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After nearly four years, Donald Glover’s immensely popular and successful “Atlanta” returns to FX for Season 3, which premieres Thursday, March 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.
If you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch “Atlanta” Season 3 streaming online:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of FX and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch “Atlanta” 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 has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” FX is included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free five-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch “Atlanta” 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).
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of FX and 40-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s Sling Blue bundle, which comes with a free three-day trial:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch “Atlanta” live on the Sling TV 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), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 50 hours of cloud DVR.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of FX and 65+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch “Atlanta” live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, 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 Vidgo website.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of FX and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which now also includes both ESPN+ and Disney+ as part of their special bundle:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch “Atlanta” live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, Nintendo Switch, 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 Hulu website.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV comes with both its extensive on-demand library (which will include new episodes the day 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).
‘Atlanta’ Season 3 Preview
“Atlanta,” the critically-acclaimed, award-winning dramedy created by and starring Donald Glover, last aired a new episode on May 10, 2018. Now nearly four years later, it returns for its third season, which Variety calls “a startling, stunning master class” and Deadline says “has masterpiece written all over it.”
When we last saw Earnest “Earn” Marks (Glover), he, Alfred (Brian Tyree Henry) and Darius (LaKeith Stanfield) were about to set out on tour with Clark County (RJ Walker) when Earn realized he still had a gun in his backpack and that’s a big no-no at the airport. So he slipped it into Clark’s bag so that Clark would take the fall and Earn, Aflred and Darius could head out. Except Clark let his manager, Luke (Matthew Barnes) take the fall for the gun, potentially setting up a conflict between the main trio and Clark in season three.
The FX press release for season three teases:
Taking place almost entirely in Europe, season three finds Earn, Alfred, Dariis. and Van in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.
The first two episodes air back to back on March 24. The premiere is titled “Three Slaps” and its description reads, “Revisiting a troubled kid 50 years later.” Immediately following that is episode two, titled “Sinterklaas Is Coming to Town.” Its description reads, “People know blackface isn’t cool anymore, but they try too hard to go viral.”
Then on March 31 comes episode three, titled “The Old Man and the Tree.” Its description reads, “This one is cool; going to rich parties and meeting weirdos.”
In an interview with Variety, Glover said that his approach to season three was that he “wanted to make a Black fairytale” and he revealed it’s going to be quite different from the preceding seasons.
“I remember sitting in the writers’ room and being like, ‘What do we write about?’ We just wanted to do short stories. Something I would want to watch,” said Glover, adding, “I just want [audiences] to know this s*** is good. It’s high quality s***.”
With the entire season being set in Europe, Glover’s brother and writer/producer on the series Stephen Glover said that the actual city of Atlanta is “everywhere and nowhere.” And Donald Glover added that “it’s not really about the place” this season.
“Although in season four, [Atlanta] makes a very heavy resurgence, as far as the actual place. Atlanta is a state of mind. Europe solidified how we felt [while writing] season three. [Director Hiro Murai] calls it our maximum season,” said Donald Glover.
“Atlanta” season three airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times on FX.
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