The Best Technology TV Shows on Free Services

What it's about: UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.

Where to Watch: 25 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Tubi TV). 25 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix). 25 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: The players of a virtual reality MMORPG, Sword Art Online, are trapped and fighting for their very lives. After it is announced that the only way to leave the game is by beating it, Kirito—a very powerful swordsman—and his friends take on a quest to free all the minds trapped in Aincrad.

Where to Watch: 47 episodes (55%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 26 episodes (30%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix, Hulu & Crunchyroll).

What it's about: In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

Where to Watch: 39 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll & Yahoo View). 39 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & Crunchyroll). 39 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).

What it's about: Tech genius Lindy, convinced by her roommate to begin online dating, begins to suspect that one of her mysterious suitors may be a deadly cyber stalker. When her friends at the elusive cyber-police uncover a potential serial killer in Manhattan, all signs point to one of Lindy’s dates. Teaming up with this band of hackers Lindy works to solve the murders while unleashing her own style of justice on the streets of New York City.

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (10%) are available to watch free online (MTV). 9 episodes (90%) are available to stream on a popular TV everywhere service (MTV). 10 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: The story begins when 30,000 Japanese gamers are trapped in the fantasy online game world Elder Tale. What was once a sword-and-sorcery world is now the real world. The main lead Shiroe attempts to survive with his old friend Naotsugu and the beautiful assassin Akatsuki.

Where to Watch: 51 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll, Viewster & Yahoo View). 51 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 50 episodes (98%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: 20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

Where to Watch: 15 episodes (23%) are available to watch free online (CBS). 66 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (CBS All Access). 66 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 8 services (iTunes, Google Play & 6 others).

What it's about: Sorata Kanda, a high school sophomore living in Sakurasou, the den of their academy's problem children, spends his days being dragged around by the strange residents, swearing he's going to escape Sakurasou one day.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 24 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 24 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: Kaname Chidori’s one of the most popular girls at her high school – unfortunately, it’s her growing popularity off campus she should be worrying about. Unbeknownst to Kaname, terrorists are plotting her abduction, believing she possesses the rare and coveted abilities of “the Whispered.” That’s where Sousuke Sagara enters the picture. He’s a hotshot soldier from the clandestine counter-terrorist organization known as Mithril – and he’s going undercover at Kaname’s school to try and keep her safe. He may be an ace in the cockpit of an Arm Slave mech, but there’s no training in the world that could prepare him for the warzone of high school.

Where to Watch: 36 episodes (59%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll, Tubi TV & Yahoo View). 36 episodes (59%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 61 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).

What it's about: HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.

Where to Watch: 7 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (History). 13 episodes (2%) are available to stream on a subscription service (History Vault). 362 episodes (48%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (History). 95 episodes (12%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Prime Video & 2 others).

What it's about: Outlaw Star follows the outlaw Gene Starwind and his eleven year-old business associate, Jim Hawking. Together they run a small jack-of-all-trades business on the backwater planet Sentinel III. After the two take a job as bodyguards for a mysterious outlaw, they find themselves the owners of the XGP15A-II, a highly advanced prototype spacecraft, and the caretakers of a bio-android named Melfina, The series follows the exploits of the slowly growing ragtag crew.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Adult Swim & Crunchyroll). 26 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 10 episodes (38%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Adult Swim). 26 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

Where to Watch: 5 episodes (6%) are available to watch free online (History). 6 episodes (7%) are available to stream on a subscription service (History Vault). 67 episodes (75%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (History). 88 episodes (99%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (iTunes & Prime Video).

What it's about: In an elegant future Paris, a Count returns to wreak havoc on those that betrayed him.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 24 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Prime Video & Microsoft).

What it's about: K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz and karate black-belt, learns that her parents are spies when they recruit her to join them in the secret government agency, The Organization. While she now has the latest spy gadgets at her disposal, K.C. has a lot to learn about being a spy, including keeping her new gig a secret from her best friend Marisa. Together, K.C. and her parents, Craig and Kira, and her younger siblings, Ernie and Judy (a humanoid robot), try to balance everyday family life while on undercover missions, near and far, to save the world.

