Pluto TV

The Love Boat channel is the best.

Is Pluto on Spectrum's line-up?

I've been watching HBO Max, it's pretty good. If you have HBO, it's free.

R2, no, PlutoTV is an app you download on your iPhone.

Three's Company is on there, too!

The advertisements/commercials are invasive and distracting.

We are addicted to the Mission Impossible, Dark Shadows and Carol Burnett channels. Mission Impossible seems to be first three seasons. Dark Shadows seams to be about a years worth. Carol covers everything and shows the musical numbers.

a lot better offerings than Netflix and it's free same with Tubi

It’s on Roku

I wouldn't mind the commercials if they weren't so sudden and random. Like, why can't they just run commercials at the regular intervals, when the show fades for the normal commercial break? Instead it's on top of a line of dialogue or whatever. And, I'm sorry, but if you're watching Threes Company, you know that each line is carefully considered and crafted.

I agree r9. This service is shitty!

R10 I guess you get what you pay for.

[quote] I wouldn't mind the commercials if they weren't so sudden and random.

I wouldn't mind if the commercials were more varied. The same ones over and over almost make me want to pay for cable.

Started watching the Flicks Of Fury movie channel. They show Kung Fu movies all the way from Kung Fu movies of the 70's to recent modern Epics. Gotta say I had zero interest in these movies but some are garbage and some are wildly entertaining.

They have a whole channel dedicated to Bob Barker era episodes of The Price is Right that I got sucked into this afternoon. There’s something weirdly comforting about watching 1982 come to life again.

R14 That sounds amazing.

I can't stand the commercials, but I saw several low budget gay films on it that were interesting, along with the British Queer as Folk (which I hadn't seen before).

Lately I've been watching the 1970s BBC miniseries Anna Karenina.

They have some decent free cable news that isn't all swooshes and screaming and graphics. I love CBSN.

For those complaining about the commercials, a good many of the Pluto shows are available on demand. Just click "On Demand" at the top...you can watch and pause, and there's also way less many commercials. I've watched some shows on demand and only had x1 commercial.

From what I've gathered with these free apps, they cycle thru about x2 seasons each month. So for instance, right now I'm rewatching the 'Three's Company' where Mr. and Mrs. Roper move out as the backdoor pilot for 'The Ropers'. This ep will probably replay until the end of the month, and then they'll cycle thru to the next batch of eps. Tubi also does this...I wasn't pay attention and missed half of the last season of 'The Facts of Life', as they reset the cycle and started back with S1. The good thing with Pluto is that they're always adding classic series to the line-up, many of which have their own 24-7 channel.

TubiTv is a really good free channel. So much content. Peacock is another one. It has all episodes of Downton Abbey and 30 Rock among so many other series.

There's Crackle, too, OP. Also the Roku channel.

I got sucked into watching The Price is Right and man oh man was Bob Barker great. He was without a doubt a dirty old man but he was quick on his feet with the contestants and genuinely made me laugh out loud a few times. Dian Parkinson sued Bob in the 90's for sexual harassment but watching these episodes from 1982, she is constantly making doe eyes at Bob and acting like a damn sexpot while showing off an Amana Radarange. I'm also getting a kick out of seeing some of the crappy prizes they offered.

Carol Burnett her on Shoutfactory.

Also some really good genre films.

Love the MST3K channel.

Here's the thing--I've been immersed in "Mission Impossible" since I learned they were running it--seems to have been re-scanned or the prints are pristine--we're talking about 1966! Looks beautiful on a large display. I have always adored the cast, especially Barbara Bain & Marin Landau; the programs themselves are relatively simple with their consistent format, but as with Dark Shadows, I've been giggling through the bloopers--a lot are described on IMDb, much like the blogs that follow Dark Shadows.

It's obvious that that cast had fun doing it, the music is phenomenal (Arguably the best part of the show) & imagination is in full flourish--last week there was a drone, a flat panel display, & last night one of the sets from "Star Trek" out at Vasquez Rocks was used--Lucille Ball green-lit "Star Trek" & "Mission Impossible"--great decision!

Lastly, I also adore all of the big cars with V8 engines--enough big 60s Lincolns/Lincoln limousines to keep me happy :)

they also have Dawson's Creek

A Three’s Company channel AND a Price is Right channel? My life may have just been made (sad as that is).

I watched like 6 episodes of BH90210 and 1 Melrose Place so far today. I'm in fag heaven.

On Demand -> Animal Planet -> Treetop Cat Rescue. Episode after episode of heartwarming goodness.

I hate this thread. Until tonight I had never seen an episode of Love Boat and now I'm three hours in. I got hooked right away because they had a closeup of Sandy Duncan crying from her real eye while the other just sat there looking bored.

And now we have Kathy Bates wrapped in a small towel.

[quote]no, PlutoTV is an app you download on your iPhone.

