Free Classic TV Streams --- 2020

[brtcmfn]

I did not see it mentioned in this thread but Roku carries an app/channel that is called TV Time Classic sitcoms and features all 268 episodes of Burns and Allen (Looks like allot of episodes were recorded off an Antenna TV affiliate), Life with Elizabeth, Private secretary, the Dick Van Dyke show, The trouble with father, Date with the angels, Make room for daddy, Meet corlis Archer, i married Joan,Love that Bob, Mr. and Mrs. North, and 123 episodes of You bet your life)

[Sal]

I'm not too familiar with the ROKU Channel because I don't have a Roku device at home and when I try to access it online I get the dreaded geo-blocking message "Roku is not available in your area." So any information I get on it I try to find from reliable sources that I can trust.

The big news from Roku which came out on June 1st is that it has introduced a new TV guide which gives you access to over 100 different live TV channels. I have found the new channel list on a couple of different sources and here is what you can expect to see on it:

News: ABC News Live, Black News Channel, Cheddar, Newsmax TV, NowThis, Reuters, Top Stories by Newsy, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports: Adventure Sports Network powered by XUMO, ACC Digital Network, beIN Sports Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, and Stadium

Movies and TV: Crime360, FilmRise Action, FilmRise Classic TV, FilmRise Family, FilmRise Free Movies, Gravitas Movies, Redbox Free Movies, and Voyager Documentaries

Kids & Family: Ameba powered by Xumo, Battery Pop powered by Xumo, Kid Gamer TV from Studio71, Kid Genius powered by Xumo, Kidz Bop TV, pocket.watch, Teletubbies, Toon Googles, TG Junior, Rainbow Ruby, and Zoomoo

Lifestyle: A+E Lively Place, The Bob Ross Channel, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Glamour, GQ, Love Nature, Revry, This Old House, Vanity Fair, and Vogue

Spanish language: AFV Español, América TeVé, Latido Music, Love Nature Español, MoovieMex by Pongalo, and Pongalo NovelaClub

Source: TechHive.com



As for the Roku Channel itself, it continues to roll out new titles every week which I will pass on to you as they come in. It is one of a number of free VOD channels that contains classic TV series from the 50s to the 80s, including TV Time Classics which was mentioned above. That title reminded me of a series of dollar-store DVDs that I used to see called "TV Time Comedy" which had over 100 public domain episodes of classic series like "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Lucy Show", and "The Beverly Hillbillies". This Roku channel operates in much the same fashion and there are many other Roku channels that also offer public domain sitcoms and movies, including separate channels for specific shows like "Our Miss Brooks" and "Love That Bob". Whatever you are into, you are sure to find a Roku channel for it here:

Roku TV - Classic TV Channels

If you are a public domain fan, you might remember that many of the dollar DVDs that I mentioned above were made by a company called Mill Creek Entertainment. They have their own website which offers their entire catalogue for sale as well as VOD channels which display their titles for you to view.

Watch Mill Creek Entertainment

It's a good site but there aren't many free options to watch. For that, I have found a new site called MovieSpree which offers many of the same titles from the same company except that there are more free titles to watch.

https://www.moviespree.com/


There's an interesting feature on there that sounds like a fun idea for binge-watching. It's called "Watch Around The Clock" and it is supposed to simulate a typical 24 hour classic TV schedule broken down into 4 parts. I hope you like it:

Watch Around The Clock

[MA]

Originally Posted by Sal

I'm not too familiar with the ROKU Channel because I don't have a Roku device at home and when I try to access it online I get the dreaded geo-blocking message "Roku is not available in your area." So any information I get on it I try to find from reliable sources that I can trust.

The big news from Roku which came out on June 1st is that it has introduced a new TV guide which gives you access to over 100 different live TV channels. I have found the new channel list on a couple of different sources and here is what you can expect to see on it:

News: ABC News Live, Black News Channel, Cheddar, Newsmax TV, NowThis, Reuters, Top Stories by Newsy, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports: Adventure Sports Network powered by XUMO, ACC Digital Network, beIN Sports Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, and Stadium

Movies and TV: Crime360, FilmRise Action, FilmRise Classic TV, FilmRise Family, FilmRise Free Movies, Gravitas Movies, Redbox Free Movies, and Voyager Documentaries

Kids & Family: Ameba powered by Xumo, Battery Pop powered by Xumo, Kid Gamer TV from Studio71, Kid Genius powered by Xumo, Kidz Bop TV, pocket.watch, Teletubbies, Toon Googles, TG Junior, Rainbow Ruby, and Zoomoo

Lifestyle: A+E Lively Place, The Bob Ross Channel, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Glamour, GQ, Love Nature, Revry, This Old House, Vanity Fair, and Vogue

Spanish language: AFV Español, América TeVé, Latido Music, Love Nature Español, MoovieMex by Pongalo, and Pongalo NovelaClub

Source: TechHive.com



As for the Roku Channel itself, it continues to roll out new titles every week which I will pass on to you as they come in. It is one of a number of free VOD channels that contains classic TV series from the 50s to the 80s, including TV Time Classics which was mentioned above. That title reminded me of a series of dollar-store DVDs that I used to see called "TV Time Comedy" which had over 100 public domain episodes of classic series like "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Lucy Show", and "The Beverly Hillbillies". This Roku channel operates in much the same fashion and there are many other Roku channels that also offer public domain sitcoms and movies, including separate channels for specific shows like "Our Miss Brooks" and "Love That Bob". Whatever you are into, you are sure to find a Roku channel for it here:

Roku TV - Classic TV Channels

If you are a public domain fan, you might remember that many of the dollar DVDs that I mentioned above were made by a company called Mill Creek Entertainment. They have their own website which offers their entire catalogue for sale as well as VOD channels which display their titles for you to view.

