The Best Black Friday Streaming Deals With a Convenient Roommate's Email Address
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HBO knows you're bored and cold. It wants you to Max and chill with Noah Wyle in scrubs. The company offers some of the best Black Friday streaming deals with a ridiculously low-priced $3/month offer for basic HBO Max (it's the version with ads and 2K streaming, but still, super-cheap). Disney Plus and Hulu Black Friday deals are bundled up for $5/month. Apple TV wants back in your life for $6.
Of course, this deal is only meant for new customers. Not boring ol' existing customers. If you already have basic HBO Max, you're already paying $11 for the same service, and HBO would like you to keep doing that. Streaming apps are banking on you being complacent and happy in your streaming life. Maybe they're even taking you for granted.
Sometimes you can get the current deal just by threatening to cancel, or actually canceling, your account. Suddenly, you're an exciting new customer again! Another method is by using an alternate email account (perhaps your spouse's or roommate's?) and alternate payment information as a new customer. If you do use a burner email (you did not hear this from me), check in on your favorite app's terms of service to make sure you're not in violation by re-enrolling with different emails. I'll also issue the caveat that you lose all your viewing data and tailored suggestions if you sign up anew.
But times and wallets are tight! And $3 HBO Max sounds pretty good. After all, every middle-aged American man needs to rewatch The Wire once every five years or so—assuming he's not the kind of middle-aged man who rewatches The Sopranos instead. Here are the current best streaming deals for Black Friday 2025.
HBO Max Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $11/month
Current Deal: $3/month, locked in for a full year
Unless you subscribe through Amazon Fire, you may not even need to do the funny kabuki of changing your email. The $3 offer is available to anyone with a canceled or expired HBO Max subscription, unless you subscribed through the Amazon Fire app. If you subscribed through Fire, maybe try signing up through the HBO website instead. (See WIRED's guide to the Best Shows on HBO Max Right Now.)
Disney+/Hulu Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $13/month
Deal Until December 1: $6/month, locked in for a year
There's also a bundle that includes ESPN, but you won't find it on as much of a discount. Star Wars and Disney cartoon fans need more persuasion than sports fans. (See WIRED's guide to the best shows on Disney+ and Hulu.)
Get Disney+/Hulu Bundle for $6/Month
Paramount Plus Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $8/month
Deal Until December 2: $3/month, locked in for 2 months
At only two months, this is less of a deal than a trial subscription. But if you just wanted to see all the South Park episodes everyone has been talking about for the past few months, maybe this is for you.
Apple TV+ Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $13/month
Deal Until December 1: $6/month, locked in for 6 months
I'm not saying you have to watch Pluribus. But I'm also not saying you don't have to watch Pluribus. (See WIRED's Guide to the Best Apple TV+ shows.)
Starz Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $11/month
Black Friday Deal: $12/year, pre-paid
There's also a deal for a limited, three-month lock-in at $3/month. But it's a much worse deal than just paying $12 for a whole year.
NFL Sunday Ticket Black Friday Deal
Regular Price: $28/month
Deal Until Dec. 1: $12/month, for four months
Boy, football is expensive. But this deal makes it a lot less expensive!