With more people staying inside during the pandemic, streaming services like Sling TV and HBO are offering some content free! Granted, I’m sure they hope to entice a few of you to subscribe to their pay service, but free is free.
Here are all the services that announced free content for April.
Free HBO Streaming
During April, HBO is making some series and documentaries, and movies, free for anyone to watch without a subscription. Cord cutters can download HBO Now to their favorite streaming device and start watching HBO’s free content. You can also take advantage of this free HBO content if you subscribe to Hulu or use Roku Channel. The free HBO shows and movies are available through both of those apps as well.
Here are all the shows and movies available for free during April.
9 Full Series
- Ballers (5 Seasons)
- Barry (2 Seasons)
- Silicon Valley (6 Seasons)
- Six Feet Under (5 Seasons)
- The Sopranos (7 Seasons)
- Succession (2 Seasons)
- True Blood (7 Seasons
- Veep (7 Seasons)
- The Wire (5 Seasons)
10 Docuseries and Documentaries
- The Apollo
- The Case Against Adnan Syed
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher
- I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts
- McMillion$
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
- United Skates
- We Are the Dream: The Kids of the MLK Oakland Oratorical Fest
20 Warner Bros. Theatricals
- Arthur
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- Blinded By the Light
- The Bridges of Madison County
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
- Empire of the Sun
- Forget Paris
- Happy Feet Two
- Isn’t It Romantic?
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
- Midnight Special
- My Dog Skip
- Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase
- Pan
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu
- Red Riding Hood
- Smallfoot
- Storks
- Sucker Punch
- Unknown
Free Premium Content on Roku Channel
While there is already free content on Roku Channel, Roku has made premium content like Showtime, Epix, Acorn TV, and more available free of charge for 30 days as part of their Home Together initiative. Right now, you can get 30 day free trials to all of the following streaming services through Roku Channel.
- SHOWTIME
- EPIX
- Noggin (60-day trial available starting 4/1/20)
- Lifetime Movie Club
- History Vault
- Smithsonian
- Hallmark
- A&E Crime Central
- AcornTV
- The Great Courses
- UMC
- UP Faith & Family
- FitFusion
- GaiamTV
- Screambox
- Hopster
- Shout! Factory
- Baeble Music
- MHz Choice
- ZooMoo
- Grokker
- Hi-Yah!
- Fandor
- BFI
Extended Free Streaming Service Trials
Here are some trial offers to pay services. If you use these, remember to cancel before the trial expires so you won’t be billed.
CBS All Access (60 Day Trial with Codes) – Use code GIFT when signing up for their free trial. However, after you’ve created your account, head to the “Subscriptions & Billing area” and apply promo code ENJOY. This will add a second free month to your service
Quibi – Quibi is a new streaming service that just launched (check out our review of Quibi. If you sign up now, you will get to try this new streaming service for 90-days free of charge.
Showtime – Offers a 30-day free trial
Acorn TV – When you sign up for a free trial at Acorn TV, use the promo code FREE30, and you will get a 30-day free trial instead of just 7 days.
Sundance Now – When you sign up for your free trial use the code SUNDANCENOW30 and you’re free trial will be extended to 30-days. Check out our review of Sundance Now for all the great shows on this service.
Shudder – Shudder is offering 30-day free trial when you use the promo code SHUTIN.
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