pass is also free until 4/22/20. This provides full length and condensed replays of all games from the 2019-20 season, as well as an expanded archive of classic games.

Finally, MLB TV has opened their recent archives and will let you stream any game from the past two season. With over 4,800 games, you'll have just enough time to watch them all 5 times each before our quarantine is over!

Free Month of Hulu Streaming

Posted on Apr 05, 2020 at 4:42 pm · Disclosure Policy

If you're looking for more TV shows and movies to stream, new users can get a free one-month membership to Hulu. You'll gain access to their entire database of entertainment to stream on your computer, phone, tablet, and TV.

You'll need to cancel your trial in order to avoid being charged $5.99 at the end of the month. Here's easy instructions on how to do that 🙂

Go to your Account page
Under the Your Subscription section, click Cancel and follow the prompts to confirm

I'm not in the mood for TV right now, but I am in the mood for tweets that still make me laugh days later!

Me telling my gran over the phone that Boris has corona virus pic.twitter.com/2yYyloCyiG

— Emma (@Emzlina) March 27, 2020

Watch Netflix Together with Friends & Family

Posted on Apr 05, 2020 at 2:09 pm · Disclosure Policy

If you have a Netflix account, there's a cool service called Netflix Party where you can host virtual movie nights from the comfort of your quarantine. You'll be able to sync up your video and chat in real time with your friends. It's the new hanging out of 2020! 🙂

In order to set up your viewing party, simply download Netflix Party, then create a free chat link and send it to your friends and family. I know it sounds a little silly, but my friends have been using this over the past month and it's actually fun to get together and just joke around while watching terrible movies.

You'll need to use Chrome or Brave browser for Netflix Party to work.

Free Month of Shudder Horror Movies

Updated: Jul 31, 2020 · Posted on Apr 05, 2020 at 1:46 pm · Disclosure Policy

If you're a fan of horror movies, then you'll love Shudder. It's a streaming platform that only has scary, horror movies and shows in their database. And right now, you can use code SHUTIN to get a free month! Why get outside from the state of the world when you can be terrified in the comfort of your own home!

You'll need a credit card to activate this, which sets up an auto-renew. However, you can also easily cancel this in your billing settings if you decide the service isn't a long-term keeper for you.

Don't forget we also have a list of free TV & movie streaming websites that might also interest you. These don't have nearly the amount of scary movies as Shudder, but they also don't cost a thing.

Amazon’s Pandemic Freebies

Posted on Apr 03, 2020 at 3:01 pm · Disclosure Policy

Amazon is offering a few pandemic-related deals and outright freebies. I've found 4 so far and will continue updating this list as I discover more.

For starters, they've increased their $1 slow delivery Digital Credit reward to Amazon Prime users up to $3. That means if you order something from Amazon that's not important to arrive ASAP, then select the slower shipping method and you'll earn $3 to spend on any Amazon digital products, like ebooks, music, movies, or TV shows. This helps Amazon prioritize vital shipments of medical equipment and food first while your underwear organizer takes a little longer.

Next, Amazon Video is streaming free kids TV and movies with no Prime required! This offer started March 23 and will run for the remainder of the pandemic. All you need is a free Amazon account and the content should be viewable after you log in.

Amazon is also giving away free 90 Days Amazon Music Unlimited Subscriptions! This allows you to stream and listen to unlimited access to any song in Amazon's database, which contains over 50 million tunes! Your music will be ad-free and you can even download music to listen to off-line.

If you redeem this offer, make sure to click “Try it Free,” then immediately cancel the auto-renew option in your Amazon Music settings. This will make sure you're never charged after your free 3 months are up.

Next I found Amazon is giving kids free access to Audible for Students, for as long as schools are closed. They have a huge collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help kids continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

Phew, no fancy fortune teller booths that will magically force our kids to become adults.

How to Stream Live TV Online for Free!

Updated: Jul 17, 2020 · Posted on Mar 18, 2020 at 2:24 pm · Disclosure Policy

Thanks to our nationwide quarantine, I'm re-posting this recent post in case anybody missed it. I've also added a few new streaming options to the list!

With the looming threat of covid-19, I foresee a week or two where I'm huddled in my bedroom trying to stay health. I don't know about you, but the idea of days worth of boredom doesn't sound too exciting. It got me wondering if there are TV shows and movies streaming online for free, which resulted in the list below!

Before I get started, let me say I know all about Netflix. 😀 But that costs money! One thing I've noticed is that many “freebie & frugal” sites all push paid options for cutting the cord and ditching cable. Sure, some are great. I split a YouTube TV account with my friends and we love it.

But shouldn't there be … you know, free methods as well? Why do all the other sites push paid-services with their affiliate links? Isn't the point of ditching a monthly cable subscription to actually save money?

Thus, I've compiled all the best ways I've found to watch live, local TV for absolutely free with no subscriptions whatsoever. I've also included a few options with extensive libraries of free TV shows and movies to watch on-demand.

Table of Contents

Free Live OTA TV Channels

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First up, an over-the-air antenna! There's are one-time investments that provide free TV for years to follow.

