| Service | Price/mo | Has TBS? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | No |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | Yes |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | No |
| DirecTV Stream | $82.99 | Yes |
| YouTube TV | $82.99 | Yes |
| Fubo | $85.00 | Yes |
| Hulu + Live TV | $89.99 | Yes |
Prices and lineups as of 2026-07-19. Verify on the provider's own page before you sign up; carriage and pricing change often and can vary by zip code.
TBS lands on Sling's Blue tier, the one carrying Fox News, USA Network, FX, and the NFL Network, while Orange has the ESPN family and Disney-owned channels instead. If TBS is the channel your household would miss most, Blue alone at $45.99/mo is the cheapest path. Want TBS and ESPN both? You'd need the $60.99-$65.99/mo Orange & Blue combo, since no single Sling tier carries both.
This is the mirror image of TNT, TBS's sister network under the same parent company: TNT sits on Sling Orange, TBS sits on Sling Blue, and no Sling tier alone covers both. If your household wants both TBS and TNT without paying for the full combo, the broader services (YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, DirecTV Stream) all carry both channels in one plan, along with local network affiliates and most other cable channels, for more than Sling Blue alone but less hassle than juggling two Sling tiers.
A free antenna will never carry TBS. It's a cable-only network with no over-the-air broadcast signal at any price. What an antenna does get you free: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and The CW in most markets, covering local news and network primetime, just not TBS's cable-exclusive lineup (its MLB coverage and syndicated sitcom reruns among them). Seehow antennas actually work for the distance and terrain caveats, and the full cost comparison for the real monthly math against your current cable bill.
TBS rarely shows up on its own in a "what am I about to lose" list; it usually comes up alongside a handful of other entertainment channels a household actually watches together. Before you commit to Sling Blue for TBS specifically, it's worth checking whether the rest of what your household watches also lives on Blue, or whether you'd end up needing Orange too, at which point the combo plan or one of the full-lineup services may actually be cheaper than assembling two separate Sling subscriptions piecemeal.
The fastest way to check is our channel finder: look up each channel your household would genuinely miss, one at a time, and see which single plan covers the most of them. TBS alone doesn't decide the plan; it's one line item in a bigger household decision, and the honest answer is different for a household that only wants TBS than for one that also wants ESPN and the Disney-owned channels on Orange.