Roku Blog Feed: “22 must-stream TV show premieres in August” plus 1 more

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22 must-stream TV show premieres in August Posted: 30 Jul 2019 07:16 AM PDT As we enter the dog days of summer and prepare for back-to-school, we've curated a list of binge-worthy TV shows for you to stream on your Roku players or Roku TVs. August highlights include season 3 of GLOW, A Black Lady Sketch Show from producer Issa Rae, the return of BH90210 with the original cast members from the 1990s, the final season of The Affair, and the final season of Power from executive producer 50 Cent. With all this amazing TV, don't forget that you can travel with your Roku player this summer! AUGUST 2 A Black Lady Sketch Show – A half-hour sketch comedy written by and starring Robin Thede. | HBO on The Roku Channel. Dear White People (Season 3) – At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a group of black students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination. | Netflix AUGUST 4 Preacher (Season 4) – The fourth and final season of the adventures of Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy conclude. | AMC   AUGUST 7 BH90210 – A reboot of the popular 1990s TV series, “Beverly Hills, 90210”. | FOXNOW  Bulletproof  – Bulletproof follows two cops, Bishop and Pike, as they chase down hardened criminals in London’s East End. | The CW AUGUST 8 Two Sentence Horror Stories – An anthology series featuring updated tales of horror and haunting for the digital age, inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories. | The CW Wu Assassins – A warrior chosen as the latest and last Wu Assassin must search for the powers of an ancient triad and restore balance in San Francisco’s Chinatown. | Netflix AUGUST 9 Free Meek – Jay-Z-produced true-crime series investigates rapper Meek Mill’s 2017 arrest. | Prime Video GLOW (Season 3) – A look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. | Netflix AUGUST 11 Succession – Succession follows a dysfunctional American global-media family. | HBO on The Roku Channel. AUGUST 12 Lodge 49 (Season 2) – Dud (Wyatt Russell) believes only he can find a better ruler for the Ancient and Benevolent Order of the Lynx and return the lodge to its former glory. | AMC Our Boys – Based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza 2014. | HBO on The Roku Channel. The Terror: Infamy (Season 2) – In 1848, two real life warships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, sent on a Royal Naval expedition to find the treacherous Northwest Passage become trapped in ice near Arctic and face starvation, mutiny, cannibalism and a demonic polar bear. | AMC AUGUST 14 David Makes Man – A young prodigy living in Florida looks for a way out of his poor neighborhood. | Watch OWN AUGUST 15 Why Women Kill – Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ’60s, a socialite in the ’80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages. | CBS All Access AUGUST 16 The Righteous Gemstones – Follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. | HBO on The Roku Channel. AUGUST 24 Hitsville: The Making of Motown – Documentary film that focuses on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. | SHOWTIME on The Roku Channel AUGUST 25 The Affair (Season 5) – Anna Paquin joins the cast for the final season, which will be the first not to include Joshua Jackson and Ruth Wilson. | SHOWTIME on The Roku Channel On Becoming a God in Central Florida – Originally ordered to series by YouTube but acquired by Showtime in June, this one-hour dark comedy series set in early-1990s Orlando stars Kirsten Dunst as a waterpark employee who seeks greater fortune through a multi-level marketing scheme. Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto, Théodore Pellerin, and Ted Levine also star. | SHOWTIME on The Roku Channel Power (Season 6) – The sixth and final season of the crime drama will set up a potential spin-offs. | Starz on The Roku Channel AUGUST 30 Carnival Row – Eight-episode fantasy series is set in a “neo-Victorian” city inhabited by both humans and mythological creatures, with the latter group having limited rights as immigrants. Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne head the cast. | Prime Video The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance – Returns to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world. | Netflix Looking for free entertainment recommendations? Check out what’s new on The Roku Channel. Happy Streaming! The post 22 must-stream TV show premieres in August appeared first on The Official Roku Blog.

Free news channels on Roku devices Posted: 29 Jul 2019 07:30 AM PDT If you’re looking to watch national and local news without cable, your Roku player or Roku TV will have just what you need. We’ve scoured the Roku Channel Store and handpicked the most popular free news channels so you can stay up to date on current events. The Roku Channel: Your one-stop shop for free and premium entertainment also has multiple options for free live news, including ABC News, Yahoo! News, Newsmax TV, Newsy, Cheddar, TMZ and more. CBS News: Features CBSN, a 24/7 digital streaming news network, as well as on demand video from CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Sunday Morning and Face the Nation, and CBSNews.com. NewsON: Watch live, local TV newscasts. Stream news from over 170+ local news stations across the US. Haystack TV: Watch breaking, world, tech and business news. Get your local news from 80+ stations nationwide, and customize your feed based on news topics or what’s trending. Local Now: Get customized local news based on where you live including weather and traffic updates, along with the national news that matters. NBC News: Explore breaking news, original journalism and world-class video from  Nightly News, TODAY, Meet the Press, Morning Joe and The Rachel Maddow Show. Reuters TV: Powered by more than 2,500 journalists in 200 locations around the world, Reuters TV offers exclusive news programing that's ready whenever you are. Watch news that's curated for you, made to fit your day. Sky News: Gives users access to the live Sky News channel, 24 hours a day, as well as an on demand video service of all the key stories of the day. Bloomberg TV: Gain instant access to live programming, breaking news, top interviews and Bloomberg’s extensive collection of critically acclaimed shows. Can’t get enough live news? Check out these free Roku weather channels. Happy Streaming! The post Free news channels on Roku devices appeared first on The Official Roku Blog.

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