Lifetime/Twitter Here's how you can watch the Lifetime feature, "You Can't Take My Daughter," online, without cable.
You Can’t Take My Daughter, a Lifetime original movie, will air this Saturday, February 15, at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST. The Lifetime feature tells the true story of Analyn Megison (whose name is changed to Amy Thompson in the movie), a law student in Charlotte who was raped by a friend of a friend, found out she was pregnant with her rapist’s child, and decided to keep the baby. The movie highlights the lengths the young law student went to in order to keep her rapist from gaining custody of her daughter several years later.
If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of Lifetime 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:
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FuboTV
Lifetime is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can then watch a live stream of the show 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 (and sometimes longer) even if you don’t record them.
Philo TV
Lifetime is included in Philo’s main 58-channel bundle, which is the cheapest among all streaming services if you plan on keeping it long-term. It also comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Philo, and you can then watch the show live on your computer via the Philo website, or on your phone (iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or or other supported device via the Philo app.
If you can’t watch live, Philo also allows you to DVR programs and watch them up to 30 days later. And even if you forget to DVR something, Philo also comes with a 72-hour rewind feature, which allows you to replay events that have aired in the last three days.
Hulu With Live TV
Lifetime is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of the show 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 new episodes and specials 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).
The Movie Follows the Real Life of Analyn Megison, Whose Rapist Attempted to Gain Custody of Her Daughter
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The Lifetime description of the “Ripped from the Headlines” feature reads, “Amy Thompson (Lyndsy Fonseca) is a vibrant law student in Charlotte who is attacked and raped by Demetri (Hunter Burke), a friend of a friend she met once. Discovering that she is pregnant from the rape, Amy makes the difficult decision to keep her baby, despite the fact that Demetri continues to stalk and harass her as she waits for the long-delayed trial. She gives birth to a beautiful little girl and decides to flee him and start over in Atlanta. Six years later, Demetri finds her and, to her horror, sues her for custody of her daughter. Using her own legal and investigative skills, Amy fights back.”
The movie highlights Thompson’s (aka Megison’s) efforts to improve the judicial system after realizing that there were no laws in place in her state to protect rape victims or to terminate parental rights of a rapist unless he/she was convicted in criminal court, according to Oxygen. Despite being continually harassed by her rapist during the trial, the young attorney continued to seek justice against her rapist and eventually won the case and helped overturn the law. She has made it her goal to continue pushing for reform on laws that nearly allowed her rapist the right to have custody of her child.
“I realized that if I’m going through this with all that I have — I’ve graduated law school, I’ve accomplished all these differing things — what is somebody going to do if they haven’t had the same advantages that I have?” she told Oxygen. “I wanted to help other women. […] I figured, I can’t know what I know and let somebody else go through this.”
Tune in Saturday, February 15 at 8 p.m. EST to catch You Can’t Take My Daughter on Lifetime. In the meantime, don’t forget to check out this author’s profile for all of your TV coverage and entertainment news.
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