Top 5 Free TV streaming services
Watching TV, both through a cable connection and online, needs a subscription—that is what you know. What you don’t know is that there are many companies that let you watch some or all of their channels if you are willing to sit through the commercials. Yes, there are some good free TV streaming services that need you to just watch commercials every few minutes in order to enjoy their shows—no subscription fee, no account creation.
Following are the best free streaming services.
- ABC
ABC is a popular channel with shows like Modern Family and Black-ish. This channel offers some of its content for free and some of the content needs you to sign in. This channel works smartly by allowing the user to watch the three most recent episodes of a show for free, but you won’t be able to watch the most recent episodes. Also, the channel won’t let you watch the other episodes or previous seasons. The rules related to restriction on ABC differ. For example, if you want to watch a throwback series like Felicity or Brother and Sisters, you may stream the whole of them while the Designated Survivor will be available only with a few episodes. You will need to purchase the rest or have a proper sign in.
- CBS
CBS offers a number of good shows like Taxi, 2 Broke Girls, and Fraiser. There are more than 100 shows, both new and old, that you may enjoy on the network. However, how much you may stream for free and which shows need sign in after a certain number of episodes vary. While some shows are completely available to be streamed, you may stream some without a subscription. But to access the latest episode or to watch a previous season, you will need to subscribe to CBS.
- Fox
Fox works similar to ABC and lets you watch a few episodes of current shows while the latest episodes unlock only after eight days of airing on TV. If you want to watch them immediately, you will need a subscription. If you can wait, you may stream for free. Also, Fox offers you one hour of the free TV time, which includes commercials. After that, you will need to sign in to continue streaming from your browser. This process is known as ‘Preview Pass’. This limitation does not apply to mobile applications.
- NBC
NBC offers a mixture of free and sign-in shows, but it offers more of free TV . The channel host shows like ‘This is Us’ and ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Felon’ and offers free viewing of these shows for a couple of weeks. For the recent shows, you may watch as much as the latest five episodes including the show which was last aired. NBC also offers free TV when it comes to classic shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Event.
- CW
CW channel is home to some of the most loved shows like Arrow, Vampires, and Crazy Girlfriend. The working method of this channel is simple. It lets you watch the most recent five episodes of any show that is currently on air. For previous episodes, you will have to subscribe. The channel also offers a service called CW Seed, which gives access to a library of online content. This includes classic animated DC shoes like Vixen.
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