How to Watch New York Times Presents Elon Musk’s Crash Course

Elon Musk’s Crash Course, the latest documentary from The New York Times Presents, premieres on FX and Hulu on Friday, May 20, at 10 p.m. ET. Elon Musk’s Crash Course explores the “quixotic nature of Musk’s pursuits of self-driving technology,” as well as the tragic results of his quest. Musk has claimed for years that Tesla has the technology for self-driving cars, but the New York Times investigation reveals that several deaths and dozens of accidents have resulted from the Autopilot system and that Musk has tried to quash government investigation into these tragedies. Read on to learn how to watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course without cable.

• When Does Elon Musk’s Crash Course Premiere: Elon Musk’s Crash Course premieres Friday, May 20, at 10 p.m. ET.
• Best Way to Watch: You can stream Elon Musk’s Crash Course when it airs on FX with DIRECTV STREAM, which has a 5-day free trial, FuboTV (Free Trial), or YouTube TV(Free Trial), and it is available same-day on Hulu through FX on Hulu (Free Trial).

Where To Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course

Elon Musk’s Crash Course airs on FX, so any streaming service that carries the network will allow you to watch it as it airs.

Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course Free

Some of the services offering FX also offer a free trial. These will let you watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course for free. If you want the service, you can keep it. If not, cancel before the trial ends, and you won’t be charged.

• FuboTV – offers a 1-week free trial.
• YouTube TV –  offers a 1-week free trial
• Sling TV – Sling TV offers promotional pricing.

Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course Live

Elon Musk’s Crash Course will air on FX, which you can watch on the following streaming services:

Elon Musk’s Crash Course on DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is one of several services to offer Elon Musk’s Crash Course Channel packages with FX start at $69.99 per month. A subscription to DIRECTV STREAM includes the following:

• watch 20 streams simultaneously per subscription 
• a cloud-based DVR
• channels like FX and more
• supported on Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more

You can check out this streaming service through this 5-day free trial or read about it in our DIRECTV STREAM review.

Elon Musk’s Crash Course on Sling TV

Sling TV is the cheapest way to watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course FX is in both their “orange” and “blue packages, each priced at $40 a month. Sling offers special pricing for signing up on this promo page with its service, and if you cancel within the trial, you won’t be charged. If you decide to keep Sling after the free trial, you can cancel at any time as there are no contracts or long-term commitments.

Sling TV provides a live stream of FX, so you can watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course just as if you had cable. Recent episodes are available on-demand, and you can also record episodes of Elon Musk’s Crash Course with Sling’s included cloud DVR.

Sling TV is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and more, so enjoying FX on a TV, tablet, computer, or other smart devices is not a problem. To find out more about Sling TV, check out this detailed review of Sling TV.

Elon Musk’s Crash Course on YouTube TV

YouTube TV also carries FX so that you can watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course YouTube TV also has limitless storage space available in its included DVR for recording each episode. Your library of recorded shows can be streamed anywhere.

YouTube TV provides:

• Access to FX, Local Network Channels, and over 70 other channels
• unlimited cloud DVR storage
• stream on three devices at once
• YouTube TV supports Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. The YouTube TV app has also returned to Roku devices after settling a dispute between the two companies. 
• Includes YouTube TV on-demand
• offers a 1-week free trial.

After a 1-week free trial, YouTube TV costs $64.99 per month. See our YouTube TV review for more details.

Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course on fuboTV

FuboTV offers FX in numerous US cities allowing you to watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course every week when it airs. You can check out a free trial to FuboTV here. Fubo TV supports the following streaming devices:

• Android smartphones
• Android tablets
• iPhone
• iPad
• Apple TV (4th Generation only)
• Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
• Roku
• Chromecast

For more information on FuboTV features, please see our Fubo TV review.

How Much: FuboTV costs  $74.99 per month.

Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course on Hulu

Hulu is a great way to stream Elon Musk’s Crash Course, as it will be released to Hulu’s streaming library the same day it airs on FX as part of FX on Hulu.

Hulu offers a free trial month and several different monthly plans. All of them will allow you to watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course, as well as all of The New York Times Presents. The plans are listed below:

• Hulu (with ads): This plan costs $7.99 per month but provides an annual billing option priced at a discount. This plan is ad-supported.
• Hulu (no ads): This plan costs $14.99 per month. With this plan, you get all the movies and TV shows in Hulu’s streaming library commercial-free. (Due to network arrangements, Grey’s Anatomy, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and How To Get Away With Murder will always have commercials).

Hulu is supported on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and more. For more information on the service features and device support, please see our in-depth review of Hulu.

Watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course On the FX Now App

The FX Now app offers allows you to watch current and past FX, FX, and FXM shows, so you can watch Elon Musk’s Crash Course directly through the app with one of the streaming services listed above. You can also view current episodes of the latest season of shows currently airing on FX networks.

You can watch by downloading the FX Now app to your streaming device. When prompted for a TV provider, use your username and password from participating streaming services. Below are the steps I used to unlock the FX Now app on Roku. Other streaming devices and TV everywhere apps have a very similar process.

1. Go to the channel store or app store on your device. On Roku, it’s called the “Channel Store.”
2. Search for the FX Now app, add it to your device, and then open it. 
3. Your Roku device will then show you an activation code and a URL.
4. Using a computer or mobile web browser, go to the FX URL.
5. You will then be asked for a TV provider and a username/password. I’m entering the username and password I use for Hulu. 
6. Once you sign in, your TV screen will refresh. You should now have access to all the video content the FX Now app provides.

The FX Now app is supported by all major streaming devices like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and more. FX Now also offers a preview pass and ad-free options.

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