How to Watch ‘The Movies’ Miniseries Online Without Cable

Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Ron Howard, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and more will all take part in CNN’s new six-part original series ‘The Movies,’ which is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog.

The miniseries begins Sunday, July 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of CNN on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming subscription services:

FuboTV

CNN is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle.

You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of The Movies episodes on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.

If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which allows you to watch most shows up to three days after they air even if you forgot to record them.

Hulu With Live TV

In addition to a Netflix-like on-demand streaming library, Hulu also offers a bundle of 60-plus live TV channels, which includes CNN.

You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of The Movies episodes on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show or other streaming device via the Hulu app.

If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” comes with both its extensive on-demand library (which has most new episodes available after they air) and 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).

PlayStation Vue

PlayStation Vue–which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch–offers four different live-TV channel packages, all of which include CNN.

You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here, and you can then watch a live stream of The Movies episodes on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.

If you can’t watch live, PlayStation Vue comes included with cloud DVR.

‘The Movies’ Miniseries Preview

Following in the footsteps of CNN’s popular Decades series (now available on Netflix), The Movies will kick off its miniseries highlighting some of the biggest and best films from the ’80s including The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, Coming to America, When Harry Met Sally, and Do The Right Thing. The series will combine archival footage with interviews of leading actors, directors, producers, critics and historians, showcasing how the most iconic moments in film have affected and influenced our collective imagination and culture.

The celebrities to be featured throughout the course of the series include Paul Thomas Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Jon Favreau, Antoine Fuqua, Morgan Freeman, Bill Hader, Tom Hanks, Amy Heckerling, Ron Howard, Holly Hunter, Anjelica Huston, Baz Luhrmann, Julianne Moore, Ed Norton, Rob Reiner, Molly Ringwald, Julia Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Ridley Scott, John Singleton, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Robert Zemeckis, and many more.

Here are the airdates and episode descriptions for each entry of The Movies series; all shows will air on Sundays between 9-11 p.m.:

(7/7) “The Eighties” – The episode explores the crowd-pleasing titles of the ’80s such as The Empire Strikes Back, E.T., and The Breakfast Club.
(7/14) “The Nineties” – The episode explores movie stars of the ’90s like Julia Roberts and Will Smith and beloved films such as Jurassic Park, Titanic, and Pulp Fiction.
(7/21) “The 2000s To Today” – The episode explores popular films of the 2000’s such as Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Moulin Rouge.
(7/28) “The Seventies” – The episode explores the films of the ’70s that pushed the medium of movie-making such as The Godfather, The Exorcist, and Jaws.
(8/4) “The Sixties” – The episode explores the popular films of the ’60s such as West Side Story, Bonnie and Clyde, and The Graduate.
(8/11) “The Golden Age” – The episode explores the most iconic films from the 1930’s through the 1950’s such as King Kong, Casablanca, and A Star is Born.

To accompany the series, CNN is producing a six-part podcast where entertainment experts Lisa France, Sandra Gonzalez, and Kristen Meinzer discuss the groundbreaking films of each decade and talk to some of today’s biggest movie stars. The podcast launches Monday, July 8 on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast platforms with new episodes available weekly.