Nearly every TV network has its own Android app nowadays, but many offer little or nothing to watch if you don’t have login info from a cable or satellite subscription. ckily, if you’re not paying for cable, you can still catch up with many of your favorite shows sample a wide array of fresh offerings without paying a cent.

l 10 of these apps offer up popular— yes, legal official—streams of popular television shows without any need for a subscription or a cable/satellite hook. The only price you’ll pay is in potential bwidth a few extra minutes of your time for commercials. If you’re looking for on-the-go entertainment that won’t cost you a thing, grab these apps start watching now.

eviously called tch ABC, the ABC – ve TV Full Episodes app is a free offering from the major network, it actually gives you quite a bit to watch without needing to input login details. There’s still a lot under lock key, but also plenty to see if you need a quick fix. 

os: The ABC app is stocked with current TV series of all sorts, including cing th the Stars, Black-ish, American Crime, Designated Survivor, you’ll usually find free access to five recent episodes of each. Older shows offer more to watch, including a full season apiece of The Muppets Felicity as of this writing. And my Kimmel ve! locks its most recent episodes, but had about 15 slightly older ones on tap. 

Cons: ile many shows offer a hful of free episodes to watch, the most recently aired one is often locked away for people with logins. And older episodes are likewise unavailable. ve TV also requires a login to access. 

ABC – ve TV Full Episodes (Free)

CBS has seemingly larger digital ambitions than ABC in this space, as its one app not only serves as a repository for free content even more with a login, but also a hub for its paid l Access subscription service. That can be confusing, but there’s still a lot of free TV to watch here. 

os: The CBS app is loaded with content new old alike, whether you’re looking for current hits like The Big Bang ry, Elementary, or NCIS, or older favorites like The y Bunch multiple Star Trek series. th newer shows, you’ll typically find five recent episodes available without a login, unlike ABC, the CBS app doesn’t lock the newest of each. Older shows are less consistent with their free offerings: some have a couple episodes, while others have many more. Meanwhile, the CBS Evening News had all 18 of its recent episodes available for free.

Cons: l Access can be a confusing roadblock, especially since some TV shows (like The Good Fight, the new The Good fe spinoff) movies require a subscription but aren’t always clearly marked. It’s $6/month with commercials or $10 without. thout the pricier subscription, you can expect about two minutes of commercials during each ad break for the free shows available here.

CBS Full Episodes ve TV (Free)

Crackle is a unique beast, in that it’s not based on a single network—but unlike a Netflix, it’s totally free ad-supported. Sony’s service has a wide selection of offerings, including classic TV series from various networks also an array of full-length movies.

os: You’ll find quite a lot of content on Crackle, while not everything is top-tier, there are some classic shows in the mix—things like Seinfeld, The Shield, NewsRadio, l in the Family. so, Crackle has a few originals of its own, including rry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, as well as Snatch Startup. Crackle has full-length movies, as well, such as i, e Dirt, ck Stock Two Smoking Barrels.

Cons: The interface isn’t much to look at, the selection is very scattershot. so, seeing rom commercial breaks right in the middle of full-length movies is definitely odd. But all of that is a small price to pay for some of the pretty great entirely free content here.

Crackle (Free)

Fox’s app is largely centered on its current or recent broadcast network shows doesn’t have a vast library, but it does have a striking look a solid array of free content. And if you have login info, there’s a fair bit more available.

os: Fox Now includes all of the network’s top shows right now, ranging from dramas like Empire Gotham to comedies like Brooklyn Nine-Nine The st Man on Earth, as well as animated fare including The Simpsons Family Guy. And yes, chef Ramsay is well represented with both Hell’s Kitchen two different MasterChef varieties. Shows in their first season offer the last five episodes for free.

Cons: You’ll also get five free episodes of longer-running shows, in most cases, but the most recent episode is locked for eight days—so you’ll have to wait for those. p in a cable or satellite login the locks are lifted, along with those for additional episodes in the library. so, while you might be excited to see Marvel’s gion show from FX in the listings, it’s solely for folks with a login. Same for live TV, too. 

Fox Now (Free)

Got a thing for anime (panese animation) or at least a curiosity about it? If so, then you’ll want to grab Crunchyroll, stat. This app compiles hundreds of popular anime series, new old, has plenty to offer without a subscription.

os: The library here is absolutely immense—I wish there had been something like this when I was buying $30 anime DVDs as a teen. Hit shows like One ece, Naruto Shippuden, Dragon Ball Super, Attack on Titan, Bleach are here in panese audio with English subtitles, along with many, many other series. And with the long-running shows, you can tap into the entire library for free: hundreds upon hundreds of episodes in some cases. 

