After starting out as a place for classic TV sit-com episodes, TV Land evolved to include a lot of original programs. While you can still watch old favorites like Everybody Loves Raymond, you can also stream original shows like Hot in Cleveland. And you don’t need cable to do so. Read on to learn how.
In a hurry? If you just want to start streaming TV Land, these are our top picks:
- Fubo: With 150+ channels, it offers something for everyone. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial!
- Philo: Super inexpensive live TV streaming service with 7-day free trial.
- Sling TV: Probably the best streaming service in terms of customization with a 50% discount your first month.
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TV Land launched in 1996 as a 24-hour version of Nickelodeon’s nighttime programming, Nick at Nite. Its original lineup featured a wide variety of classic television series from 1950 through 1990.
In 2010, it debuted its first original show, the hit sitcom Hot in Cleveland. Since then, TV Land has kept the classic programming during the day and reserved primetime for its original series and more recent syndications from the nineties.
If you want to cut the cord but keep the nostalgia train chuggin’ through your house, you’ll be happy to know you don’t need cable to hear the wholesomely reassuring whistling theme of The Andy Griffith Show. Read on to find out how you can keep TV Land while leaving traditional cable in the past.
How to Watch TV Land Live Without Cable
TV Land is owned by Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS), making it a sister station of Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, CBS, CMT, The CW, Dabl, Logo, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, and VH1. Whew!
But if you’re into classic TV and movies, there’s plenty more out there. Besides TV Land, for general entertainment, there’s Classic Reruns, NBCUniversal’s Cozi TV, FETV, and Sony’s getTV.
For comedy, there’s Laff; you can watch classic cartoons on Boomerang; if game shows are more your thing (big bucks, no whammies!), you can always tune into Game Show Network (GSN). Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has the silver screen oldies, and Grit and Heroes & Icons feature vintage adventure, action, and western movies.
You can’t get TV Land with an antenna; it’s only available with a pay-TV subscription. OTT (over the top) streaming services provide an alternative to traditional cable or satellite by offering the same channels. They also don’t have a bunch of fees added on and don’t lock you into a contract for years at a time.
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Streaming Services With TV Land
Which OTT services carry TV Land? That’s a trick question; all of them do! Seriously, every major streaming service has TV Land. So you really can’t go wrong.
How much golden oldie goodness can you handle? Some services have more stations with vintage programming than others.
FuboTV
Do you like sports as well as retro TV? Then FuboTV is the service for you! It’s got over 110 channels in its base package, at least a third of which are bona fide 24/7 sports channels.
What else comes in the Pro package? TV Land of course! Also Cozi TV (NBCUniversal’s classic TV station), getTV (Sony’s), Comet TV, and VH1. If you go for the Extra add-on ($7.99/mo), you also get Game Show Network and MTV Classic, because you know you love to party like it’s 1985.
Fubo’s Starter tier is $79.99/mo, 1000 hours of Cloud DVR storage, and streaming on up to 10 devices.
Find out more in our FuboTV review.
Philo
Philo offers over 60 channels for just $25/mo. This comes with unlimited cloud DVR and up to 3 simultaneous streams. It is the clear value winner here.
Included in their service are GSN, getTV, MTV Classic, and Nick at Nite/Nickelodeon. If you are just looking for basic programming, Try Philo free for 7 days.
Our Philo review has all the details.
Sling TV
Sling TV has affordable base packages for $40.00/mo singly or $50 per month together. You can then customize your channel lineup with “Extras,” packages of 5-12 channels, most of which are just $6 per month. You can get four of the most popular Extras for $13 per month, or all available Extras for $21 per month.
TV Land is available in Sling’s Comedy Extra add-on, which also contains FETV, Laff, and Game Show Network, plus TV Land’s ViacomCBS sister-channels CMT, Logo, MTV, and Paramount Network.
You also may want to consider the Hollywood Extra, which includes Grit and Heroes & Icons (classic adventure and western shows and movies) and Turner Classic Movies.
Save 50% on your first month of Sling TV. See our Sling TV review for all the details.
DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV) is another streaming service that just doesn’t seem to have left its heart in the past. All packages have the big nostalgia channels: TCM, GSN, Boomerang, Nickelodeon (for Nick at Nite), and of course, TV Land. But they don’t have any channels dedicated to all classic TV, like Cozi TV or Classic Reruns.
On the plus side, you do get all your local channels included, plus you can stream on unlimited devices at a time, which, if you have a big family is nothing to sneeze at.
DIRECTV STREAM starts at $79.99/mo for the Entertainment base package, which has over 75 channels. New customers get a 5-day free trial with DIRECTV STREAM.
Learn more in our DIRECTV STREAM review.
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Hulu + Live TV
Hulu + Live TV is a great overall entertainment service with its outstanding on-demand library and 85+ live channels. But classic TV isn’t a Hulu focus. They do have TV Land, along with its parent-channel Nickelodeon.
They also have Cozi TV, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies. But that’s about all in the nostalgia vein; they don’t even have Game Show Network.
Hulu Live costs $76.99/mo but that includes Disney+ and ESPN+. And you get unlimited Cloud DVR with 9 months of storage and can stream on up to 2 screens at a time. See our Hulu + Live TV review for details.
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Vidgo
Vidgo is an excellent choice if you want a low-cost service with a simple plan. It is just $69.99/mo for over 100 channels, which includes TV Land, Classic Reruns, FETV, GSN, getTV, and MTV Classic. If reruns of the oldies-but-goodies are your thing, it’s a pretty good deal.
A potential drawback is that Vidgo doesn’t have a cloud DVR option, but, hey, you’ve seen all these before anyway, right? They do provide the ability to watch on 3 devices at the same time so if your house is divided on what to watch, it isn’t a problem.
Try one month for $20. Learn more in our Vidgo review
Other Ways to Stream TV Land
There are still other ways to watch TV Land without cable:
- TV Land is also available to stream live from YouTube TV, which offers a similar plan to Hulu for $64.99/mo.
- You can watch TV Land original series The Exes, Happily Divorced, Younger, The Soul Man, The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Retired at 35 on Paramount+, Paramount Global’s on demand streaming service. It’s not live, but it’s also only $4.99 a month.
- You can watch TV Land on TVLand.com, but it requires a TV provider login.
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TVs and Other Devices to Watch TV Land
TV Land can be streamed on just about any device you can think of — almost certainly anything you are currently using.
All Android and iOS smartphones and tablets are supported. And all streaming services (except DIRECTV STREAM) support TVs with the Android TV operating system.
All streaming services support the standard TV devices:
- Amazon Fire TV
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- Roku.
Samsung smart TVs are supported by everyone except for Philo and Vidgo. Hulu, Sling TV, and FuboTV support Vizio and LG smart TVs as well. And they support Xbox One. Hulu supports PlayStation systems.
If we haven’t mentioned your device, check our reviews for a full listing of what is supported.
