30+ Streaming Services With Free Live TV, Movies & TV Shows, & Extended Free Trials During COVID-19 Quarantine
Self-isolation is the new normal — and streaming helps to entertain and distract us as we quarantine and cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. To make it easier to sample streaming options The Streamable compiled a nifty list of 30- and 90-day free trials, as well as some services offering their content for free for a limited time.
Hulu and Quibi are offering 30- and 90-day free trials, respectively, HBO and Apple TV+ are giving free access to select shows and Amazon Prime Video is providing kids programming free of charge.
In addition, there are free and ad-supported services available, such as Pluto TV, IMDb TV and Tubi.
Free Live TV
Sling TV
The Deal: 7-Day Free Trial of 45+ Cable Channels
Until 4/12, Get a 7-Day Free Trial (with no credit card required) of Sling TV Blue Plan, which includes CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Bravo, E!, HGTV, and others
Vidgo
The Deal: 25% OFF Your First 3 Months
Get 60+ channels for $29.99 a month (normally $40) — including ABC, FOX, ESPN, Disney Channel, FX, Nat Geo, NFL Network, Discovery, Hallmark, A&E, Paramount, HGTV, Food Network, MTV, Pac-12 Network, and History Channel for only.
Locast
The Deal: Remove Ads on Locast
It’s free on request: local news, weather and emergency information.
Fox
The Deal: Access Local Fox Affiliates & Fox News
For a limited time, watch your local Fox Affiliate (in 18 markets) and Fox News For Free
Premium Channels
STARZ
The Deal: Get 3 Months For $5
Watch original shows like Outlander or Power, as well as films like Spiderman: Far From Home, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Men In Black: International.
HBO
The Deal: Select Shows and Series Free Until the End of April
The list of free programming includes every episode of nine iconic HBO series such as “The Sopranos,” “Veep,” “Six Feet Under” and “The Wire.”
Showtime
30-Day Free Trial of Showtime
Amazon launched a special promotion, giving new subscribers a 30-day free trial of Showtime (normally 7 days) for a limited time. Includes “Ray Donovan,” “Dexter” and “The Affair.”
Subscription Streaming Services
CBS All Access
The Deal: 1-Month Extended Free Trial
Through April 23, fans can watch CBS All Access for free with the code ALL.
Hulu
The Deal: 1-Month Free Trial
Watch the largest TV library with 80,000 episodes of shows
Disney+
The Deal: 7-Day Free Trial
Watch new releases “Frozen II” and Pixar’s “Onward”, along with hundreds of other Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars films
Quibi
The Deal: 90-Day Free Trial
The “quick bites” streaming service offers 90 days of free entertainment for those who download the app and sign up before April 20.
Apple TV+
The Deal: Free Access to Select Shows & Movies
Watch shows like “Dickinson” and “Little America”, as well as kids shows like “Snoopy” and “Helpsters.”
Acorn TV
The Deal: 30-Day Free Trial
Use the code FREE30, viewers can get free 30-day access for British, Canadian and Australian series “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” and the theatrical Canadian comedy “Slings & Arrows.”
Sundance Now
The Deal: 30-Day Free Trial
With the code SUNDANCENOW30, get a 30-day trial for true crime to thrillers.
Shudder
The Deal: 30-Day Free Trial
Its horror-network trial is free for 30 days, with the code SHUTIN.
UMC
The Deal: 30-Day Free Trial
The Urban Movie Channel will give you free 30-day access, with the code UMCFREE30, for loads of hip-hop shows.
Kids Streaming Services
Amazon Prime Video
The Deal: Free Kids Shows
Content for children, such as “Pete the Cat,” are free for now.
Noggin
The Deal: Extended 60-Day Free Trial
For a limited time, get an extended trial of Noggin, the learning app from the experts at Nick Jr.
Oznoz
The Deal: Free Access Until Mid-May
Watch Free kids shows
Sports Streaming Services
NBA League Pass
The Deal: Watch Replays and Classic Games Until 4/22
The league has made the entire library of 2019-2020 NBA Games, as well as archive of classic games available for free.
NFL Game Pass
The Deal: Free Until May 31
Includes full broadcast replays of games and playoff and Super Bowl matchups.
NHL.TV
The Deal: Free Until Season Resumes
Includes replays of all 2019-20 games.
MLB.TV
The Deal: Free Until Season Resumes
Includes replays of all 2018-19 games.
WWE Network
The Deal: Free For Limited Time
Includes access to past events including including all past WrestleManias
Free Streaming Services
Pluto TV
A free streamer with lots of TV, like “Hey Arnold!” and movies, including 12 James Bond films.
IMDb TV
All free, all the time, with hits such as “Psych,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Desperate Housewives.”
Tubi
TV shows and movies, free every day, baby-boomer classics to Adele music docs.
Vudu
The TV and movie rental-buying site has a wide selection of free, ad-filled TV shows and movies “Blue’s Clues” to “Lethal Weapon.
Crackle
The free streaming service with complete seasons of 1960s and ‘70s sitcoms, “I Dream of Jeannie” to “All in the Family.”
Filmrise
Free TV and movies, such as “Memento” to Emmy-winning doc “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.”
Hoopla
Access is via local libraries, find yours when you sign up. It offers ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and an interesting mix of TV series, “SpongeBob,” “Rick and Morty” and “The Great British Baking Show.”