Cons: For series that are currently airing in pan, the most recent episode of each is locked away for subscribers—it’s $7/month for unlimited premium access, but the episode is available right after it airs. ongside that benefit, you also get HD video quality all of the ads go away. Honestly, the stard-def videos look pretty solid, but if you’re using the app constantly, it might be worth the seven bucks a month to upgrade. kewise, the video ads can be lengthy, but it’s a worthy trade-off for all of this great content.

Crunchyroll (Free)

If you still consider NBC to be the destination for must-see TV, then you’ll be happy to know that the official app offers up quite a bit of current content to check out for free— even more from a selection of legacy shows.

os: l of NBC’s big shows are well represented here, whether you’re into comedies like The Good ace Superstore, dramas such as w Order: Special Victims Unit The Blacklist, or reality fare like The Voice. Even late night favorites like The Tonight Show with my Fallon te Night with Seth Meyers are here. 

For weekly shows, you’ll typically find the last five episodes available for free. Meanwhile, older shows like Knight Rider, Miami Vice, Smash offer up potentially dozens dozens of free episodes, depending on series length.

Cons: For daily shows like Fallon te Night, the last few episodes are typically locked down if you don’t have a cable/satellite login—but at least there are more slightly older episodes for free viewing. Meanwhile, weekly shows that aren’t in their debut season typically lock the most recent episode until eight days after airing.

NBC (Free)

The History network’s mate is somewhat muddled, given that it’s the same channel that hosts both Vikings wn Stars, but at least it has a broad offering of entertainment. And you’ll find some of it for free in the Android app. 

os: History’s app provides a pretty wide assortment of shows, from recent debuts like K Declassified: Tracking Road Hauks, to recurring favorites like American ckers, Ice Road Truckers, Top Shot. Rather than offer the most recent episodes for free, History typically does the opposite: you’ll usually find the first five episodes from the first season unlocked. That’s great for trying out new shows, but not so helpful if you’re already a fan. 

Cons: Some shows don’t have full episodes available, including Vikings, while some newer content—like The Riots: 25 Years ter—is only for people with a cable or satellite login. gging in can get you access to lengthy archives of long-running shows, but otherwise, you’ll usually just get the five first-ever episodes for free. 

History (Free)

ether you love the cable network’s original offerings for yourself or you’re just looking for something to entertain your kid, Cartoon Network’s Android app offers dozens of free episodes. There just aren’t very many from each individual series.

os: Cartoon Network is a premium cable satellite network, so the fact that you get anything for free is pretty appealing. Hit shows like Adventure e, Universe, The werpuff Girls, Transformers: Robots in Disguise are found here, along with a couple dozen other shows. And the app is very streamlined kid-friendly: you can pick your favorite shows it’ll offer a “mix” of available episodes when you first fire it up. 

Cons: ile there’s a broad selection of shows here, you won’t find a lot of free episodes for each one: most shows only have three free episodes on h, given the length of some of these episodes, that might be about a half-hour of total video. ckily, the total load here is hefty: I found 102 free episodes across all shows, there’s even more with a login. 

Cartoon Network (Free)

The Discovery Channel app has seen a significant overhaul since the first time we wrote this piece, but one thing hasn’t really changed: you’ll only be able to access a sliver of the total content without a cable or satellite subscription. 

os: A few of Discovery’s most popular most intriguing new documentary reality shows offer free content, including Deadliest Catch, Rush, Cooper’s Treasure. Each has commercial breaks, of course, but these are still hour-long episodes of pay-TV series. 

Cons: Unfortunately, there’s just not much available. As of this writing, you’ll find one episode of Deadliest Catch, one episode of Rush, two episodes of Cooper’s Treasure, the other hful of series follow the same trend. so, the commercial breaks are pretty lengthy. Meanwhile, series like Mythbusters Yukon Men don’t have any free content at all, require a login to view. Still, you won’t find these free shows on other services, it’s an on-the-go way to try something new. 

Discovery Go (Free)

Chromecast support has become so wide that almost all of these apps have casting capabilities built right into them. Only Cartoon Network is the outlier, which makes some sense given that kids might be hling the phone most of the time, it’s another button for them to accidentally press. 

If you have a Chromecast hooked up to your TV, you can press the little rectangle button (in each app) with a little -Fi signal icon in the lower left corner, that will send the video over to your larger screen. For apps that don’t have native casting support, you can download the free Home app mirror your screen to the television.