With most schools around the country closed and families stuck indoors, wholesome entertainment is more important than ever. Here are three great streaming options for cord cutting families that all age ranges can enjoy.
Frndly TV – This streaming service that promises to deliver TV that makes you feel good. As they say on their website, “TV is meant to be a shared experience. That’s why we provide simple, feel-good programming that you can enjoy with the people who make you feel most at home.” You can sign up for a 7 day free trial, and plans start at $5.99/month after that.
Frndly TV has 14 channels:
- Hallmark Channel
- Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
- Hallmark Drama
- Game Show Network
- The Weather Channel
- Outdoor Channel
- Sportsman Channel
- World Fishing Network
- Baby First TV
- PixL
- Light TV
- QVC
- UpTV
- Curiosity Stream
VidAngel – right now, VidAngel is offering families stuck at home free access to its entire offering during this two-week shutdown. Despite recent legal battles, VidAngel takes popular movies from your favorite streaming subscriptions and edits them to make them more “family-friendly,” meaning you can choose certain settings to filter out language, nudity, or adult material so the whole family can enjoy the same movies together. Choose from academy award-winning movies like Braveheart, and The Kings Speech, rom-coms Bridesmaids and Hitch, and even popular TV and Netflix shows like Breaking Bad and The Witcher. Plus kid programming like Leap and Robin Williams Hook.
UP Faith & Family – the mission is to UPlift viewers every day with quality entertainment that will inspire, make you smile, that you can share with the whole family on UP Faith & Family, the subscription streaming service from UPtv. The service has curated a list of movies and shows that families can watch for free during this time affected by coronavirus:
Movies:
- Love Alaska (UPFF exclusive) Very Country Wedding (starring Deana Carter, UPFF exclusive)
- A Mile In His Shoes
- Mountain Top
- Accidentally In Love
- Keeping up with the Randalls
Series:
- Bringing up Bates (Season 1, UPFF exclusive)
- Growing Up McGhee (Season 1, (UPFF exclusive)
- Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour (Season 1, (UPFF exclusives)
- ]The Last Hope (with Troy Dunn)
Specials:
- Heartland – Thru the years (A look back over the last 200 episodes, UPFF exclusive)
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