LoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storySure, Amazon Prime Day is better known for deals on tech, robot vacuums, and Apple products. But in recent years, it's also become a great time for Prime Day streaming deals and discounts. As long as you sign up through your existing Amazon Prime account, a lot of the major streamers—HBO, Peacock, Paramount Plus—are all offering nearly-free 2-month trials during Prime Day.
What's this mean? It means you get to binge whatever you want while sitting by the pool during most of the summer, probably for a buck a month. Just note, again, you only get access to the deals if you sign up through your existing Amazon Prime account—i.e., Prime Day deals require Amazon Prime.
Also be sure to browse our roundup of the Absolute Best Prime Day Deals, or visit our Amazon Prime Day live blog for real-time updates.
$62 off Ad-Free HBO Max for a Year$1 Paramount Plus for Two Months$1 Britbox for Two Months$1 MGM Plus for Two Months$40 to $56 off Crunchyroll for a Year$1 Hallmark Plus for Two Months$1 PBS Masterpiece for Two Months$62 off Ad-Free HBO Max for One YearStill from White Lotus.Photograph: Fabio Lovino/HBORegular price: $184 a year
Prime Day deal: $133 for the first year, then regular price
After a bit of a doldrums, HBO is back in focus: Multiple spinoffs of Game of Thrones. The rich-people hedonism and myopia of The White Lotus. Evil mushrooms and memories of Pedro Pascal, on The Last of Us. And then there's all those back episodes of The Wire, which middle-aged man-code dictates I have to rewatch every few years. All that to say, HBO is among the few services that might warrant ordering an annual subscription. This Prime Day discount gives you the ad-free version for more than 30 percent off.
Still from South Park.Photograph: Comedy Central/Everett CollectionRegular price: $14 a month
Prime Day deal: $1 a month for two months, then regular price
That's right: Any of 29 seasons of South Park. Every sociopathic Tyler Sheridan Texas melodrama. All for a buck a month for two months. After this, it's back to regular price.
Prime Day deal: $1 a month for two months, then regular price
I don't need to tell you who you are. If you're the sort of person who spends your sunny months indoors watching the palest people on earth have relationship problems, diabolical mysteries, and/or sardonic ennui, here's some Britbox! It's a buck a month for the first two months before returning back to its normal monthly price.
Prime Day deal: $1 a month for two months, then regular price
MGM Plus is a perfect candidate for a $1 trial subscription. You get access to a bunch of movies, like Fargo, that you may want to revisit. But among the series, you're probably just going to get intentionally creeped out by From, because it's a wonderful little creepshow. Then maybe you'll watch a few episodes of The Institute, hoping for the same. And then you're going to go get a different subscription.
Funimation and Crunchyroll are combining forces as relatively new entrants to anime like Netflix and Hulu are throwing their weight around.Courtesy of FunimationRegular Price: $100/year Fan subscription, $140/year Mega Fan
Prime Day Deal: $60/year Fan subscription, $84/year Mega Fan
Look, if you're the sort who wants nonstop anime from Crunchyroll, you probably want access to it all year. That's just how it is. Annual Crunchyroll subscriptions are always discounted, but discounts during Amazon Prime Day are better than usual. The basic fan plan is $60 a year, which is $40 off list price. The “mega fan” plan, which includes merch discounts and games, is $84 a year, which Crunchroll touts as nearly half off. (You find similar annual discounts on the mega fan subscription often enough, but this is still pretty good.)
Photograph: HallmarkRegular Price: $7/month
Prime Day Deal: $1 a month for two months, regular thereafter
Would you like to live in a world without politics? One where a complicated big city girl can come back home to a nameless town somewhere in Nebraskabama, just to find that a strapping carpenter/painter/dog lover/horse breeder with a tragic past is there waiting to love her? For two months, a ticket to this place is a dollar.
Downton Abbey cast. Image source: pbs.org.Regular Price: $7/month
Prime Day Deal: $1 a month for two months, regular thereafter
Downton Abbey will always be here for you. Always.
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