How to Watch Bravo Without Cable

 
When it comes to on-demand content, cord-cutters do every bit as well as cable subscribers. Thanks to online streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu, there’s never a shortage of things to watch without cable. For fans of live TV and specific networks, though, the decision to cut the cord can be tricky. If you’re addicted to Bravo shows such as “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” or “Inside the Actors Studio,” you’ll be happy to know that getting Bravo as a cord-cutter is easy. Here’s how to watch Bravo without cable.

Here are a few of our favorite ways to stream Bravo:

	Price	Channels	Free Trial
#1	$69.99 – $139.99	65+	None	See Offer
#2	$5.99 – $85.96	68 – 88	7 or 30 days	See Offer
#3	$64.99 – $33.00	220+	7 days	See Offer
#4	$35 – $50	30+ – 130+	3 days	See Offer

You can watch on-demand content from Bravo on the network’s website (although the selection is quite limited) or on demand on Hulu, but for a livestream of Bravo, you’ll have to turn to a different type of service entirely: a live TV streaming service.

For the past few years, live TV streaming services — often called “skinny bundles” — have been making life tough for cable and satellite companies, although the smart ones have started skinny-bundle services of their own. Skinny bundles slim down their channel selection to save you money, although some options are much skinnier than others. Skinny or not, live TV streaming services are delivered “over the top” (OTT), meaning over the internet. Since they stream over the web just like Netflix does, the regional monopolies that dominate traditional cable TV are out of the picture. That makes competition tougher and prices better. And live TV streaming services virtually never force cord-cutters into long-term contracts.

All these traits make live TV streaming services a great option for cord-cutters who don’t want to lose their live TV. Here are your best bets for using these services to stream Bravo online.

DIRECTV Stream is a live TV streaming service with a robust selection of TV networks. Among the channels on DIRECTV Stream's impressive channel list is Bravo, which makes it a great way to secure a cable-free Bravo livestream. Want to learn more? Start with our review of DIRECTV Stream.

Hulu has a skinny-bundle service called Hulu + Live TV (catchy name, right?), which works just like its live TV multichannel competitors. You can even subscribe to both of Hulu’s services — the skinny bundle and the on-demand service — at the same time. Read our complete review of Hulu + Live TV to find out more.

fuboTV has a big focus on sports, but there’s plenty of general-interest channels on the service too. Among the nonsports channels fuboTV offers is, of course, Bravo. Read our in-depth review of fuboTV to learn more.

Sling TV is a little different from its skinny-bundle siblings in that it has more of an a la carte setup. Most skinny bundles offer a single package or divide their offerings into tiers of increasing channels (and prices), but Sling TV starts by asking you to choose a base package and then allows you to build a custom subscription with relatively cheap add-on packages stuffed with channels of a certain type. And Bravo is easy to find on Sling TV! You can read our review of Sling TV if you want to learn more.

YouTube TV

Another skinny bundle with Bravo on board is YouTube TV. YouTube TV is a superb skinny bundle that features superior streaming quality and content-discovery features. You can watch Bravo without cable through YouTube TV’s channel package.

You can watch Bravo on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Chromecast — as well as a whole lot of other devices — because the platform support for the skinny bundles listed above is pretty robust. Here’s a chart to illustrate how things break down.

Now you have the keys to unlocking Bravo without cable! You can watch all the “Real Housewives” content you want online, with no cable required. But you should also know about a couple other channels worth your time if you like Bravo.

Like Bravo, TLC has a long list of reality shows, many of which are centered around “90 Day Fiancé” and its various spin-offs. If you like shows about (possibly exaggerated) relationship drama, then you may want to tune in to TLC to find out whether these couples make it to the altar. (Spoiler alert: Most of them do.) Our How to Watch TLC Without Cable article is your ticket to the (reality) show.

If you are exhausted by reality shows and prefer your drama to be high quality and totally scripted, it’s hard to beat HBO. Shows like “The Undoing” almost feel like they belong on Bravo or TLC, except you know Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant aren’t actually married. For good production values and stories you can’t stop thinking about, check out our guide to watching HBO without cable.