TBS is known for sports, shows like 2 Broke Girls, and a variety of reruns like Friends and The Big Bang Theory. If you're looking for laughs for example, TBS is a good place to keep tabs on.
You can watch TBS without cable on DirecTV Stream, Sling TV Orange, Sling TV Orange + Blue, Sling TV Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
Below, we count down the best ways to watch TBS that cord-cutters use.
DIRECTV Stream is a cable-alternative designed to be just like Netflix, but with live TV channels. There is no need for a satellite dish, you can watch TBS on DIRECTV Stream from their website, from a streaming device like Roku, or from a Smart TV. You still get the picture quality and the reliability of a cable company, but without any contracts or commitments. You can watch channels like TBS and cancel anytime.
Price: $79.99/month
Free Trial: 5 days
Device availability: Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, iOS, Roku, Roku TV, Samsung TV
Channel lineup: AccuWeather, Alien Nation, AMC, Anger Management, Animal Planet, Are We There Yet?, AXS TV, Baby First, BabyTV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Boomerang, Bravo, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, Cartoon Network, CBS local channels, Cleo TV, CMT, CNBC, CNN, CNN en Espanol, CNNi, Comedy Central, Comedy Dynamics, Court TV, Daystar HD, Discovery, Disney Channel, Disney Jr, Disney XD, E! Entertainment, EarthxTV, Ebony TV, El Rey Rebel, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, FMC, Food Network, FOX, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, FOX SOUL, Fox Sports 1, Fox Weather, Freeform, FUEL TV, Fuse Music, FX, FXX, Galavision, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mystery, HerSphere, HGTV, HLN, Home Shopping Network, HSN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, ion Television, Jewelry Television, MotorTrend, MovieSphere, MSNBC, MTV Classic, MTV2, NBA TV, NBC local channels, News Nation, Nick Jr., One America News, Ovation, Oxygen True Crime, Paramount Network, PBS Kids, PBS local channels, Poker GO, Pursuit Channel, QVC, QVC2, QVC3, Racing America, REELZ, REVOLT, RFD-TV, RSNs, Scientology Network, Shop LC, Somos Novelas, SportsGrid, SundanceTV, SYFY, Tastemade Home, Tastemade Travel, TBS, TCM, TeenNick, Telemundo local channels, The First, theGrio, TLC, TNT, truTV, TV Land, TV One, Univision, Up TV, USA Network, VH1, WE tv, Women’s Sports Network
If you want TBS, TNT, as well as ESPN channels, Sling Orange is for you. Sling Orange carries 34 channels for the price of $40/month, making hands down it the cheapest way to get a TBS live stream anywhere.
Price: $40/month
Device availability: AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Cox, iOS, LG TV, Mi Box, Roku, Samsung TV, TiVo, Vizio, Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox, Xbox One
Channel lineup: A&E, AMC, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Cartoon Network, Charge!, CNN, Comedy Central, Comet, Disney Channel, EPIX Drive-In, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, Food Network, Freeform, Fuse, HGTV, History, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+, MotorTrend, Nick Jr., QVC, Sling Scapes, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice
If you don't want to choose between getting TBS with ESPN (Sling Orange) or TBS with local channels and Fox Sports (Sling Blue), you can combine both into Sling's Orange+Blue. It will run you $60/month, but Sling almost always has discounts for the first month. If you're looking for a way not only to stream TBS, but to also get most major national and local channels, this package is for you.
Price: $55/month
Device availability: AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Cox, iOS, iPhone, LG TV, Mi Box, Roku, Samsung TV, TiVo, Vizio, Vizio Smart TV, Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox, Xbox One
Channel lineup: A&E, AMC, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Bravo, Cartoon Network, Charge!, CNN, Comedy Central, Comet, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, E!, EPIX Drive-In, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, Food Network, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports 1, Freeform, Fuse, FX, HGTV, History, HLN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+, MotorTrend, MSNBC, National Geographic, NBC local channels, NFL Network, Nick Jr., QVC, Sling Scapes, SYFY, TBS, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, truTV, USA, Vice
TBS and TNT are included in every Sling TV offering (Blue, Orange, and Blue+Orange). Sling Blue will give you TBS and TNT, but also, ABC, Fox, and NBC local channels depending on the area. Sling Blue also comes with Fox Sports 1, Bravo, and TLC, which are not included in Sling Orange.
Price: $45/month
Device availability: AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, LG TV, Roku, Samsung TV, Xbox
Channel lineup: A&E, AMC, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Bravo, Cartoon Network, Charge!, CNN, Comedy Central, Comet, Discovery Channel, E!, EPIX Drive-In, Food Network, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports 1, Fuse, FX, HGTV, History, HLN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+, MSNBC, National Geographic, NFL Network, Nick Jr., Sling Scapes, SYFY, TBS, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, truTV, USA, Vice
Hulu with Live TV currently offers a 3 day trial and carries TBS. You'll get TBS together with its sister channels TNT and TruTV, over 75 local and national channels, and a rich on-demand library to boot.