I'm personally a massive fan of the Mohu Leaf antenna. I have two in my own apartment! They're incredible useful, especially if you already have a TV. After less than 60 seconds setting it up, I was able to get around 50 over-the-air (OTA) channels such as CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, The CW, PBS, Univision, ION, and many more.

To see what local OTA stations you'll pick up, head to Antenna Web and plug in your address.

However, what if you live in a very rural or mountainous area with spotty coverage? Or how about if your TV breaks?

For starters, there's always SlingTV (which is 40% off your first month right now) and YouTubeTV. Both are paid services that let you stream dozens of live over-the-air (OTA) and cable stations at a lower cost than most cable plans. YouTube even lets you share your account with 2 other people, which means you could split the monthly cost 3 ways!

But what if you don't want to pay anything at all? Fear not, for I've got you covered!

Free Ad Supported Streaming & Live TV

This next group of sites offer a variety of streaming content that mimic traditional channels. You might recognize some channels, while others are a collections of streaming shows.

Together, they provide “channels” that replicate tradition TV through scheduled blocks of programming. However, compared to traditional TV, you typically won't find a 100% full or set weekly schedule. Instead, most channels have a shorter rotation of shows for a few hours, in addition to on-demand content.

There's a mix of classic TV shows and programming from national news outlets, along with a ton of custom, streaming content. By and large, the live channels you get are different from what you'll receive with an OTA antenna, so I suggest a combination of both if you're trying to replace as much content as possible from cable.

For live stations, the majority are news, both local and national, along with sports. Streamfree.tv has an extensive list of free streaming sites.

Also, all of these work perfect with a Chromecast. Simply plug this device into your TV and you'll be able to seamlessly stream any of the free TV below directly to your home TV with a simple HDMI cord.

Or, instead, you can simply load any of these on your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone and start watching TV immediately.

PLEX

With thousands of movies and TV shows for free, PLEX is one of the first sites you should sign up with. They have partnership agreements with big studios like Lionsgate, MGM, and Warner Bros. They also have gone after international licensing agreements, so they have some great foreign movies and shows to stream!

Kanopy

Kanopy was a service I initially missed, but thankfully multiple Hiffers pointed out my massive oversight. If you have an active membership with your local library or a university login, then you can use it to stream thousands of movies to your TV, phone, tablet, or computer. You can use this link to check if your library participates or use this link to check your university.

Given that library membership is free across the country, I'd say Kanopy is one of the best options when looking to stream free entertainment.

Pluto TV

Pluto TV is an interesting mashup of channels. Owned by Viacom, Pluto is essentially a free, ad-supported VOD (video on demand) service with occasional, outside licensing for their more than 250+ channels.

There are a chunk of stations that are dedicated to specific shows (how about the Adams Family station?), but the majority of stations are more classic versions, like CNN or Comedy Central. Since Viacom owns them, you'll get a lot of Viacom channels.

They also have an eclectic collection of older movies on demand, like all of the classic James Bond films, along with a few award winners and some other random titles. All told, they claim to have “1000s of movies.”

Crackle

Crackle is a joint venture partially backed by Sony Pictures that consists of both original television shows as well as older favorites, such as Roseanne, Charlie's Angels, 3rd Rock From the Sun, and The Facts of Life.

They also boast a large collection of movies and original docu-series.

IMDb TV

They're still fleshing out their streaming database, but IMDb TV already has a few great shows, like Fringe, LOST, Schitt$ Creek, and Psych. They have a lot of movies from the past 5-10 years as well, like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Ender's Game. Every time I checked their site, they had new offerings to stream, so they're clearly adding to this free list of entertainment.

XUMO

XUMO was started in 2011 in part by the parent company of Myspace, so we're already off to a roaring start here.

It currently offers 160+ channels covering news, comedy, kids, sports, and much more.

They also have a collection of on demand

Vudu

I've previously written about Vudu and how you can watch free TV shows and movies in exchange for viewing a few ads.

There's no live TV though, it's all on-demand shows and movies.

The Roku Channel

The Roku Channel works on any Roku device or computer and, like Vudu, it's all on-demand based on the show. There aren't any channels, per say.

STIRR

STIRR is owned by Sinclair, which is already one giant strike against them (*NSFW WARNING!*) in my book.

The one solid point in STIRR's favor is you can watch local stations without being located in the actual area.

PopcornFlix

If old-school cartoons are more your style, then definitely check out PopcornFlix. Their Family and Kids TV lets your stream older cartoons that even I haven't heard of. I honestly can't tell if these were after or before my time as an 80s kid 😀

Reelgood

Reelgood is a cool streaming service that's designed to track over 60 popular streaming services. You can login to all your premium services, like Netflix and Hulu, in order to have a central site to track available shows and movies.

However, you don't need to pay anything! Simply signup with Reelgood, then filter only free streaming options. It'll then sort free content that you can stream.

Free Streaming Live TV

So what about simple, local TV online, streaming online without paying a penny?

Watch Your Local TV Channels with Locast

After all the major networks sued Aereo into bankruptcy, the best option for streaming live, local television is Locast. But don't worry – The Big Four is suing Locast too! 🙄

Locast is designed to stream your local TV channels. That means NY folks get their own channels and shows stations while San Francisco users gets only bay area stations. How is this legal?