Who the hell enjoys watching TV shows/movies on a phone?! I don't care how large your phone is, it's ridiculous watching TV shows and films on a phone screen.

btw, your info is WRONG, Pluto isn't only an app for your iPhone, I just started watching Pluto on my computer. I have a 32” desk top Mac.

R29, keep watching! The next ep features a stellar cast...IMDB link below.

There is another TV app that is good in a few markets, with local broadcast networks and cable networks if you have cut the cord. Locast.org

R30 Sorry, I should've been more clear! My phone casts the video onto my TV via WiFi.

R29 same. This is the best and worst thing that has just happened to me. Im two episodes in the Price is Right. Cant stop. These are so old Bob Barker doesn’t even have his “get your pet spayed or neutered” at the end. (I never remember him NOT doing that, but I guess there was a time).

Since you mentioned pets being spayed or neutered, R34, the episode that just ended had Nanette Fabray. 100% of what I know about her came from DL, and 99.999% of that is the Nanette Fabray Monkey.

Instead of thinking the monkey resembled her I've been sitting here thinking to myself, Nanette Fabray really [italic]does[italic] look like the monkey! Oddly enough, the other storyline was about a thief who happened to be a chimpanzee.

You can get Pluto TV on you big TV too thru Roku and Fire Stick. Comcast's Xfinity box now offers apps directly and have it too.

I watch Pluto Tv on my actual TV - the 90210/Melrose Place/Party of 5/Dawson’s creek reruns are better than an orgasm. That said, the commercials are awful. And yes I know I can VOD but I’m lazy. Also they air Florence Foster Jenkins every fucking day.

Also how is there not a Golden Girls channel? They have a fucking Family Ties channel. Paramount make it happen.

Also x2, if I need a morning wank and my phone is dead I’ll just turn on the Baywatch channel. You’re welcome.

[quote]Also they air Florence Foster Jenkins every fucking day.

The movie channels have a set list for the month playing the same over and over. Next month will different.

OP I discovered when I needed to watch Bloomberg for free. Yes, it’s got great news, even British news! I am a Millenial so Cheddar works for me, TYT is too far left and then they have right wing TV too.

I caught up on Drag Race when they ran that channel. Decent trashy reality TV reruns if you need background noise.

I love bing watching Degrassi for my own personal nostalgia. But the movie channels are great!! I am a big fan!

I'm mad that they took away my 24/7 cat video channel.

The same ads for Instacart and Good Rx over and over drove me bonkers, that’s the catch.

There’s an In Demand feature, which is also free, but the ads are still the same though…

I usually just turn it on mute when the commercials come on

What is the name of that short lived space exploration tv show from The 70s? It was on Pluto for a while, but now I can’t find it.

Space 1999?

"One Day at a Time", "Barney Miller", and "70s Movies" channels? Who says you can't go home again?

Oops, r28 here... the show's name is "CAN0PY Cat Rescue" (sorry, had a brain fart).

The show's pre-rescue animations are a hoot, because 96% of the time, they're pure delusional fantasy. Stressed-out terrified cats will fight to the death, and compared to humans without protective gear (think: kevlar-mesh gauntlets & face mask at a minimum), they're extraordinarily well-armed.

Cat-rescue might have low risk of literal death, but those guys would end up with injuries bad enough to require antibiotics, sutures, and/or butterfly tape all the time if they weren't wearing protective gloves. For rescues involving more aggressive cats (that don't get filmed for the show), they wear face-protection as well.

Lol they just showed an episode where Brandon and Steve accidentally go to a gay coffeehouse and then have to pose in their boxers. There is a lockerroom scene that is just delightful.

R49 just when I thought nothing could get more homoerotic than that, Dan Cortese jumped into the Melrose pool in his jorts.

I’ve been going back and forth watching TPiR just to watch a Plinko game, but I haven’t spotted it yet. Maybe once I’ve seen it I’ll be satisfied for a while.

It’s so funny the games that I thought were permanently erased from my consciousness, as soon as I watched them all the memories came back — including my favorites and least favorites. The Range Game was one of my least — no one ever won on that.

[quote]The same ads for Instacart and Good Rx over and over drove me bonkers, that’s the catch.

Yes but the movies are uncut, usually letterboxed and they come back from the commercial at the exact second they cut. Never saw that before. Like they freeze framed it.

Is there a Lawrence Welk channel? Asking for a friend.

Yes, it's channel A Onea and a Twoa.

[quote]I can't stand the commercials, but I saw several low budget gay films on it that were interesting, along with the British Queer as Folk (which I hadn't seen before).

They also have the full run of the UK version of [italic]Shameless.[/italic]

They have a budget TV version of HGTV. Programs have titles like "Listed Sisters" (rip-off of Property Brothers).

Wait til you see Apartment Partners!

I can really only watch one vintage 'The Price is Right' at a time. Bob Barker's voice, Rod Roddy's voice, the hand-painted, styrofoam-y back drops, and the green shag carpeting are all so overstimulating and kitschy. I can see now why I was enthralled with it as a kid, though. I even had a crush on red-headed Holly...or maybe I just wanted to be her.

