How to Watch ‘The Simpsons’ Online: The Animated Series Is Now Streaming for Free
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Quick Answer: Watch The Simpsons live without cable with DirecTV Stream or fuboTV; stream the show on-demand through Disney+.
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The Simpsons continues to be one of the most popular shows on television, a whopping 35 years and counting since the animated series first premiered in 1989. Now, fans of Homer, Marge, Bart and family can binge The Simpsons by streaming the cartoon online.
How to Watch The Simpsons Without Cable
New episodes of The Simpsons air weekly on FOX, so if you want to watch the show on TV, you can tune in every Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT to catch the shenanigans from Springfield. A basic digital antenna, like this one from Amazon for under $30, will pick up a signal of your local FOX affiliate, so you can use it to watch The Simpsons on TV.
You can also watch The Simpsons online without cable with a live TV streaming provider like DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. Both services offer a live feed of FOX, so you can watch The Simpsons live on TV each week. DirecTV currently has a 5-day free trial that you can use to test out the service; fuboTV meantime offers a 7-day free trial here.
How to Watch The Simpsons Online Free
Viewers can also stream The Simpsons on Hulu, which has the current season of the animated series available to watch on-demand. New episodes arrive on Hulu the day after they air on FOX, and Hulu lets you stream The Simpsons on your phone, tablet, laptop or smart TV.
While a Hulu subscription normally starts at $7.99/month, the site is currently offering a 30-day free trial that you can use to watch The Simpsons online for free.
Watch The Simpsons on Disney+
The best place to watch The Simpsons online is through Disney+, which has all 34 seasons (and counting) of The Simpsons available to watch from home. Disney+ lets you watch the more-than 750 episodes of the show on-demand; the Disney+ streaming library also includes The Simpsons Movie, plus a host of Simpsons-related shorts and specials.
Get Disney+ for just $7.99/month. Even better: grab the Disney Bundle deal, which gets you Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ together for just $14.99/month. The deal saves you 44% off versus paying for each streaming service separately.
$14.99 $26.97 44% off
Watch The Simpsons on Amazon Prime Video
Want to watch The Simpsons through Amazon Prime? Individual episodes of the show are available for download starting at $2.99/episode. You can also purchase a digital download of entire seasons for $14.99.
Amazon also has The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Christmas, Treehouse of Horror, and other specials available for purchase here.
Created by writer and animator Matt Groening, The Simpsons premiered on FOX on December 17, 1989 and it currently the longest-running animated series on TV and the longest-running scripted American primetime television series.
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