Where to watch Friends online with TBS, while we wait for HBO Max

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Today, we get a mammoth fashion to watch Friends online. Yes, while the gang left Netflix at the start of the twelvemonth (and they've been pivoting in limbo while we wait for HBO Max to launch in May), every single episode of Friends volition commencement streaming in mere minutes, so they'll finally be there for yous once more.

Friends Aqueduct and air times

Yous can watch Friends online, from start to stop, with a TBS marathon that goes from 10 a.m. to four p.g. every 24-hour interval. Information technology starts on Monday, April 20.
Actress episodes will be presented on the TBS app and TBS.com

Since we're all looking for more things to stream right now, it's only correct that TBS — a channel that'due south inside of WarnerMedia which is launching HBO Max — is going to give us a gamble to binge all of friends.

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Yes, somehow, Friends is all the rave again with the kids. Originally a cornerstone of NBC's Must See TV Thursday nighttime lineup, succeeding Seinfeld as the network's elevation prove, Friends found a 2d life on Netflix.

The new marathon begins on Monday, Apr 20, (and concludes on Mon, May 18), Friends will fill the hours of 10 a.chiliad. to 4 p.m. on TBS. As TBS said in an email to the press, "This month-long marathon volition commencement with the first episode and get all the way through to the 236th episode."

And before that starts, there will be a limited-commercial interruption presentation of five episodes of Friends, starting Saturday at x a.m., also on TBS. Similarly, the TBS app and TBS.com volition present v episodes per week, organized by a theme. These episodes volition exist locked behind a paywall where you'll log in with your pay Tv set subscription credentials.

This is all the second or mayhap tertiary act of the 1990'south hit testify, which is even having a reunion special on HBO Max in one case the cast can all get dorsum together in the same room. Here's everything you need to scout Friends online:

How to watch Friends from anywhere in the world

If you're traveling right at present, and Sling and/or TBS aren't available where you are, you're not out of luck. Using a VPN, you tin almost ready your location to one that supports the streaming service you need to spotter Friends online.

We've tested many different services, and our pick for the all-time VPN overall is ExpressVPN. We like the mix of performance and customer support you get from ExpressVPN, and the cost is low if you sign up for annual service.

How to watch Friends online with TBS' huge marathon

If you don't want to pay for each season, going with live television receiver streaming and a cloud DVR could exist a great solution for how to watch Friends online.

For case, Sling Television, one of the best streaming services, includes a cloud-based DVR. It's probably the most affordable fashion to spotter Friends live online, with its starting time month discounted down to $20.

Of course, if yous want a service with a higher deject DVR capacity, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV both make compelling offers. The former packs great original shows while the latter has an unlimited DVR chapters (but they delete recordings after 9 months, so they don't last forever-e'er)

How to watch Friends online: buy individual episodes and seasons

Unfortunately, there are no easy means to stream the entirety of Friends online with a simple monthly subscription. But there are means to purchase the episodes or seasons you lot'd like to binge.

On services such as Google Play to Sony'southward PlayStation Store, you can find Friends shows and episodes. In some cases, y'all tin can pay for the episodes, and in others, yous're paying for the entire seasons. Either way, it'll be somewhat expensive.

Here's a rundown of how to find Friends shows and episodes — and what they cost.

iTunes: $xix.99 per season
Google Play: $xix.99 per season or $1.99 per episode
PlayStation Store: $nineteen.99 per season
Microsoft Xbox Store: $xix.99 per season
Fandango Now: $19.99 per season

That might exist a heavy haul. Friends spanned x seasons and 236 episodes. If you buy all ten seasons, you're looking at a full cost of about $200. If you opt for the episode road, you're looking at a full cost of near $472.

That's a big departure than the $10 a month you lot were paying for Netflix to access Friends and endless other series and movies.

How to watch Friends online on HBO Max

While figuring out how to picket Friends online is a flake catchy right now, a large solution is coming in May: HBO Max.

That streaming service, from WarnerMedia, promises to house HBO content, but also a wide variety of films and series from Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, and countless others. The service volition also exist home to a slew of original series. Information technology'll cost $fourteen.99 per month when information technology launches in May.

WarnerMedia has announced plans to exclusively stream Friends starting at HBO Max'southward launch. If you tin stomach paying for yet another streaming service, HBO Max volition give you a far more price-efficient style to watch the series.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom'due south Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the by half-dozen-plus years. Prior to joining Tom'due south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He's also covered the wild globe of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.