4/23/2024

How to Watch ‘Shōgun’ Online: Here Are the Best Ways to Stream the Limited Series for Free

The finale of the samurai series drops on Tuesday, April 23.

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After gaining positive critical and audience praise, Shōgun — which is based on the bestselling novel of the same name from author James Clavell — is wrapping up its 10-episode limited series run. The season finale episode is available to stream on Hulu, while it’s also airing on FX starting on Tuesday, April 23.

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What Time Is The Shōgun Finale?

The finale episode of Shōgun is available to stream on Hulu. However, it also airs on Tuesday, April 23, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX. The last episode drops on Tuesday morning at 12:01 a.m. ET/PT on Hulu, while it broadcasts later at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.

Where to Watch Shōgun for Free

If you’re a cord-cutter, then there are a number of ways to watch some of your favorite TV shows without cable — especially if you want to watch for free. For example: Hulu offers a 30-day free trial to try out the service, while many other streaming services, like DirecTV Stream and Fubo, offer free trials, so you can watch the finale of Shōgun on FX without spending money up front.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch Shōgun on Hulu, Disney+ (as part of the Disney Duo), DirecTV Stream and Fubo.

How to Watch Shōgun on Hulu

The best way to watch Shōgun is with a subscription to Hulu. All episodes of the limited series on the streaming service, while you get access to other fantastic originals, including The Bear, Only Murders in the Building, The Handmaid’s Tale, American Horror Stories and more. You also get access to FX originals, like Fargo, Reservation Dogs, What We Do in the Shadows, Under the Banner of Heaven and others.

Hulu starts at $7.99 per month, or $79.99 per year for the ad-supported plan, while you can go without ads for $17.99 per month.

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How to Watch Shōgun on Disney+

Looking to add Disney+ with your Hulu subscription? You can get Disney+ and Hulu in one streaming service with the Disney Duo. With sign up, you get a new hub called “Hulu” at the top of the Disney+ homepage, along with Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.

The first two episodes are available to stream with the Disney Duo too. Not a subscribers? You can sign up for the ad-supported plan for $9.99 per month, or you can go ad-free for $19.99 per month.

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How to Watch Shōgun on DirecTV Stream

A subscription to DirecTV Stream gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $79.99 per month. The service even offers a 5-day free trial to watch the Shōgun finale for free, if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks, like NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and PBS, while you can also watch many cable networks, including FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, Cartoon Network, ESPN, FS1, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, Lifetime, CNBS, BET, MTV, Paramount Network and many others.

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How to Watch Shōgun on Fubo

Fubo starts at $79.99 per month with nearly 200 channels, including local and cable, that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers. And with a 7-day free trial, you can watch Shōgun for free, if you act fast and sign up now.

The services gets you live access to local broadcast networks, like NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox, while it also has dozens of cable networks, such as FX, Bravo, TLC, ESPN, E!, FS1, MTV, CMT, ID, Ion, OWN, Paramount Network, TV Land, VH1 and much more.

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More Ways to Watch

If you’re overseas and you’d like to stream Shōgun internationally, you can sign up for a VPN, such as ExpressVPN, NordVPN and PureVPN, which lets you access a number of streaming platforms, like the ones mentioned above, legally.

The samurai miniseries follows Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), a feudal Japanese lord, who comes across a shipwrecked John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), an English sailor who clashes with Japanese culture in the 16th century.

It also stars Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Tommy Bastow, Fumi Nikaido and others.

The Shōgun finale is available to stream on Hulu and broadcasts on FX on Tuesday, April 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

In the meantime, watch a brief trailer for the Shōgun finale below.

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