Roku Adds 34 New Free Channels Featuring Beloved Classic TV Shows

The Roku Channel regularly adds new channels to the streaming service, which is available on all Roku devices. Even for such an incredibly dynamic platform, the recent addition of 34 new channels that are all dedicated to beloved TV shows from a variety of genres is remarkable.

What Free Channels Did Roku Just Add?

The Roku Channel is a streaming service that offers many different live channels that air content on a continuous loop. Cord Cutter News recently reported that Roku added 34 new channels dedicated to bringing several beloved and iconic shows to the service.

Here is the full list of Roku's new channels:

• Home Improvement

• Murder, She Wrote

• Bones

• Little House on the Prairie

• In the Heat of the Night

• Universal Westerns

• My Wife & Kids

• Leave It to Beaver

• The Goldbergs

• Heartland

• Saved by the Bell

• Unsolved Mysteries

• Stargate Atlantis

• Saturday Night Live Vault

• Doctor Who

• PBS Antiques Roadshow

• Rawhide

• The Tonight Show

• The Lone Ranger

• Baywatch

• The Joy of Painting

• Cheaters

• The Beverly Hillbillies

• Supermarket Sweep

• The Dick Van Dyke Show

• Lassie

• The Carol Burnett Show

• This Old House

• The Red Green Show

• Mystery Science Theater 3000

• That Girl

• Out California Way

• Grit Extra

• Emergency!

The newly added list of shows on The Roku Channel form a true nostalgia powerhouse as they represent the different eras of television history.

The black and white golden era of the medium is represented by shows like Lassie , Leave It to Beaver , Rawhide , The Dick Van Dyke Show , and The Carol Burnett Show . The best of television from the '70s and '80s is represented by shows like Little House on the Prairie , The Joy of Painting , Saved by the Bell , In the Heat of the Night , and Murder, She Wrote . More modern classics like Baywatch , Home Improvement , Stargate Atlantis , Bones , and Heartland represent the '90s and 2000s. Finally, The Goldbergs is the most recent offering, as it aired for 10 seasons from 2013 to 2023.

Between all of Roku's new channels, users have access to hundreds of hours of popular classic shows. That is in addition to the wide variety of other channels that were previously available on the service, which include some of the most beloved movies and TV shows of all time.

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This story was originally published by Men's Journal on May 2, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.