‘BattleBots’ season 8 premiere: How to watch and where to stream

‘BattleBots’ season 8 premiere: How to watch and where to stream

Season 8 of BattleBots is finally here and set to premiere on the Discovery Channel Thursday, Jan. 5 at 8/7c.

For those who don’t already know, BattleBots is a robot-combat competition series that takes place in an elimination style tournament. Designers build, operate and battle their destructive robots until a champion is crowned.

Those who want to watch tonight’s premiere, but have already ditched regular cable, can still stream BattleBots with Philo, FuboTV or Discovery+. If you’re not sure which streaming service to go with, here’s the breakdown.

Philo is one of the cheaper live streaming platforms as it allows users to stream over 60 channels live and on demand for only $25 a month.

Popular channels offered with Philo include the Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, MTV, AMC, HGTV, History Channel, CMT and more.

Meanwhile, FuboTV is a sports focused live streaming service that offers over 100 different channels to choose from with shows like Saturday Night Live, Yellowstone, The Voice and more for $69.99 a month.

Lastly, Discovery+ is the streaming home of food, home, relationships, true crime, paranormal and so much more. Channels offered with the streaming service (other than the Discovery Channel) include HGTV, A&E, TLC, Food Network and Lifetime.

Subscription plans for Discovery+ start at $4.99 with limited ads or $6.99 without ads.

All of the previously mentioned streaming services offer free trials for first time users so you can watch BattleBots for free before committing to anything.