| Service | Price/mo | Has Lifetime? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | Yes |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | Yes |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | Yes |
| DirecTV Stream | $82.99 | Yes |
| YouTube TV | $82.99 | No |
| Fubo | $89.00 | No |
| Hulu + Live TV | $89.99 | Yes |
Prices and lineups as of 2026-07-19. Verify on the provider's own page before you sign up; carriage and pricing change often and can vary by zip code.
These are two different stories that land on the same answer. YouTube TV's standard base plan has never included Lifetime; it's only reachable there through the separate Entertainment Plan, a paid add-on genre pack most subscribers don't buy. If you're comparing YouTube TV's regular lineup against other services, treat Lifetime as absent, not just tucked away in a menu.
Fubo's situation is newer and messier. A+E Networks pulled Lifetime off Fubo, along with A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime Movie Network, FYI, and Vice TV, after the two companies could not agree on new carriage terms. Both Lifetime's and A&E's own support pages confirm the channels are gone from Fubo, not paused for a few days. As of 2026-07-19, there is no confirmed date for a new deal, and the dispute is separate from the NBCUniversal-Fubo fight that got resolved in June 2026. If Lifetime is the one channel your household would miss, treat both YouTube TV and Fubo as off the table right now, not just less convenient.
Once you rule out YouTube TV and Fubo, Lifetime's carriage is actually simple: everything else checked here carries it, and there's no Sling Orange-versus-Blue trap the way there is with channels like ESPN or Fox News. Both Sling plans include Lifetime at the same $45.99/mo price, so picking the wrong Sling tier isn't a risk for this particular channel. Philo, at $25.00/mo, is the cheapest of the five and the one to pick if Lifetime sits alongside other entertainment and lifestyle viewing rather than sports or 24-hour news.
Hulu + Live TV and DirecTV Stream also carry Lifetime, at $89.99/mo and $82.99/mo, and both add a broader lineup, including locals in most markets, that Philo doesn't cover. If your household needs more than Lifetime alone, one of those two full-lineup plans is the next step up rather than a workaround.
A free antenna will never carry Lifetime, no matter how strong your signal is or how close you live to the broadcast towers. It's a cable-only network with no over-the-air spectrum presence at any price, from any provider, full stop. What an antenna does get you free in most markets: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and The CW, plus whatever local subchannels your market carries. None of that is Lifetime or anything close to its programming, so an antenna is a companion for the local-news side of your lineup, not a substitute here.
If you're pairing Philo's $25.00/mo plan with an antenna to also cover local news and network primetime, see how antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction and the distance caveats before you buy one. And check thefull monthly cost comparison to see how a Philo-plus-antenna setup stacks up against a typical cable bill.
Philo at $25.00/mo is a strong pick if Lifetime sits alongside other entertainment and lifestyle viewing in your household, the kind of channel mix Philo was built around. It skips live sports, 24-hour cable news, and every ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/PBS local affiliate entirely, by design, which is exactly why it can charge a third of what the full-lineup services cost.
If your household also wants ESPN, a 24-hour news channel, or local network affiliates, Philo alone won't cover it, and Lifetime alone shouldn't be the reason you overpay for a bigger plan you don't otherwise need. Sling Orange or Sling Blue at $45.99/mo is the next step up that still carries Lifetime, and Hulu + Live TV or DirecTV Stream covers everything at once for $82.99-$89.99/mo. Just remember YouTube TV's base plan and Fubo are both off the table for this one channel, no matter which tier you'd otherwise pick. Check the rest of your household's must-have channels against ourchannel finder before deciding, since Lifetime rarely stands alone as the single deciding factor in which plan to buy.
Lifetime shares an owner and a Fubo problem with History Channel: both are A+E Networks properties, and both got pulled off Fubo in the same unresolved carriage-fee dispute. If your household is on Fubo and wants either channel, the answer is the same for both right now: not carried, no announced return date. Philo's $25.00/mo plan is the cheapest fix for either one, and it covers both at once if your household wants them together.
The pattern echoes what happened to Bravo in late 2025, when NBCUniversal pulled its channels from Fubo in a separate dispute that took roughly seven months to resolve. There's no guarantee the A+E-Fubo dispute follows the same timeline, but it's a reminder that a channel being off Fubo today doesn't necessarily mean it's gone for good, and it doesn't mean it's back either. Don't assume; check the table above, dated as of 2026-07-19, before you commit to a plan.