Locast is a not-for-profit service offering users access to broadcast television stations over the internet. We stream the signal over the Internet to select US cities. We are trying to help broadcasters reach people just like you over the internet.

Currently, Locast is only in 17 19 cities. However, that's ~~36%~~ 38% of the US market and reaches over 44 million homes! They're also expanding rapidly, so I'd keep looking if your home market isn't listed.

When I started writing this post last August, Locast was only in 13 cities and reaching 33 million homes, so they're expanding fairly rapidly.

Stream Basic Live TV Channels with Puffer

Next, there's Puffer. This is a free test program run by Stanford University. It seems like they're testing a new encoding or streaming software, but what it means for you and me is we get free TV!

Puffer provides free streams for the most basic channels: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and Univision. Sound too good to be true? It's not!

Stream live TV in your browser. There's no charge. You can watch U.S. TV stations affiliated with the NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, FOX, and Univision networks.

Puffer works well in the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers, on a computer or an Android phone or tablet. Puffer does not work on iPhones or iPads or in the Safari browser.

Puffer is a research project in the computer-science department at Stanford University. Please see our FAQ for more information.

I personally like the very clean, simplistic layout. The channels also change faster than any other streaming service I've ever used. I think that's part of the new software Stanford is testing!

One thing to note is that the service is currently capped at 500 users at a time. However, this is a freebie I've yet to see advertised on any other freebie or cord cutting site, so I'm almost certain it'll be 500 Hiffers using this 🙂

The channels are also California channels, since this is broadcast from Stanford.

LocalBTV in Select Regions

LocalBTV is another option if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Philadelphia or Phoenix areas.

As I find more totally free options, I'll keep adding to this list! I'd also love to hear from Hiffers in the comments – have you cut cable recently? How do you best watch TV now? Any sites I overlooked?

Free Learn Along with Sesame Street – Season 1

Posted on Jan 30, 2020 at 2:08 pm · Disclosure Policy

You can get the first season of Learn Along with Sesame Street for free on Amazon for a limited time! Simply click on the “Buy Season 1 SD $0.00” button and you'll be able to view all 10 episodes. Err, more likely, you'll be able to let your kids view all 10 episodes while you get a few moments of peace and quiet.

Join your favorite Sesame Street characters as they learn, play, and grow. Elmo and his friends explore an exciting range of topics, from getting ready for school to discovering the wonders of learning with music. So sing, dance, and Learn Along With Sesame.

Free Redbox Rental Code with Restaurant Receipt

Posted on Jan 26, 2020 at 6:31 pm · Disclosure Policy

Here's a new twist on the classic free Redbox movie rental. You can get a free night's rental by snapping a picture of a restaurant receipt from over 60+ chains. iOs users can snap a picture with the Redbox app and earn their code that way. All other users can text DINNER to 811811 and follow the instructions.

The promo's best part is you can upload & earn 1 receipt & reward per day. Some of the restaurants include McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Denny's, Taco Bell, and many more. Here's the full list of participating restaurants. Receipts must be from 1/23/20 thru 2/19/20. I'm assuming the promo ends then as well.

Each code should work online, in the app, or at the kiosk. You'll only get the first night free, so don't keep it for longer unless you want to pay for a second night.

Once you get your code, I suggest using the code online and reserving your movie ahead of time! That way you won't be the person at the front of the line taking 30 minutes to pick a movie. Some of us have things to do. Like making fun of people at the front of the line taking 30 freaking minutes to pick a freaking movie!

Free Redbox Video Game Rental

Posted on Oct 01, 2019 at 3:42 pm · Disclosure Policy

October Redbox Deal – Free Video Game Rental!

You can get a free 1 night video game rental of select video games from Redbox by using code GAMES. This freebie works on an game up to $3 in value!

You have until October 7, 2019 to use this free code.

Longtime Redbox Deal

In addition to the June deal, the following offer is still available to new and old Redbox text members alike!

If you text GAMES to 727272, you'll receive a code for a free Redbox video game rental at your local kiosk! You can either head straight to Redbox with your code, reserve a game online, or use the Redbox mobile app to redeem your free game rental. Your free discount will be applied at checkout and you shouldn't pay a dime when you pick up the video game at your local Redbox kiosk.

If you're already a text club member, you can still get this freebie! Simply text “STOP”, then text “GAMES” and reply with “Y”. You'll get a new video game rental code 😎

You won't spend a penny, nickel, or quarter either for that matter. I don't know how the dime commandeered that phrase. They must have amazing PR people.

The freebie code is valid for 1 week after issued, so don't forget!

Watch Free Movies & TV on Vudu!

Updated: Oct 17, 2018 · Posted on Sep 24, 2018 at 2:23 pm · Disclosure Policy

If you're not a Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime member, then you might not think there's an easy way to watch movies and television online. But today I learned we can watch tons of free movies and TV on Vudu in exchange for watching a few ads.

There's a bit of everything in their catalog too, from cartoons to standup comedy to even old classic movies.

They're not the newest movies in the world, but they do have a pretty big collection and they're free!