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ABC is home to hit reality shows, live news and sports, and old and new favorites, such as Abbott Elementary, Dancing With the Stars and other programing. If you’ve recently cut the cord, there are affordable streaming options to livestream ABC originals online without cable.

Live TV streamers are an affordable option to replace your cable, with most options offering packages. Most of the streaming platforms that include ABC have free trials and promos going on, which means you could watch live NBA and NHL games (like the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup Final) for free. You’ll also be able to watch dozens of TV channels, giving you instant access to live sports, drama, comedies and reality series from home.

Below ShopBillboard breaks down the current deals and offers available to watch ABC online without cable.

How to Watch ABC Online Without Cable for Free

There are a couple more live TV streamers that will let you watch ABC online for free or for a discounted price. All the below streamers let you watch ABC online without cable and stream content from your phone, tablet, computer or smart TV.

You can watch ABC online for free on DirecTV, which is offering a 5-day free trial for new users who sign up for one of the four packages. DirecTV lets you watch live television online and its channel packages include a live feed of ABC. Besides access to hundreds of live TV channels, you’ll also receive unlimited DVR storage, local channels and the ability to stream on as many devices as you want.

Sling TV has three plans, including Orange, Blue or Orange + Blue. However, ABC is only offered on the Blue package. Rather than choose one, you can combine the two with the Orange + Blue package, which will give you access to more than 50 channels, DVR storage and the ability to stream on up to three devices. Please note: Pricing and channel availability are dependent on your local TV market. Learn more about Sling TV here.

Starting at $89.99 per month, a subscription to Hulu + Live TV gets you more than 95 live TV channels, such as ABC, to watch live sports, TV series and specials whenever you want. You also get access to the entire Hulu on-demand library (including select ABC content available to watch the day after it airs). And for even more, Hulu + Live TV includes a subscription to both Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited.

FuboTV is another affordable live TV streamer as it comes with a five-day free trial for new users who sign up. The streaming service has three different plans, including a new skinny bundle called “Sports + News” that starts at only $45.99 for the first month ($55.99 per month afterwards).

In addition, Fubo has $30 off their Pro and Elite plans for the first month right now, which includes more than 200 channels, as well as 1,000 hours of free DVR and the option to stream on 10 devices at once.

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A convalescing Billy Strings made a surprise return to the stage — crutches and all — on Sunday night (May 31) in his home state of Michigan.

Back on April 18, the Grammy-winning Americana stalwart broke his left fibula and tibia while skateboarding backstage after a concert in Charlottesville, Va. He underwent immediate surgery and subsequently rescheduled his next four shows until August — although Dave Grohl did offer Strings the use of the throne that he used after breaking his leg in 2015, later lent to Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose.

Strings has been recuperating since, but on Sunday, he showed up as a special guest during Primus’ portion of the Claypool Gold tour stop at the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre in suburban Detroit. Announcing the appearance of a “buddy,” Les Claypool told the crowd that “normally he would come bounding out here, but he took a little tumble a few weeks ago, so we have a chair for him tonight.”

Strings came out on a pair of crutches and seated himself on a stool, then showed that his hands were still in fine shape as he shredded on electric guitar, trading licks with Claypool and guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde during performances of “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” (which Claypool rechristened “Billy’s Big Brown Beaver”) and the even more furious “Too Many Puppies.”

Strings’ next performance will be a taping for Austin City Limits on July 2, followed two days later by an appearance at Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater, also in Austin, Texas.

The Claypool Gold tour — which also includes the Claypool Lennon Delirium and Les Claypool’s Fearless Frog Brigade — runs through July 4, finishing in Napa, Calif.

Charli xcx has announced the release date of her new album Music, Fashion, Film — and recruited some bona fide legends for its album artwork.

The studio LP will be released on July 24 via Atlantic Records and feature both her recent singles “SS26” and “Rock Music.”

The album’s artwork features a black and white photo of three pioneers in the LP title’s disciplines: The Velvet Underground’s John Cale; fashion designer Marc Jacobs; and movie director Martin Scorsese. See the artwork, shot by frequent collaborator Aidan Zamiri, below.

Charli recently collaborated with Cale on the song “House” from her Wuthering Heights soundtrack LP, released in February 2026. She has also modeled for Marc Jacobs in recent years, appearing in a campaign for the designer’s line.

Confirming the news on Instagram, Charli wrote that the album would feature “11 songs” and run for “30 minutes and 5 seconds.” A wider tracklist has not yet been confirmed.

The album’s title comes from “SS26” where the British artist sings: “We’re walkin’ on a runway that goes straight to hell / Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion or film.”

Music, Fashion, Film marks Charli’s first solo studio album since 2024’s brat, which elevated the popstar to a mainstream icon. The album peaked at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

Speaking to British Vogue, Charli said that the album’s new direction — as heard on “Rock Music” — could divide listeners. “For me, it’s fun to flip the form,” she said. “We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine.”

Following the upcoming LP’s release, Charli will headline Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival (July 31) as well as the U.K.’s Reading & Leeds Festival (Aug. 28-29).

