8/24/2024

‘Terry McMillan Presents: Forever’: How to Watch the Lifetime Movie Without Cable

Taye Diggs and Meagan Good star in the romantic drama premiering on Lifetime on Aug. 24.

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Taye Diggs and Meagan Good at Lifetime's "Terry McMillan Presents: Forever" world premiere at DGA Theater Complex on August 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Jesse Grant/Variety via Getty Images

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Taye Diggs and Megan Good star in the romantic drama Terry McMillan Presents: Forever premiering on Lifetime on Saturday (Aug. 24).

Diggs plays Johnnie, a man whose life reaches a turning point after he returns home from the military and gets served divorce papers. Good plays Carlie, a police officer and single mother of three daughters who pulls Johnnie over for speeding. Sparks fly between the two but to win Carlie’s heart, he has to get her daughters’ approval first.

Diggs, Good and Terry McMillan are executive producers on the film along with Charles Murray who also directs. Richard Foster and Chet Fenster are executive producers for GroupM Motion Entertainment, Shelby Stone, Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren serve as producers for The Ninth House and Bart Baker penned the script.

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How to Stream for Free

If you don’t have cable, there are different ways to stream Terry McMillan Presents: Forever live and on-demand. The movie will premiered on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET. To watch for free, subscribe to DirecTV Stream or Philo.

Philo is free for the first week and $28 per month after the trial period. The streamer offers 75+ channels including Lifetime, WEtv, MTV, VH1, A&E, HGTV, Food Network and Hallmark.

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DirecTV Stream includes local networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox in addition to over 90 cable channels (Lifetime, OWN, WEtv TLC, TNT, MTV, ESPN, HGTV, Food Network, E!, Bravo and more). Streaming plans start at $49.99 per month after a free trial for five days.

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Terry McMillan Presents: Forever is the second movie in McMillan’s film series behind Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love which stars Garcelle Beauvais and premiered on Aug. 17.

McMillan is best known for her bestselling novels that have been turned into class films such as How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale. Terry McMillan Presents: Forever reunites McMillan and Diggs, who starred in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. 

Watch the trailer for Terry McMillan Presents: Forever below.

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