https://www.howtogeek.com Streaming dominates the entertainment landscape. Whether you're trying to stream at home, on the go, or just brush up on the latest content, we have you covered here. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:00:16 GMT en-US hourly 60 https://www.howtogeek.com/stream-these-1990s-sitcoms/The 1990s were a revolutionary era for television, with sitcoms being no exception. In an era when TV dramas and cartoons were becoming more cinematic, sitcoms ventured into new territory. Far from the typical nuclear families of yore, 1990s sitcoms featured diverse casts, single friends, and embraced more absurdism in breaking the fourth wall.

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:00:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/stream-these-1990s-sitcoms/ https://www.howtogeek.com/netflix-shows-weekend-binge-july-4/Congratulations on getting to the end of another week. Now is the time to put your feet up, launch Netflix, and press play on a new show. But if you can't decide what to watch, I've got you covered.

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/netflix-shows-weekend-binge-july-4/ https://www.howtogeek.com/directv-new-owner-2025/DirecTV, the satellite TV and streaming provider, is now under new corporate ownership. AT&T has finished selling its stake in the company to private equity firm TPG, which probably won’t be any better for DirecTV subscribers.

]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:19:26 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/directv-new-owner-2025/ https://www.howtogeek.com/classic-eras-of-doctor-who-you-can-stream-for-free/From cheap TV sets to slightly more expensive ones, Doctor Who has been a constant icon of sci-fi television. The time-traveling hero, known only as The Doctor, has been saving galaxies for decades (perhaps millennia, from his perspective). With his TARDIS, disguised as a police box, he’s encountered everything from dinosaurs to Daleks.

]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:00:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/classic-eras-of-doctor-who-you-can-stream-for-free/ https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-want-more-video-games-to-rip-off-my-favorite-movies/Movies have a complicated history with video game adaptations. I'm not referring to movies based on games—though they have their own spotty reputation—but rather licensed games attached to film franchises. While some movie games have become genre-defining icons, most fail to live up to their namesakes.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:00:17 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-want-more-video-games-to-rip-off-my-favorite-movies/ https://www.howtogeek.com/netflix-invented-a-new-film-grain-effect-just-for-streaming/Sometimes, it’s the imperfections that make something better than it would be otherwise. For movies, that's often film grain at work, and Netflix just figured out how to make it even better for you.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:21:22 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/netflix-invented-a-new-film-grain-effect-just-for-streaming/ https://www.howtogeek.com/fantastic-animated-spin-off-shows/The release of Hulu’s excellent Predator: Killer of Killers proves that animation is well suited for the epic sci-fi franchise. While the Predator movies were loaded with plenty of violence, so much more delicious carnage was made possible through computer animation. There was more freedom to stage more elaborate locations, action sequences, and gallons of blood and guts.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:30:17 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/fantastic-animated-spin-off-shows/ https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-when-amazon-freevee-will-shut-down/Amazon’s free streaming service with ads, Freevee, finally has a (rough) shutdown date. The platform will officially stop working in August 2025. This decision brings all of Freevee’s content onto the Amazon Prime Video platform, so there's still a place where you can watch the shows and movies for free.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:19:18 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-when-amazon-freevee-will-shut-down/ https://www.howtogeek.com/arthouse-movies-streaming-on-mubi/MUBI is an ideal streaming service for those who crave more than mainstream cinema. The distributor is best known for their new and old films from around the world, curated for a crowd who loves engaging pictures. They’ve grown from a small operation to hosting major award contenders.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:15 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/arthouse-movies-streaming-on-mubi/ https://www.howtogeek.com/must-watch-spin-off-movies/The John Wick world recently expanded with Ballerina, showcasing another side of this action franchise fueled by fights and assassins. The spin-off film made that world feel more expansive and fun to explore its bloodier, more carnage-filled corners. There’s a satisfaction in watching a movie that answers the lingering question of, “What else is out there?”

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