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Mel B has seen every kind of dog, roller skating, magic, dance and balancing act you can imagine during her seven seasons behind the desk on America’s Got Talent. But after returning to the show last year following a six-season break, the singer/presenter and Spice Girls charter member born Melanie Brown swears viewers are in for some wild acts they’ve never seen before when season 21 launches on NBC on June 2.

Ready to take her seat alongside irritating “big brother” Simon Cowell as well as six-season veteran Sofia Vergara and the show’s longest-running judge, comedian Howie Mandel, Mel tells Billboard that at a time when her adopted country, and the world, can be in a dark place, AGT is the soothing, summer respite from all the madness we need right now.

“I think it does what it says: It brings families together, it gives the whole family something to talk about, something to look forward to, something to be entertained by, whether you’re 3 months old or 35 or 65 or 85-95. It’s a universal, happy place to be watching it,” she says.

If you’ve watched over the years, Mel is certain you’ve seen the level of talent develop and grow, even as the show maintains its cheeky and risqué sense of humor, along with the occasional flash of danger. “It ticks all the boxes. You’re guaranteed to be near to tears,” she says of the wide range of emotions summoned by acts that range from circus silly to death-defying fear and tear-jerker serious. “To be crying, to be yelling at the TV, to be rooting for somebody — it’s just a whole bundle of everything. It’s like a good emotional roller coaster ride that you want to get on time and time again.”

A week before the season debuts, Billboard caught up with Mel B from her English home to talk about the upcoming season, find out what the legendarily irascible Cowell is like offscreen and bug her about the plans for the Spice Girls’ 30th-anniversary celebration this year.

After watching 15 seasons of sword swallowers, dance troupes, acrobats, magicians and so many dog acts, did you still find things that blew you away this go-round?

Yeah. Whether it’s a sword act or a magician or a dog act, what you see is something completely different all the time. It may be that they bring out some cards or a dog, but what you’re seeing is that everyone has developed their skills because everyone is doing their research from season one to season now. It’s interesting and exciting and literally you never know what will come on that stage.

Producers said one of the biggest trends this season is how bold and unexpected the acts are, with contestants blending genres and skill sets more than ever before. Can you give me an example of a few?

Last year we touched on it. We had someone juggling on a unicycle, so last year was definitely a kickstart of people blending all kinds of talents. But this year, because people have really stepped it up and done their homework, we have people who have come back from previous seasons to have another go, so that’s amped up the level of talent and drama and passion for wanting to make it further than they did before.

What do you look for in a winning act, or one you give a golden buzzer to?

I just want to be mesmerized and I don’t want the act to stop, whether it’s a comedian, singer, dance troupe, magician, pole acrobat, I just want to be fixated. I’m very much like an empath. I very much feel what they’re feeling, so if they’ve really pushed themselves to their limit and laid it all on that stage, I’m on that journey with them and I don’t want that journey to end.

In a twist this season, the judges will invite a select group of acts back to perform again in the Judges’ Callbacks round. What excites you about brining back some of your favorites?

We’ve not done that before and it’s nice to choose who you have as a guest mentor/judge. Hopefully everyone on the panel has chosen someone who is close to them and understands them. I got my extra special, “spicy” guest judge to help me. And more than anything we had a really good catch-up, and she helped me decide [who to pick], which was really hard for me to decide, if I’m being honest. [Mel checked with the AGT publicity team and they confirmed that she cannot reveal yet who her “spicy” helper is.]

This is your second go-round on the show and first since you originally split after season 13 in 2018. You took six seasons off …

No, they fired me and then they rehired me. They couldn’t get enough of me!

Well, now you’re replacing another long-timer, Heidi Klum. What keeps you coming back?

It’s just a fun show. I would be watching with my kids, with my husband, with my dogs anyway. So to be invited back … I love America. I love the weather, my kids were raised there. It’s pretty different from where I live now, I live back home where I was born and bred in Leeds [U.K.] in the countryside. So it’s nice to be able to go back there and be involved in a job that I love, that I think of as my family.

You’ve always had a spicy relationship with Simon, though it seems like you two have reached a détente lately. How would you describe things between you two?

He’s like my annoying older brother. He winds me up, then I wind him up. And then I go to his house in Malibu and I take my kids with me and we have a nice dinner and we chill out together.

So it’s all for camera?

No, he annoys me. Just like I’m sure your siblings annoy you. It doesn’t matter if I’m on-camera or off-camera, if he annoys me I’m going to tell him!

You mentioned before that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls releasing the “Wannabe” single, so it’s my journalistic duty to ask: Any chance for a reunion or activity this year?

I can’t comment on that, but I’m definitely really excited about the 30th anniversary and we’re all talking about it. So hopefully, yeah, something good will come out of it — for the fans more than anything. To think that they’ve still been with us 30 years on is just incredible.

I know Mel C released an excellent solo album recently, Sweat, so how about any new solo music from you?

I actually went to see her in concert and she dragged me up on stage and I was like, “oh God, Melanie, what are you doing?” We had an absolute blast and I think her album got to No. 3, which is one of her highest chart positions. She’s brilliant, she’s still doing her thing. You never know? I am in contact with a few songwriters in L.A., so let’s see. I’ll be back there for the live shows in August … hold this thought!