HBO
Tonight, HBO is premiering a new space comedy series that has a lot of promise. Avenue 5 will premiere on HBO at 10:01 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (9:01 p.m. Central) tonight, January 19, 2020. The episode will air immediately after The Outsider ends and it’s 30 minutes long.
If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of HBO on your computer, phone, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following live-TV streaming services:
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Amazon Prime’s HBO Channel
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber or you want to start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch all live and on-demand HBO content via the HBO Amazon Channel, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once you’re signed up for both Amazon Prime and the HBO channel, you can then watch the show either live as it airs or on-demand anytime after.
For either option, you can watch on your computer via the Amazon website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel packages. The two cheapest bundles (“Plus” and “Max”) both come included with HBO and a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can watch the show live as it airs, or you can watch it on-demand anytime after.
You can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app.
Hulu
Whether you already have Hulu or you want to sign up for a new subscription, HBO is available as an add-on to either Hulu or Hulu with Live TV:
Once signed up for Hulu and the HBO add-on, you can watch the show live as it airs, or you can watch it on-demand anytime after.
You can watch 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, PlayStation 4 (on-demand only), Nintendo Switch, Echo Show or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
HBO Go vs HBO Now
You can also stream Avenue 5 via HBO.
HBO Now is HBO’s standalone streaming service and provides all of HBO’s programming via the internet. You don’t need a cable or satellite subscription for this one because it’s standalone. But if you’re already paying for HBO elsewhere, you won’t get this one for free. The service costs $14.99 per month — but it offers a seven-day free trial. You must cancel before the end of the trial to avoid charges. To use the service, download the HBO Now App on your phone or tablet. It’s available in the App Store, Google Play store and Amazon Appstore, and more.
If you have a cable subscription that includes HBO, you can stream via HBO GO instead and it won’t cost you any extra.
HBO Go is HBO’s other streaming service. HBO GO would be your choice if you have a cable or satellite subscription that already includes HBO in the package. But unfortunately, HBO Go isn’t available with all cable companies. Some are still negotiating terms to be able to use HBO GO. So you should check before tonight to make sure that your cable company lets you access and use HBO GO to watch the series.
The episode will be on Demand on January 20.
‘Avenue 5’ Preview
Avenue 5 premieres at 10:01 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (9:01 p.m. Central) on HBO. If you’re watching a live stream on the West Coast, however, you can catch the premiere online at 7:01 p.m. Pacific, so you’re watching at the same time as the East coast rather than waiting.
Here’s a trailer.
The series is created by Armando Iannucci of Veep and is set 40 years in the future. It stars Hugh Laurie as Ryan Clark, the captain of a space cruise ship that has amenities a lot like today’s cruise ships, only even better. The ship is on an eight-week journey around Saturn when technical difficulties crop up. Also in the cast is Josh Gad as billionaire Herman Judd, Zach Woods as Matt Spencer (public relations head), Rebecca Front as Karen Kelley (a passenger), Suzy Nakamura as Iris Kimura (Judd’s right-hand), Lenora Crichlow as Billie McEvoy, Nikki Amuka-Bird as Rav Mulcair (head of Judd Mission Control), Ethan Phillips as Spike Martin (former astronaut).
Here are some more videos for the series that HBO posted on YouTube.
The series looks like it’s going to be really funny.
The first episode is called “I Was Flying.” The synopsis reads: ” A malfunction occurs aboard the luxury space cruise ship Avenue 5, and it’s up to engineer Billie McEvoy to warn Captain Ryan Clark, Avenue 5 owner Herman Judd and his right-hand-woman, Iris Kimura, that the incident may have serious consequences. As Rav Mulcair manages the situation from mission control on Earth, Matt Spencer, head of customer relations, tries his best to calm frayed nerves on board, and passenger Karen Kelly discovers the crew may know more than they admit.”
The second episode, airing January 26, will be called “And Then He’s Gonna Shoot Off.”
The third episode, airing February 2, is called “I’m a Hand Model.”
These are the only episode titles that HBO has released so far.