Oh my werd, y'all, "Mommie Dearest" is on here.

This might sound contrived but I cannot imagine why anyone would pay for cable when they have Pluto TV. The only thing I'd watch on cable are reruns of old crappy shows and random movies, which I can now do for free. I was thinking about getting cable, but once I got my new fire tv, I realized there's no reason to spend $100+/month on tv. Yes there are a few good series out there, but it's so easy to torrent them.

The male contestants on 90s TPIR are fucking hot. The average American male was much hotter 40 years ago.

R61 I’ve only seen 1982 TPiR so far (and still haven’t spotted Plinko) - is this on Pluto?

Have to say this channel has really served me well the past couple of weeks.

R17 doesn’t know what “cable” means.

R62 Typo. I meant 80s not 90s.

I just saw a TPIR that I’ve already seen. Makes me think there’s not actually that many episodes that they’re running. It’d be cool if they could get like 10-15 years’ worth.

R61 Google Alan Sarapa. He’s a hottie.

R65. With Dark Shadows they only have certain storylines. The Mission Impossible channel only has the first three seasons.

are the shows uncut or are they chopped to pieces to fit in commercials?

R68 I think it depends on the show. Mission Impossible are uncut. Some Carol Burnett are uncut, some are not. Dark Shadows are full episodes. I haven’t watched any of the other channels. I am curious though.

PLEX, OP. PLEX is another channel you want on your Roku

I’m uncut.

So this is Eldergay entertainment/company TV.. got it.

Oh man....The Price is Right channel is making me miss my grandmother. I longed, as a 70s/80s gayling, to be a PiR model, and grandma indulged my "selling" of her appliances, and screeching about the Showcase Showdown. I miss her!

Yes, R72. There are plenty of TikTok threads where you'll feel more comfortable.

Just found Pluto too. I was excited at all the free stuff - though the thrill is passing. Seems to have some cable channels like MTV. A great add-on for when you want to channel surf and watch something mindless - like when I used to have cable.

I'm not sure how often it happens, but I discovered on the Capitol Riot Day that "CNN" on Pluto was actually the PREVIOUS DAY'S content. Literally, people were storming the Capitol, every TV station in America was showing it, and the CNN channel on Pluto had some lady prattling on about the Georgia Senate Election that, as far as I can tell, was from precisely 24 hours earlier.

I've noticed at other times that "CNN" on Pluto seems to be weirdly delayed by at least a few hours.

Love the "James Bond" and "Midsomer Murders" channels.

Do not love the lack of an overall schedule.

I think the Bond channel is gone now.

I was very pleased to see the very first serial of Dr Who a couple of night ago, (I know, a very acquired taste!) "An Unearthly Child" first shown on 23 November 1963; "The show's launch was overshadowed by the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy the previous day, resulting in a repeat of the first episode the following week. " (Courtesy Wikipedia)

It's truly amazing to me that BBC preserved this program, as later on they commonly didn't save many of the early shows. I love the truly authentic 60s fashions, the plotline that would eventually morph into so many delightful doctors. In the second serial, "The Daleks (also known as The Mutants and The Dead Planet)" (Courtesy Wikipedia) we are treated to some of my favorite bad boys, the Daleks! So cool!

What's also amazing to me is that while we were glued to the unforgettable events of 22 November, Dr Who was getting ready for his debut. While one made such a tragic childhood impression, the other has let me realize that other fun imaginative things were happening across the pond :)

Mickey Mouse’s gay dog has a TV app?

I have a Samsung smart TV and there is a Pluto app. During this COVID bullshit, I have found the British version of the Antiques Roadshow to be better than a Xanax for some reason. Watch it every night before bed. It's right around the This Old House Channel (can be informative) and the America's Test Kitchen channel. I love the nerdy cute chef Dan on there. Love that you can catch your fav show 24/7. The commercials on Pluto? During the election season, it was brutal. Sometimes the same commercials ran 3x in a row. I dont think they have more than network tv, tough

Until they probably soon reimagine their programming to air marathon episodes of Andy Griffith Show and Everybody Loves Raymond all day and night, like a lot of other such retro stations....

r79, the BBC *did* erase its early copies of Dr. Who. The copies in existence now were loaned to the South African Broadcasting Company & ended up in their basement after getting aired instead of being returned. Had they been returned, they would have been erased, too.

I love the Survivor channel too. It's fun to just pull it up and see what season they are showing. Pluto also has surprisingly good video quality. Was watching a horror movie on their live service and it was in widescreen format and quite clear.

I like the RESCUE 9-1-1 channel. It's so camp with its re-enactments.

Last night a 6 yr old set her nightgown on fire trying to cook oatmeal. Then a grandmother ran over her grandson with a riding lawn mower.

Is anyone else here having trouble accessing PlutoTV right now - 830PM NYC? I watch on my laptop but only get a blank screen!