June 2026 WatchList

 This month for the watch list I wanted to try something new like TV shows. For those of you newer to Roku or Amazon Fire Sticks - when you can find the normal programs that you watch on cable TV on Roku or your Fire Stick you begin to realize that you don't need cable anymore. In addition this is a little push to get you to investigate what else you can find 🙃 

So about further ado we are going to look at Pluto, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video, and The Roku Channel (just be aware that some of the Roku channels content is on their paid program called Howdy). This is not going to be an exhaustive list, it's just going to be some of the TV shows that I have run across (106 to be exact) - I have not watched most of these but I will put an asterisk by the ones that I have and that I enjoyed. I hope you enjoy some of these as well! 

*As with most content, stuff comes and goes sometimes in a matter of a single month. So if you're interested in watching something you might want to think about watching it sooner rather than later, because later it may not be there.

Pluto

Pluto is one of my go-to apps because Pluto is actually owned by Paramount and Paramount runs some of the current shows there for you to watch for free. For example: 

*I am currently watching season 50 of Survivor and I just finished watch Paramount's new show called The America’s Culinary Cup

They also have episodes of:

I Love Lucy 
Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
Hart of Dixie 
The Good Witch
The X-Files 
Buddy vs Duff (cooking)
25 Words or Less (game show)
Heartland 
Elsbeth
* The Challenge 
Big Brother 
Matlock (Kathy Bates)
Redneck Island (Steve Austin)
Fire Country
Elementary 
DMV 
Gunsmoke
Forensic Files
RuPaul's Drag Race
Let's Make a Deal (new version)
SWAT 
* Frasier
Arrow 
Blue Bloods
Criminal Minds 
Cheers
House of Gucci
Jersey Shores 
Broken Skull Ranch (Steve Austin) (competition show)
CSI, CSI Miami, CSI NY, CSI Origins

And like I mentioned Survivor and America's Culinary Cup
They also have a variety of documentaries but these are oftentimes on demand (live viewing)

Pluto claims to have hundreds of TV programs and series on their app so you just need to look around. 

But please note: you may find a season that only has one or two episodes I suppose some licensing issues or you may find seasons that jump around so you may find season 2 and season 7 of the same program that's all, and finally some of the programs are only up there for a short period of time before they disappear so if you find something you're interested in make sure you put it on your calendar to watch it so you don't miss out.

Tubi TV
Colony 
MasterChef 
Murder She Wrote 
Dog the Bounty Hunter 
The Equalizer (new version)
This is Us 
Nikita 
Angel 
Hoarders
* Blow Up (balloon competition) 
* Domino Masters (competition)
The Following 
Cowboy Way
Masterchef: Dessert Masters 
Freak Show 
Z Nation 
Knightfall
Blue Ridge 
Noble House 
*Race Against the Tide (sandcastle competition) 
Special Forces 
I Can See Your Voice 
Face the Wild 
The Secrets of the Bible 
Criss Angel: Mindfreak 
Fear Factor: House of Fear (new version)
* Next Level Chef (cooking competition)
* The Floor (game show)
* The 1% Club (game show)
* Extracted (wilderness competition)

Please note that Tubi TV does have a lot of Fox Network shows. If you look around you can find the different networks that Tubi has an add more shows to your list 😄

Amazon Prime Video

* Making the Cut (fashion)
* GOAT (competition show) 
Young Rock 
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 
The Block
Kevin Hart Presents
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Abbott and Costello 
Museum Secrets 
Wheel of Time 
Taken 
Midsomer Murders 
Sense and Sensibility 
Mythbusters 
Secrets of the National Parks 
Wild Wonders (animals)
Judy (Sheindlin) Justice 
American Gladiators (new version)
Reacher
Jack Ryan 
The Boys 
Departure 
Jeopardy - Pop Culture 
Ransom
Ring of Power (Lord of the Rings)

Amazon Prime Video offers documentaries as well you just need to search for. 

When you are looking on Amazon Prime Video please make sure that you check how many seasons there are when you pull down the list. If you see what appears to be a “yellow purse” that means it is paid, so if you don't like watching just one season or something don't start a season that the second season is paid for.

You can run into the same issues as far as missing episodes, seasons jumping around etc as you would find on Pluto TV.

Roku Channel

Customer Wars 
*Project Runway 
*Worst Cooks in America 
*History's Greatest Escapes (with Morgan Freeman)
Fixer Upper 
Neighborhood 
Man Tracker 
2 Broke Girls 
Longmire 
Coroner
Street Outlaws 
Til Death 
Dr Kem 
Die Detective 
Bachelor: Winter Games

Again please note: the Roku channel has a paid subscription called Howdy. Shows come and go from the Roku Channel to the Howdy Channel so be careful not to get trapped into buying Howdy. Also if you look in the lower left hand corner there will be a dollar sign, that's an indicator that it's paid content.

Well I hope you have enjoyed this list and found at least a few things that you might want to look at! Till next month, enjoy! 

💗 Jo