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The Roku Channel

buffering Aug. 17, 2023

What We Love (and Hate) About Free Streaming in 2023An emergency discussion about our “no-commitment relationship” with FAST.
trailer mix Apr. 5, 2023

Baking Show Gets a Taste of the Great American ‘Melting Pot’Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are on the other side of the pond, and they’re flipping burgers.

By Jason P. Frank

trailer mix Nov. 9, 2022

The Great American Baking Show Is Having a Star-Studded HolidayNat Faxon has won an Oscar, but can he make fondant?

By Bethy Squires
very funny Oct. 26, 2022

The Roku Channel Has Rescued Chad Season TwoThe Nasim Pedrad–starring comedy had been canceled hours before its season-two premiere was set to air on TBS.

By Bethy Squires
¡ándale! June 6, 2022

Roku Adds Mucha Televisión to a Hub for Spanish SpeakersThe race for streaming en español heats up.

By Eric Vilas-Boas
buffering May 5, 2022

The Revenge of the Budget StreamersWith Netflix down, the Tubis and Freevees of the world are looking to pounce.

By Josef Adalian
holiday specials Sept. 8, 2021

Roku Gifts Fans a Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Christmas MovieA new stand-alone special featuring the original cast.

By Zoe Haylock
streamliner Aug. 9, 2021

The Roku Channel Adds 23 Originals, Including Shows From Josh Groban and J.LoA batch of Quibi castoffs, as well as a few new original offerings, will soon make their home on Roku’s streaming service.

By Brennan Carley
streamliner June 21, 2021

Which Free Streaming Services Should You Be Using?How to tell apart your Pluto from your Xumo.

By Josef Adalian
quibi Apr. 21, 2021

Quibi Is ‘Roku Originals’ Now, But Don’t Try Rotating Your TVFrom a phone app you never opened to “the biggest screen in the home.”

By Rebecca Alter
buffering Apr. 8, 2021

Smaller Things: 7 Hidden Streaming GemsFrom L.A. Law to Showtime at the Apollo.

By Josef Adalian