Watch Mill Creek Entertainment

It's a good site but there aren't many free options to watch. For that, I have found a new site called MovieSpree which offers many of the same titles from the same company except that there are more free titles to watch.

https://www.moviespree.com/


There's an interesting feature on there that sounds like a fun idea for binge-watching. It's called "Watch Around The Clock" and it is supposed to simulate a typical 24 hour classic TV schedule broken down into 4 parts. I hope you like it:

Watch Around The Clock

I just signed up for Roku just recently and I don’t even have a Roku device myself. I just watch it through their iPhone app.

[rcbrad]

I was registering, but it is looking for a credit card. I just wanted to watch the free channels that they offer for now. I am confused.

[Sal]

This week's free streams:

CTV Throwback

Baywatch (Seasons 8 and 9)

The Roku Channel

Hart To Hart
(Seasons 3 and 4)

The Facts Of Life (Seasons 7, 8, and 9) - The Cloris Leachman Years!

Uncle Earl's Classic TV

Sanford and Son (Season 6)

I Love Lucy

Rhoda (Seasons 1 and 2)

Internet Archive

The Rockford Files (Complete)

Airy TV - New Channels

24 - Encore + Canadian TV series from the 70s and 80s to today.

84 - The Dukes Of Hazzard

90 - Green Acres

[Sal]

This week's new releases:

"My Favorite Martian" is available on both TUBI and VUDU for the first time starting this week. All 3 seasons are featured.


ROKU

Davey & Goliath (Season 1 - 45 episodes)

The Carol Burnett Show (Seasons 1 to 11 - 39 new episodes)





Here is some great news for fans of all the various "Star Trek" TV series and movies and some special events that are happening this week to celebrate the successful franchise:


Star Trek United Marathon - Pluto TV Sci-Fi Channel 661

8 Star Trek Movies Coming to IMDB TV


Now for even better news:


This week, Airy TV has re-arranged their channels while adding a few more. For example, Green Acres, which debuted last week on Channel 90, has now been moved to Channel 54 to make way for more new TV and movie channels. The new and expanded Classics group now includes the following:

54 Green Acres (moved from 90 to 54)

55 The Jeffersons

56 Sanford and Son

57 Moonlighting

108 Classic Comedy

109 Cartoon Classics

[MA]

Originally Posted by rcbrad

I was registering, but it is looking for a credit card. I just wanted to watch the free channels that they offer for now. I am confused.

You can just sign up for a free Roku account like I did.

[Coffeecup]

I haven't posted on this thread before for I never streamed or had DVD's but now now with Infinity I bumped into Tubi and found a few shows I either haven't seen at all or not since their original airings. Found the Glen Campbell Good time hour and Mr Peepers, Life of Reilly, Make room for Daddy with Jean Hagen. Now more time spent in front of Tv. How do I get my house hold work done ???

[rcbrad]

Originally Posted by MA

You can just sign up for a free Roku account like I did.

I'll look for a free account sign up option, thanks. I thought that I was doing that initially, but it asked me for a credit card.

[Sal]

This week's new releases:


CTV Throwback

The Critic(FOX 1994) (2 seasons, 23 episodes) - SNL's Jon Lovitz stars as Jay Sherman, a film critic who is doomed to review movies that are worse than this series. Like he says: "It stinks!" (Crackle)


HOOPLA - Available free with a library card

Adventures Of Captain Marvel - 1941 movie serial in 12 parts later seen on TV.

Man With A Camera (Season 1) - Starring Charles Bronson as a photographer who uses his pictures to help out the police.

Tate (1960) - Starring Robert Redford.

PLUTO TV - On Demand

My Favorite Martian - Complete Series


VUDU

The Rifleman - Complete Series

TUBI

Popeye(1959) (55 cartoons - all in color)

The Saint (Season 6)

Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (Season 1 - 1974)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (Season 1 - 1960)

The Lone Ranger

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

[favoriteshow]

So the first 5 seasons of Donna Reed Show are on Tubi and Amazon Prime. But the series ran 8 seasons. What happened to the last three seasons? 4

Does the Decades TV channel air them?

I also noticed through stream, one can view the first season of Petticoat Junction, but the remaining are missing in action, with the exception of Decades.

[Sal]

Originally Posted by favoriteshow

So the first 5 seasons of Donna Reed Show are on Tubi and Amazon Prime. But the series ran 8 seasons. What happened to the last three seasons? 4

Does the Decades TV channel air them?

I also noticed through stream, one can view the first season of Petticoat Junction, but the remaining are missing in action, with the exception of Decades.

For shows like "Petticoat Junction", "Beverly Hillbillies", "The Lucy Show", and "The Dick Van Dyke Show", TUBI only shows certain episodes. These are the public domain episodes that I talked about a few weeks back that you may have on DVD but they don't have the rights to the entire series.

"The Donna Reed Show" is on TV, DVD, and streaming sites like TUBI but, again because of rights issues, only the first 5 seasons can be seen, even on Decades. However, there are a few episodes from later seasons on YouTube, including the series finale "Byline Jeffrey Stone". You can find them on the Video Archive channel here:

The Donna Reed Show - Season 8 (YouTube)

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by Sal

TUBI


Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (Season 1 - 1974)

That's been there for a while now.

[HarryWild]

Many old time TV shows of the 60s, 60s, 70s are available on YouTube! now for free. I list my favorites shown below:

Combat!
Rat Patrol
Mannix
Mike Hammer
Burke’s Law
Richard Diamond
Tracker
and all sorts of Westerns

Do search on free Sci-Fi, Action, Drama, War, Comedy, etc... movies too! Lots of just release movies and box office from worldwide including U.S. and Canada.

[AB]

When I click on one of the CTV shows I get this message instead of the video. Is there a way to watch it from the U.S.?