How to Watch CMT Without Cable in 2022

Country music, reality shows, comedies – CMT has a little bit of everything. But then there's your cable bill, which would make a great country song since it takes your hard-earned money and won’t let you forget it. For too long, cable and satellite services have been fleecing subscribers with no other way to get live network television channels like CMT. Well, here's a bit of country wisdom for you: Kick cable to the curb; you can watch CMT without it.

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

	Price	Channels	Free Trial
#1	$54.99 – $134.99	140+	5 days	Watch Now
#2	$25	60+	7 days	Watch Now
#3	$5.99 – $85.96	68 – 88	7 or 30 days	Watch Now
#4	$64.99 – $79.99	220+	7 days	Watch Now
#5	$35 – $50	30+ – 130+	3 days	Watch Now

CMT isn’t available for free over the air, so you’ll need a pay-TV service to get it. But, that doesn’t mean cable is your only option. You can let that old cable horse retire and get the new steed: live TV streaming.

Simply put: livestreaming services offer skinny bundles, which means fewer channels, lower prices, no installation, and instant access. Livestreaming services deliver a cable-like live TV experience at a lower price, but not every live TV streaming service has CMT in its channel lineup. Check out the following list to find the right streaming service for you:

One of our favorite ways to watch CMT is through DIRECTV STREAM. Not only do you get instant access to your favorite CMT classics and shows, but you get a whole slew of other channels to stream. DIRECTV STREAM is really one of the best options for cutting the cord and getting all that cable offers (without the cables, of course).

You don’t have to choose between a monthly steak dinner or your favorite channel CMT any longer. If you’re looking for the most cost-effective way to stream CMT live, you might want to check out Philo. Philo’s pricing is the best in the business, and that’s because it deliberately avoids costly channels like sports and news networks. So if you’re okay with cutting out those sorts of channels, signing up for this service might be your best bet for an affordable CMT livestream.

Hulu offers two packages (with ads or no ads available on each), including their base plan and premium option. The base plan lets you access their extensive on-demand library while premium gives you live TV channels like CMT and the on-demand library. If you want the best combination of streaming and live TV, then Hulu is hard to beat. Check out our review of Hulu for more information.

If you can’t let go of sports or CMT, fuboTV is a great choice as a live TV streaming service. Sign up for fuboTV for a CMT livestream — you can even watch your favorite shows on CMT free for a week by taking advantage of fuboTV's free trial offer.

Most skinny bundles are similar– with base plans and upgrades, but what if you’re looking for one channel to add to your base plan? Sling TV has one possible solution: It lets you create your skinny bundle. Starting from one (or both) of two base packages, you can add mini-bundles that include small groups of channels. This means you can add the channels you care about without upgrading to some behemoth bundle full of the channels you don't want.

YouTube TV

Google’s skinny bundle solution shares a brand name with its YouTube streaming platform, but YouTube TV is very different from regular old YouTube. This service has live TV networks, just like cable — except, of course, it streams them over the internet. YouTube TV’s channel lineup includes CMT.

Live TV streaming services make it easy to watch CMT without cable on just about any device you can think of, and we meant it. The services we suggest work great on each streaming platform we recommend, including Roku and Fire TV.

Short for Country Music Television, CMT has more to offer than just music. However, for the music lovers: you can find plenty of great music with the biggest Country music stars in “Campfire Sessions,” where stars perform an acoustic set while sharing stories around the campfire. Here are other shows to fall in love with on CMT:

• “The Last Cowboy”
• “Party Down South”
• “CMT Crossroads”
• “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge”
• “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team”

CMT offers fans music, cowboys, and more. Music fans can find various shows like “A Year in Music” and “Music’s Greatest Mysteries” on the AXS TV channel. Another cowboy-centered show that you can add to your list is “Yellowstone,” a drama series that follows the Dutton family and the issues they encounter on their ranch. You can find “Yellowstone” on Paramount Network.