The Big Bang Theory, Friends, The Office reruns, plus live MLB on Tuesday nights and the NCAA March Madness bracket. That is the American cable network TBS, which Ted Turner first beamed up as a satellite superstation back in 1976. It now sits inside Warner Bros. Discovery and pairs wall-to-wall sitcoms with live sports, including AEW Dynamite wrestling every Wednesday.
The catch is that the Watch TBS app and tbs.com are locked to the United States, so you only reach the full lineup with a US pay-TV login. Without one you get roughly 10 minutes of a live feed, then the sign-in wall appears, which is why we list TBS as available in just 1 country. Surfshark keeps a clean US IP if your connection ever stumbles, yet an active American cable account is what actually unlocks every show, and streams top out at 1080p.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | TBS | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurfsharkBEST | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | October 24 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | October 24 | Open |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | October 26 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | October 22 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | October 24 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | October 23 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | October 24 | Open |
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TBS is only available in the United States. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
TBS 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 Surfshark.
TBS is a US cable network that has built its name on comedy since 1976. The schedule leans on sitcom reruns like The Big Bang Theory, Friends, and The Office, alongside live sports: MLB on TBS with Tuesday games plus the ALDS and ALCS, NCAA March Madness, and AEW Dynamite wrestling. The Watch TBS app and tbs.com run as a TV Everywhere service, US-only and geo-locked. Without a sign-in you get about ten minutes of the live stream before you have to log in through a US pay-TV provider. There is no standalone TBS subscription. Warner Bros. Discovery owns the network.
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