You don't need a cable bill to keep watching USA Network. Here's every way to stream it online, and how to do it for free.
Reviewed and updated July 2026 by our cord-cutting team · 8 options
The USA channel was originally formed in 1980 as a national sports channel, the first of its kind at the time. While it still somewhat carries that branding to this day (it's one of the major channels where you can watch WWE shows), it also has since expanded into reality programs about travel, business, and race competitions. Oh, and bonus: it also occasionally airs procedurals like NCIS and Law and Order thanks to parent company NBC.
You can stream USA Network live without cable on Sling TV Freestream, Xumo Play, Local Now, Samsung TV Plus, or Philo Free TV.
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Yes, with a free trial. USA Network is on DirecTV Stream, and you can watch it free for DirecTV Stream's 5-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
If you’re new to cord-cutting, DirecTV Stream comes as a useful and easy-to-understand cable alternative. The live TV plan offers more than a hundred channels, unlimited DVR, on-the-go streaming, and more RSNs than any other service, making it a top choice for sports fans. It also offers the best picture quality. On the flipside, DirecTV Stream is notoriously expensive. Thankfully, a DirecTV Stream plan (unlike its cable counterpart) can easily be cancelled, no strings attached. You can also opt for its skinny bundles, like the MySports plan mentioned above, if you’re on a budget.
The price climbs steeply between tiers, and a regional sports fee gets added on top.
DirecTV Stream plans
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Yes, with a free trial. USA Network is on Hulu + Live TV, and you can watch it free for Hulu + Live TV's 3-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
Hulu with Live TV offers 90 live channels along with Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+, making it an appealing package for those who want as many entertainment options as they do sports. Since it is owned by Walt Disney, it carries all the ESPN channels, as well as FS1, the Turner channels, and, of course, USA. While Hulu with Live TV is pricey, it’s often cheaper to get than other live TV services if you already watch a lot of the streaming services that come with it at no extra cost.
It caps you at two simultaneous streams, the fewest of the big live-TV services; lifting that cap costs about $10 more a month.
Hulu + Live TV plans
Our breakdown of Hulu + Live TV →
Yes, with a free trial. USA Network is on YouTube TV, and you can watch it free for YouTube TV's 7-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
YouTube TV is a popular choice among cord-cutters thanks to its ease of use, breadth of channels, and impressive DVR capabilities. Sports fans also have the option to add an NBA League Pass or NFL Sunday Ticket to their plan for an extra fee. The only thing YouTube TV could improve on is the inconsistent picture quality, which can be annoying when watching live events. To address that, YouTube TV does offer a 4k add-on, but it costs an extra $10/month.
At around $83 a month it's one of the priciest options, and add-ons push the bill past $100 fast.
YouTube TV plans
No, not free. Sling TV carries USA Network but has no free trial, so you pay from day one — at $45.99/mo it's the second-cheapest way to watch USA Network on this list.
Sling’s Sling Blue live TV package offers a good selection of sports channels, including USA, FS1, NFL Network, and Turner channels. It also streams ABC, NBC, and FOX affiliates in select markets, giving you access to local sports events. However, it is missing the ESPN suite of channels — those can exclusively be found in Sling’s other plan, Sling Orange. If you don’t mind missing out on ESPN, then Sling Blue is just $46/month (plus $5 if you get local channels). Otherwise, you can always upgrade to Sling Orange + Blue for $61/month to get a more well-rounded sports package.
There's no ESPN on the Blue lineup, and local channels only come in a handful of markets.
Sling TV plans
No. Fubo doesn't carry USA Network.
No. Philo doesn't carry USA Network.
No. Paramount+ doesn't carry USA Network.
No. Peacock doesn't carry USA Network.
No. Frndly TV doesn't carry USA Network.
The honest way to watch USA Network for free is a free trial, and the trick is not to spend them one at a time. Start one, then start the next when it ends, and you can string together a few weeks of free live TV back to back, usually enough to cover a tournament or a playoff run without paying for a month.
If you're cutting cable for USA Network, odds are you want MSNBC too. It's a sister channel, so every service above that carries USA Network carries MSNBC as well, and the same free trials get you both. See our full guide to watching MSNBC without cable for the per-service breakdown.
| Service | From | Free trial | Plans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirecTV Stream |
$86.99/mo | 5 days | 3 | Get it |
| Hulu + Live TV |
$82.99/mo | 3 days | 2 | Get it |
| YouTube TV |
$9.99/mo | 7 days | 2 | Get it |
| Sling TV |
$45.99/mo | None | 3 | Get it |
Cheapest is the question everyone starts with, and it's the wrong place to stop. A $35 plan that drops USA Network the month after you sign up hasn't saved you anything. So the first number we pay attention to is the real one, what you owe after the introductory month ends, not the figure in the ad. From there it comes down to whether the channels you actually want sit in the base plan or get stranded in an add-on, how the service behaves day to day (a slow app and a useless DVR wear on you faster than you'd expect), and how much of a fight it puts up when you decide to leave.
Whatever lands at the top of a list like this is the service that gets most of that right for the most people. Once in a while that's also the cheapest one. Usually it isn't.
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