Price: $75.99/month
Free Trial: 3 days
Device availability: Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, iPhone, LG TV, Nintendo Switch, Roku, Roku TV, Samsung TV, Vizio Smart TV, Xbox
Channel lineup: A&E, ABC, ABC Localish, ABC News Live, ACC Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, BET, Big Ten Network, Bloomberg Television, Bravo, Cartoon Network, CBS, CBS local channels, CBS News, CBS Sports Network, Cheddar News, CMT, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, Comedy Central, Comedy TV, Cozi TV, CW, Dabl, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, E!, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN College Extra, ESPNews, ESPNU, Food Network, FOX, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports 1, Freeform, FS1, FS2, FX, FXM, FXX, FYI, Golf Channel, Hallmark, Hallmark Mystery, HGTV, History, HLN, ID, Justice Central TV, Lifetime, Lifetime Movies, Localish, Military History Chanel, Motor Trend, MSNBC, MTV, NASA, Nat Geo Wild, National Geographic, NBC, NBC local channels, NBC News Now, NBCLX, News Nation, NFL Network, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, OWN, Oxygen, Paramount Network, Pop, QVC, SEC Network, Smithsonian Channel, Start TV, SYFY, TBS, Telemundo, The Grio, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, TVLand, Universal Kids, USA, VH1, Vice, Weather Channel
TBS is one of the 100 channels included in Youtube TV's Base Plan, which currently costs $72.99. You can tune in to anything from basketball tournaments like the NCAA championship or reruns like Modern Family, from the comfort of Youtube's word-class interface.
Price: $72.99/month
Free Trial: 7 days
Device availability: Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, iOS, LG TV, PlayStation, Roku, Samsung TV, Sharp, Vizio, Xbox
Channel lineup: ABC, ABC News, ACCN, Adult Swim, AMC, Animal Planet, BBC America, BBC World News, BET, BET Her, Big Ten Network, Bounce, Bravo, Cartoon Network, CBS, CBS local channels, CBS Sports Network, Charge!, Cheddar, Cheddar News, CMT, CNBC, CNBC World, CNN, Comedy Central, Comedy TV, Comet, Court TV, Cozi TV, Dabl, Discovery, Disney, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Docurama, Dove Channel, E!, ESPN, ESPN U, ESPN2, ESPNews, Food Network, FOX, Fox Business, Fox News, FOX SOUL, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Fox Weather, Freeform, FX, FXM, FXX, Galavision, Game Show Network, Get TV, Golf Channel, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Family, Hallmark Mystery, HGTV, HLN, HSN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, ION, Justice Central TV, LAFC Channel, Law & Crime, Live Now, Local Now, Localish, MotorTrend, MSNBC, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Classic, My TV, Nat Geo Wild, National Geographic, NBA TV, NBC, NBC local channels, NBC News Now, NBC Universo, NBCLX, NBCSN, NECN, Neon, News Nation, NFL Network, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Orlando City Channel, OWN, Oxygen, Oxygen True Crime, Paramount, PBS, PBS Kids, PBS local channels, PC Mag, Pop, QVC, Recipe.TV, Scripps News, SEC Network, Smithsonian Channel, SNY, Start TV, Sundance TV, SYFY, Tastemade, TBD, TBS, Teen Nick, TeleHit, Telemundo local channels, Tennis 2, The CW, The Great Courses, The Walking Dead Universe, The Weather Channel, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, Tru TV, Turner Classic Movies, TV Land, TYT, Unimas, Unimas local channels, Universal Kids, Univision, Univision local channels, USA, VH1, WE tv, YouTube Originals
Why pay for more channels than you need? This is the premise of Spectrum TV Choice: you trim the fat pick only the 15 channels that you think you will watch. Of course, you can change the 15 channels once a month. TBS is available as one of the channels you can pick from.
Price: Varies depending on your location and account history.
You can watch many live TBS sports events on Max's The Bleacher Report add-on. B/R Sports is currently available to all Max plans for free (blackout restrictions aside).
Price: $19.98/month
Device availability: Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, Roku, Samsung TV, Website, Xbox
Let's recap the streaming services that allow you to watch TBS without cable.
The most cost-efficient way to watch TBS content is to get a subscription to Max + B/R Sports Add-on for $19.98/month.
You can get a limited time free trial to TBS by subscribing to DirecTV Stream, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, or Spectrum TV Choice.
Read more: 4 Best Services to Get a TBS Free Trial >The platforms that will get you a TBS live stream are:
You can watch TBS on your Roku device by subscribing to DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
Read more: 7 Best Services to Watch TBS Without Cable on Roku >TBS can be accessed on an Amazon Fire TV device by subscribing to DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
The streaming services that include TBS and are available on Apple TV are DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, and Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
On a web browser head to the websites of DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on to start watching TBS.
You can watch TBS on an iPhone or iPad by subscribing to DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
You can watch TBS on an Android device such as Samsung or Google Pixel by subscribing to DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
You can watch TBS on a Smart TV that runs on Android by getting a subscription to DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
You can watch TBS on an Xbox console through Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, or Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
The services that accept Paypal and carry TBS are: DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Spectrum TV Choice, DirecTV Stream Premier, DirecTV Stream Choice, and Max + B/R Sports Add-on.
The services that accept Paypal and carry TBS are: Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, and Sling Blue.
The services that accept Paypal and carry TBS are: Sling Orange, Sling Orange + Blue, Sling Blue, and YouTube TV.
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