The Best College TV Shows on Free Services

What it's about: Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

Where to Watch: 6 episodes (5%) are available to watch free online (Sony Crackle). 110 episodes (98%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Hulu). 112 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Where to Watch: 9 episodes (11%) are available to watch free online (ABC). 80 episodes (94%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Hulu). 3 episodes (4%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (ABC). 85 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.

Where to Watch: 37 episodes (95%) are available to watch free online (Vudu). 2 episodes (5%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 39 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.

Where to Watch: 74 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Freeform). 74 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 74 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary cheerleading team.

Where to Watch: 22 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (CW Seed).

What it's about: On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.

Where to Watch: 8 episodes (5%) are available to watch free online (CBS). 163 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hulu & CBS All Access). 163 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.

Where to Watch: 3 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (CBS). 236 episodes (79%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & CBS All Access). 22 episodes (7%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Raven Baxter is a winsome teen whose ability to glimpse flashes of the future often gets her into hot water.

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (Disney). 98 episodes (94%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Disney+). 1 episodes (1%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Disney). 104 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love. Her practice of making audio diaries on cassette tape to send to her best friend back in California anchor the series' introspective and character-driven foundation.

Where to Watch: 84 episodes (99%) are available to watch free online (ABC). 85 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 7 services (iTunes, Google Play & 5 others).

What it's about: Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television seriesIt centers around Sydney Fox who is a professor but primarily a globe-trotting "relic hunter", looking for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money. The series includes fantasy and science fiction elements, with many of the relics featured having genuine supernatural powers or being pieces of unusually advanced technology.

Where to Watch: 66 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Vudu). 66 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: Undergrads is an animated television series centered on the lives of four college undergraduate freshmen. Originally broadcast on MTV during 2001, only thirteen episodes were created. It has since been shown on Comedy Central in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, and Trouble in the United Kingdom. The show was conceived by Pete Williams, when he dropped out of college at the age of 19. Willams does most of the voices on the show. The series was produced by David McGrath.

Where to Watch: 13 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (SnagFilms).

What it's about: Dr. Eva Fletcher is the newly-elected President of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Upon arriving, Eva is charged with saving the prestigious HBCU from bankruptcy and her twenty-year marriage from crumbling while managing a tumultuous relationship with her rebellious only daughter. A diverse group of freshman also promises to keep Eva's hands full.

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (5%) are available to watch free online (BET). 18 episodes (95%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BET+). 9 episodes (47%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (BET). 19 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series starring Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Baio directed many episodes of the show, and was credited with his full name, Scott Vincent Baio.It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, when it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings. It then had a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to November 10, 1990, as 126 original episodes were aired in total. The show was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television, and distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution and New Line Cinema Corporation.

Where to Watch: 125 episodes (99%) are available to watch free online (NBC). 125 episodes (99%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).

What it's about: China, IL – meaning "China, Illinois" – is an animated television series for the cable network Adult Swim. The series is created by Brad Neely, and features Neely's existing characters from the China, IL web series and special. Characters include Frank and Steve Smith, aka "The Professor Brothers," and Mark "Baby" Cakes. Neely provides the voice for all three characters. The series is produced by Williams Street and animated by Titmouse, Inc. China, IL has been renewed for a second season with the possibility of a new half-hour runtime. On May 25, 2008, Adult Swim ran The Funeral, an 11-minute special which was streamed on the now defunct Super Deluxe website. The special combined Brad Neely's Professor Brothers and Baby Cakes webseries, which were also streamed at Super Deluxe, and established a larger environment for the characters. The special, as well as Brad Neely's other videos, can be viewed at Neely's YouTube page.

Where to Watch: 30 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Adult Swim). 5 episodes (17%) are available to stream on a subscription service (fuboTV). 9 episodes (30%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Adult Swim). 30 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Valemont is a supernatural American television miniseries on MTV that premiered on September 21, 2009. Two episodes premiered on Tuesdays during The Hills and The City. For six consecutive weeks, two and a half minute episodes of Valemont premiered in the commercial pods directly preceding The Hills and following The City. The concluding 23 episodes of the series were made available online at MTV.com and on V Cast Video from Verizon Wireless, along with other bonus footage.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (14%) are available to watch free online (Tubi). 5 episodes (14%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video). 5 episodes (14%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).

What it's about: The show follows passionate agents as they find recent college graduates and young professionals their new homes in NYC, while also shadowing the corporate group as we navigate the ins-and-outs of life at a quickly-growing firm.

Where to Watch: 10 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Freeform). 10 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: An unprecedented look at the job market facing today’s newly minted college graduates. Each episode will follow one highly-qualified young adult per episode on their journey to land a first job. Each job seeker will go on three interviews, and we will watch the intense ride to find out if he or she lands three, two, one – or zero offers.

Where to Watch: 10 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Freeform). 10 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).