Streamers You Barely Miss
by TheMovieSmith | created - 16 Mar 2023 | updated - 21 Mar 2023 | PublicWhen the prices of cable TV skyrocketed more than fifteen years ago, streaming services were a way of "cutting the cord" and saving some money. It seemed like a no-brainer to pay less and still have access to vast repositories of entertainment options at the touch of a button. However, as the variety of streaming networks has exploded, so has the number of media services each household subscribes to and pays for monthly. As a consequence, consumers' bloated streaming budgets now rival the earlier ones consumers sought to avoid with cable. In response, some consumers have chosen to drop some or rotate their streaming services in order to cut costs.
Which of these streaming services have you terminated and barely missed it when it was gone?
(Note: limited to only streaming services which are not free)
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1. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 470,437
Netflix
2. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into dangerous field assignments.
Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Abbie Cornish
Votes: 175,599
(Amazon) Prime Video
3. 11.22.63 (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Jake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper
Votes: 99,331
Hulu
4. Honest Trailers (2012– )
TV-14 | 5 min | Comedy
In this web series the Screen Junkies crew picks out everything that is wrong with a movie and then makes an "honest trailer".
Stars: Jon Bailey, Gannon Nickell, Ryan Reynolds, Alberto Acosta
Votes: 4,727
YouTubeTV
5. The Mandalorian (2019– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Chris Bartlett, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers
Votes: 587,175
Disney+
6. SportsCenter (1979– )
60 min | News, Sport, Talk-Show
Daily sports news, results, and features.
Stars: Neil Everett, Scott Van Pelt, Elle Duncan, Matt Barrie
Votes: 2,441
ESPN+
7. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 868,070
Sling
8. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 135,089
Paramount Plus
9. Saved by the Bell (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
A group of California low-income high school students are transferred to Pacific Palisades' wealthy Bayside High, following a program by California Governor Zack Morris.
Stars: Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena
Votes: 3,819
Peacock
10. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,284,910
HBO MAX
11. Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 348,414
AppleTV+
12. Deadliest Catch (2005– )
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Adventure, Reality-TV
A documentary series chronicling the real-life high-sea adventures of the Alaskan crab fishermen. This is the most deadly profession in the world.
Stars: Mike Rowe, Sig Hansen, Keith Colburn, Jake Anderson
Votes: 9,211
Discovery+
13. Pawn Stars (2009– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Rick Harrison and his family own and run a pawn shop on the Las Vegas strip. They buy, sell, and appraise items of historical value.
Stars: Rick Harrison, Corey Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell, Richard Harrison
Votes: 17,924
History Vault
14. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum
Votes: 138,925
Crunchyroll
15. NFL Thursday Night Football (2006– )
180 min | Sport
Professional coverage of NFL games Thursdays night during the season.
Stars: Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman, Kirk Herbstreit
Votes: 879
fubotv
16. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 466,753 | Gross: $13.78M
Shudder
17. Mad Men (2007–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 260,565
AMC+
18. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 360,985
Showtime
19. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde
Votes: 133,468
Britbox
20. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah
Votes: 64,615
Acorn TV
21. Doug (1991–1994)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The life of a young boy as he meets friends, falls in love, maneuvers his way through grade 6 and writes all about it in his journal.
Stars: Billy West, Fred Newman, Constance Shulman, Doug Preis
Votes: 20,054
Noggin
22. First Wives Club (2019– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
TV adaptation of the 1996 comedy about about three divorced wives who share a common past.
Stars: Jill Scott, Michelle Buteau, RonReaco Lee, Mark Tallman
Votes: 1,883
BET+
23. Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018)
168 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Docuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary.
Stars: Vernon Gosney, Leslie Wagner-Wilson, Tim Carter, Jim Jones Jr.
Votes: 1,591
Sundance Now
24. Return to Seoul (2022)
R | 119 min | Drama
A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Director: Davy Chou | Stars: Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young
Votes: 8,386
MUBI
25. Charade (1963)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn
Votes: 85,583 | Gross: $13.47M
Criterion Channel
26. NBC NASCAR (1999– )
Sport
NASCAR races from across the country at some of the world's most famous tracks with the some of the world's best drivers.
Stars: Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman
Votes: 30
NBCSports Gold
27. NFL: Good Morning Football (2016 Podcast Series)
43 min | Sport
The best morning show on sports television is now a daily podcast.
Stars: Nate Burleson, Sean Payton, Ron Rivera, Clark Hunt
NFL Network
MLB.TV
29. NBA Jam (1993 Video Game)
GA | Sport
High energy and fast paced two on two arcade basketball featuring superstars and legends of the NBA.
Director: Mark Turmell | Stars: Sal DiVita, Kerri Hoskins, Stephen Howard, Todd McClearn
Votes: 398
NBA League Pass
30. NHL Now (2016– )
120 min | News, Sport
A front row seat to the latest news and happenings from around the league, as hosts E.J. Hradek and Jackie Redmond, along with NHL Insiders, set up for an exciting night of NHL game action.
Stars: Jackie Redmond, E.J. Hradek, Caley Chelios, Lauren Gardner
NHL.TV
31. The Premier League Show (2016– )
Sport
The Premier League Show is a BBC magazine television show focusing on the Premier League.
Stars: Gabby Logan, Lloyd Griffith, Gary Lineker, Rhys James
Votes: 24
Any Association Football Streamer (FIFA+, Premier League, La Liga, Series A, Ligue 1, MLS, Bundeslinga, etc)
32. Novoland: Pearl Eclipse (2021– )
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Attempting to obtain luminous pearls to pay the tax, young Haishi loses her father. Taken in and tutored by Fang Jianming, she serves in the imperial court as a man, but loyalties and unrest interfere with their chance to be together.
Stars: William Chan, Mi Yang, Kaicheng Xu, Weihua Zhong
Votes: 279
Any Asia-based Streaming service as Tencent, WeTV, Youku, iflix, Viu, ErosNow, or Sony Liv
33. No Manches Frida (2016)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance
Zequi, a recently released bank robber who goes to recover stolen money buried by his ditzy accomplice before going to jail.
Director: Nacho G. Velilla | Stars: Omar Chaparro, Martha Higareda, Mónica Dionne, Rocio Garcia
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $11.51M
Any Latin-American based streaming service such as Blim TV, ST★R+, etc..
34. The Kapil Sharma Show (2016– )
60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Comedian Kapil Sharma interacts with celebrity guests about their latest films while keeping the audience laughing with his wit, humour and assorted skits.
Stars: Kapil Sharma, Kiku Sharda, Sumona Chakravarti, Archana Puran Singh
Votes: 9,717
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35. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,012,840 | Gross: $134.97M
I don't stream, I use Rabbit Ears or I have never used and don't presently use any streaming services.
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