Sadly, the cost of streaming services isn’t always student friendly, leaving those on a budget with less options than others. Taking time to relax and kick your feet up for a while, enjoy a movie, or binge watch your favorite show can be a nice break from all the chaos. The yearly bundle with Paramount+ is $119.99, by the way.Student life consists of a lot of work, so downtime is more important than ever. It costs $99 for a year of service, compared with the $132 or so that you’d pay for a stand-alone monthly subscription. Showtime’s yearly subscription isn’t especially well advertised on its home page right now, but it’s also not a bad deal if you want just Showtime. Cable customers can access it for free, and it’s available on browsers, Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Roku, and more. Showtime Anytime is more or less the same as Showtime on streaming, but it’s managed through your cable company and requires that login to use. Odds are you’re not Googling how to do this, but we’d be remiss not to mention it.

If you get Showtime on cable, you’re probably set. And by the way: the free Paramount+ trial is also seven days, but if you bundle with that service, the free trial for both of them is 30 days! Does it make sense? No. Just remember to cancel well before Day 29, Hour 23, Minute 59. A week may be enough to binge the inaugural season of Yellowjackets, but if you want to burn through all five of Billions, you’ll probably need that month. Assuming they give you a grace period at all, streaming services like Apple TV+ and Discovery+ cap theirs at seven days. The bundle saves you about 25 percent compared with paying for both services separately.Ī month is yours for free. The regular monthly subscription to Showtime is $10.99, while Paramount+ is $4.99. Not a bad deal, especially if you’d also like to watch Star Trek: Discovery, The Good Fight, and Evil. That’s two dollars cheaper than Netflix’s cheapest HD-streaming tier and three dollars cheaper than HBO Max’s ad-free tier. The most economical one for most customers is a bundle: You can get Showtime and Paramount+, the two streaming children of media daddy ViacomCBS, for $11.99 a month. If you’ve already exhausted a free trial, fortunately, the streaming service has a few promotions on offer to sweeten the deal.

With a sure-to-be terrifying Yellowjackets finale on deck for this coming weekend, now’s a good time to play catch-up - ideally with a Showtime free trial if you haven’t already ponied up for the service. Check back here or follow us on Twitter for updates.

To keep you solvent, we’re constantly watching for new deals, promotions, and full-on freebies. The fastest way to financial ruin is to pay full price for every streaming service out there. Binge Yellowjackets for free, if you dare.

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