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FX launched back in 1994 as the Fox studio’s answer to premium cable, and under Disney it now produces some of the sharpest TV around: The Bear, Shōgun, American Horror Story, plus FXX comedies like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and What We Do in the Shadows. The FXNow website streams those shows only inside the United States, because you sign in through an American pay-TV provider and the FXNow catalog is geo-locked to the country.
Cross the US border and FXNow throws an “Out of Country” error, so the player never loads. A reliable VPN like NordVPN fixes the location side: connect to a US server and FXNow reads your IP as American again. You still need an active US pay-TV login, since NordVPN restores your virtual location but never replaces a cable account. FXNow streams top out at 1080p.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | FXNow | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NordVPNBEST | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | June 11 | Try it |
Surfshark | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | June 12 | Open |
ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | June 12 | Open |
Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | June 12 | Open |
IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | June 7 | Open |
ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | June 7 | Open |
CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | June 12 | Open |
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FXNow is only available in the United States. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
FXNow is blocked in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada, in New Zealand and in Ireland, plus in 188 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like NordVPN.
FXNow is the TV Everywhere web service from FX Networks, part of The Walt Disney Company, covering the FX, FXX, and FXM channels. It brings together FX’s prestige dramas, The Bear, Shogun, American Horror Story, Alien: Earth, the FXX comedy lineup led by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, What We Do in the Shadows, and The Simpsons, plus FXM movies. The standalone app retired in September 2024; the working route now is the web at fxnow.fxnetworks.com in a desktop browser. It is US-only and geo-locked, unlocked by signing in with a US pay-TV provider.
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