Where to Watch: 2 episodes (2%) are available to watch free online (Disney & DisneyNOW). 85 episodes (97%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 4 episodes (5%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (DisneyNOW). 78 episodes (89%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: After failing his college entrance exams, 18 year-old Tsukasa Mizugaki is offered a position at the renowned SAI Corporation, known for its production and management of Giftia, androids that possess human emotions. Tsukasa’s position is in the terminal service department where the main job is to recover Giftias that are close to their expiration, a graveyard department in every sense. To make matters worse, Tsukasa is ordered to work with Isla, a female Giftia who is never given any responsibility other than serving tea to co-workers.

Where to Watch: 13 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 13 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu).

What it's about: A short, overweight student uses the Neuro Link, an evolution of the Nerve Gear, to escape himself from the reality. But his skills in the virtual world brings him to the attention of Kuroyukihime, a popular student who introduces him to the Brain Burst.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (92%) are available to watch free online (Yahoo View). 24 episodes (92%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 24 episodes (92%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuya Murata, and aired between April and June 2013.

Where to Watch: 13 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll & Yahoo View). 13 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix & Hulu). 13 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: An adrenaline-fueled ride through the culture of speculation, innovation and disruption during Silicon Valley’s unprecedented tech boom and subsequent bust in the 1990s. This mostly scripted series weaves in select documentary elements that help tell the true inside story of the internet’s formative years.

Where to Watch: 1 episodes (17%) are available to watch free online (YouTube). 6 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (FOX & NatGeo). 6 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Vudu).

What it's about: Humanity has found a way to achieve infinite energy by using coils to draw it from the fourth plane: dimension "W". With the production of coils having been monopolized by the New Tesla energy company, freelance collectors are hired to find and remove any illegal, unofficial coils.This is the story of collector Kyōma, who also happens to have a huge hatred towards coils. During one of his missions he stumbles upon a female android that perceives herself as being human, leading the two to enter an unlikely partnership.

Where to Watch: 12 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Tubi TV & Yahoo View). 12 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 12 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Chrome Shelled Regios is a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series is serialized in Dragon Magazine. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Dragon Age Pure. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age. A third manga adaptation drawn by Watari is serialized in Beans Ace magazine. A four-panel comic strip adaptation drawn by Masumi Futaba started serialization in Monthly Dragon Age on November 8, 2008. A science fiction light novel series titled Legend of Regios is set in the past world of Chrome Shelled Regios series, and published by Fujimi Shobo under its Style-F label. An anime adaptation produced by Zexcs aired on January 11, 2009 to June 20, 2009 and is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Yahoo View). 24 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 24 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & Prime Video).

What it's about: A year after the events that took place during the "Final Battle" and after the destruction of Omnitrix, 16-year-old Ben Tennyson has to face new enemies.

Where to Watch: 2 episodes (1%) are available to watch free online (Cartoon Network). 80 episodes (53%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 1 episodes (1%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Cartoon Network). 120 episodes (79%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: After graduating high school, Suzukaze Aoba joins Eagle Jump, the game company that developed Fairies Story, the game she obsessed over as a kid. On her first day as a working member of society, Aoba heads to work swaying in a packed, morning rush hour train. She manages to get to the office building all right but hesitates, wondering if it was really okay for her to take that last step and go inside. That's when a senior member of staff, Toyama Rin, shows up at work and safely leads Aoba inside the offices of Eagle Jump.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 24 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: .hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.

Where to Watch: 63 episodes (98%) are available to watch free online (Tubi TV & Yahoo View). 50 episodes (78%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu). 38 episodes (59%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: Ancient Impossible, the new H2 series, picks up where HISTORY’s long running Ancient Discoveries left off. In this next generation of storytelling, Ancient Impossible reveals how many of today’s technological achievements were actually developed centuries ago. Colossal monuments, impossible feats of engineering and technologies so precise they defy reinvention–the ancient world was far more advanced than we ever imagined. We’ll travel through history to reveal a radically different picture of the past, with innovations so far ahead of their time, they’re still in use today. New science uncovers a lost world more like our own than we ever suspected, and reveals how modern technology has its blueprint in the ancient world.

Where to Watch: 3 episodes (30%) are available to watch free online (History). 10 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (History Vault). 7 episodes (70%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (History). 10 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

What it's about: The adventures of an inventive boy named Zack and his best friend, a young duck called Quack. Resourceful friend and neighbour, Kira, joins the dazzling duo on each adventure and is on hand to fix any paper problem with her expert pop-up tool kit.

Where to Watch: 18 episodes (23%) are available to watch free online (Nick Jr). 15 episodes (19%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).