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New medical drama “Good Sam” premieres Wednesday, January 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
If you don’t have cable, here are several different ways you can watch a live stream of “Good Sam” online for free:
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Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch a live stream of their local CBS station via the Prime Paramount+ channel (“Premium” plan). You can try both Amazon Prime and the Paramount+ Channel at no cost with a free trial right here:
Once you’re signed up for the Prime Paramount+ Channel, you can watch “Good Sam” live on the Amazon Video app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, various smart TV’s, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of CBS (live in most markets) and 100-plus other live TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch “Good Sam” live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch most shows on-demand within three days (and sometimes longer) of their conclusion, even if you don’t record them.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV) has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” CBS (live in most markets) is included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch “Good Sam” live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
If you can’t watch live, DirecTV Stream also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
Paramount+
This is ultimately the same as the Amazon Prime option above, only you’ll watch on Paramount’s digital platforms instead of Amazon’s. You can watch your local CBS channel live via Paramount+ (“Premium” plan), which comes with a free trial:
Once signed up for Paramount+, you can watch “Good Sam” live on the Paramount+ app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung Smart TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Paramount+ website.
‘Good Sam’ Preview
Starring Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs, “Good Sam” is about Dr. Sam Griffith (Bush), “a gifted heart surgeon who excels in her new leadership role as chief of surgery after her renowned boss, Dr. Rob ‘Griff’ Griffith (Isaacs), falls into a coma,” according to the CBS press release.
It continues:
When Dr. Griffith wakes up months later, demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent. Complicating matters, this caustic and arrogant boss also happens to be her father. As Griff defies Sam’s authority and challenges her medical expertise, the big question becomes whether this father and daughter will ever be able to mend their own relationship as expertly as they heal the hearts of their patients.
The series co-stars Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Omar Maskati, Davi Santos, Wendy Creson, and Edwin Hodge.
In an interview with KGET, Bush said that she actually planned to be a surgeon when she was growing up.
“You can imagine the shock when I told my parents I wasn’t going to med school, I was going to go study theater and learn how to do costume, makeup,” said Bush, adding that both she and her parents are very excited that she is playing a doctor on TV.
“There is such a heightened sense of what’s important in the walls of a hospital when things are literally life and death. And that has only increased for all of us in terms of representing healthcare workers since COVID,” said Bush.
Co-star Isaacs also feels a certain connection to his part. He told KGET that he has two daughters and that greatly informs the way he plays the character.
“I’m meant to be standing outside my character, but sometimes I’m not sure that I don’t get confused. I have two daughters, and part of taking this job was me trying to work out before these problems emerge how I’m going to deal with the fact that they’re already smarter than me and more capable of navigating the world,” said Isaacs. “So, I don’t know that I can talk about my character. I can talk as my character. I don’t think [Bush’s character] should be running the hospital.
“I think I have much more experience and skill, and really, frankly, everybody who is in this panel is nearly getting it wrong. And hopefully good sense will prevail and I’ll end up running the hospital. There will be no drama, but the world will be as it should be.”
“Good Sam” airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times on CBS.