Today’s TV Land Schedule
Here is today’s schedule in Eastern Time:
| Bonanza – The Pressure Game Laura's aunt (Joan Blondell) comes for a visit and tries various tactics to advance the relationship between her niece and Adam. | |
| Gunsmoke – Prairie Wolfer Festus, left in charge of Matt's office, gets into trouble with two hunters. | |
| Gunsmoke – Stranger in Town A professional gunfighter is hired to kill a businessman who is also courting the gunman's former wife. | |
| Gunsmoke – Death Train Fear pervades Dodge City when a private railroad coach containing a victim of spotted fever is quarantined. | |
| Gunsmoke – Rope Fever Festus is wrongfully accused of being the partner of a wounded bank robber. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Andy's Rich Girlfriend Peggy McMillan and Andy get along fine until he learns her father is rich. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Andy and the New Mayor The new mayor of Mayberry is critical of Andy's work as sheriff. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Andy and Opie -- Bachelors When Aunt Bee goes away for a visit, Andy and Opie discover the problems of bachelorhood. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – The Cow Thief The Mayberry mayor demands Andy get a crime expert from the city to help solve several cow thefts. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Barney Mends a Broken Heart Peggy McMillan breaks a date with Andy and Barney tries to console him. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – I Wish I Were Gus Ray hopes the family-themed eulogy he gives for his Uncle Gus will extinguish the sparks of a family feud. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – Standard Deviation Robert's psychology project stirs Ray's and Debra's competitive streaks. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – Look Don't Touch Ray must convince Debra of his innocence after an attractive waitress (Tina Arning) at Nemo's catches his eye. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – Frank the Writer Frank gets a few anecdotes published in Reader's Digest and decides he would like his own newspaper column. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – Your Place or Mine? After having a fight with Frank, Marie moves in with Ray, Debra and the kids. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – In-Laws Ray begs his parents to be nice when his well-to-do in-laws (Robert Culp, Katherine Helmond) come to town for a visit. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond – Win, Lose or Draw Frank decides to teach his son a lesson by winning all Ray's money at the poker table. | |
| The King of Queens – Shear Torture Carrie discovers that Doug's frequent trips to the hair salon are due to his attractive new hairstylist. | |
| The King of Queens – Inn Escapable Doug and Carrie's romantic getaway is a nightmare when the owners of the bed-and-breakfast become too much to take. | |
| The King of Queens – Move Doubt Doug and Carrie are confused when Deacon and Kelly are not interested in buying the house next door to theirs. | |
| The King of Queens – G'Night, Stalker Doug lets the attention go to his head when he gets anonymous e-mail from someone who saw him perform at a karaoke club. | |
| The King of Queens – Raygin' Bulls When Carrie goes on a trip with her father, Doug and his friend (Ray Romano) plan a guys night on the town. | |
| Seinfeld – The Airport Jerry parties it up in first class while Elaine suffers in cramped coach; Kramer is chased by the police. | |
| Seinfeld – The Pick Elaine accidentally reveals too much cleavage on her Christmas card; Kramer is asked to pose for a risque underwear ad. | |
| Seinfeld – The Movie Jerry is shadowed by a pesky comic (Barry Diamond); the gang's decision to meet for a movie begins in disaster. | |
| Seinfeld – The Visa Jerry takes pity on a foreigner (Brian George) when the man's immigration papers are left in Jerry's mailbox. | |
| Mom – A Community Hero and a Wide Turn The women attend a gala honoring Marjorie, but Bonnie's speech doesn't go as planned. | |
| Mom – My Kinda People and the Big To-Do Bonnie gains a new outlook on her sobriety after dealing with difficult news; Jill and Andy take a big step in their relationship. | |
| Mom – Pilot Christy, a newly sober single mother, faces challenges when her estranged mother comes back into her life. | |
| Mom – A Pee Stick and an Asian Raccoon Bonnie and Christy put aside their differences to handle a family crisis. | |
| Paid Programming Paid programming. | |
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| The Andy Griffith Show – The Statue The Taylors find out that their heroic ancestor, immortalized in a statue, was actually a crook. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Helen, the Authoress Helen writes a children's book that is accepted for publication. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Goodbye, Dolly Andy and Opie face the difficult problem of helping an old milk-wagon horse find contentment in retirement. | |
| The Andy Griffith Show – Opie's Piano Lesson Opie insists on studying piano until he finds out that football and piano practice are incompatible. | |
| M*A*S*H – The Red/White Blues Col. Potter is overwhelmed by the attention he receives as his staff tries to reduce his blood pressure before his annual physical. | |
| M*A*S*H – Bless You, Hawkeye Hawkeye is overcome by a mysterious bout of nonstop sneezing. | |
| M*A*S*H – Blood Brothers Hawkeye must tell a wounded soldier that tests indicate he has chronic leukemia and can't give blood to his best buddy. | |
| Bonanza – Triangle Reluctant bridegroom Adam, recuperating from a serious back injury, discovers that his fiancee Laura is truly in love with Will. |
Wrapping Up
So whether you’re after the lighthearted comedy of TV Land’s original shows like The Exes, or you like to turn back the page to the lighthearted comedy of a simpler time with Bonanza or The Golden Girls, you definitely don’t have to keep turning back the page to your cable company.
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