How to Add Channels to Pluto TV

In 2020, TV has all but moved to the internet. With numerous streaming services wanting a cut of the traditional cable TV user base, competition is high. Pluto TV is no exception. The main benefit of Pluto TV is that it’s an entirely free, ad-supported streaming service with hundreds of channels to watch, without even needing an account.

With all the benefits of streaming TV services, users want to expand their channel repertoire and watch the content they prefer. In this article, we’ll focus on Pluto TV’s channel lists and what you can do to improve them.

How to Add Channels to Pluto TV

Unfortunately, while Pluto TV offers a vast number of channels to watch, there is no way for a user to add a channel to their viewing list. Pluto TV doesn’t have additional subscription methods that allow for more channel options.

When you go to your Pluto TV, whether on your browser, mobile device, smart TV, or streaming device, clicking the Live TV option will bring you the channel list. While this list is expansive, you can only filter it by genre.

Pluto TV has a substantial amount of new content to watch, especially news channels.

In that regard, Pluto TV is like a cable service, but with a fixed package. You’re stuck with their basic channel library, but there’s still plenty of channels to watch for free.

How to Add Local Channels to Pluto TV

While Pluto TV works similarly to a cable TV service online, it has a smaller number of local channels to choose from. These work in only specific areas and cities and are mostly local CBS news channels.

You will have much better luck hooking up your Roku TV with local channels than adding them to Pluto TV. Users were previously able to see local channels on their Roku TV, integrated with other live TV channels and services, but this feature has been removed.

If you want to get some local channels on Pluto TV regardless of your region, you’ll need to use a VPN. With a VPN service, you’ll be able to set your location to the intended region and hopefully trick Pluto TV’s channel guide into providing you with local channels for that region, if they exist.

How to Add Favorite Channels on Pluto TV

While you can’t add channels to Pluto TV, you have access to some basic customization options on the channel list. All you have to do to get these customization options is to make a free account on Pluto TV.

Once you’ve made an account and logged in to Pluto TV from your device, follow these steps:

1. Go to MyPluto.
   
   
2. Select Edit Channels.
   
   
3. Click the heart next to the channel you want to set as your favorite.
   
   
4. Optional: To make searching through the expansive channel list easier, use the filtering feature. You can immediately jump to a particular category of live TV channels, such as news, entertainment, classic TV, or movies.
   
   

Alternatively, you can click on the eye next to the channel to hide it from your watch list. If the heart is red, it means the channel is already marked as a favorite. You can’t favorite a hidden channel or vice versa.

Additional FAQ

Does Pluto TV Have Adult Channels?

While Pluto TV has an expansive library of channels to choose from, there are no adult channels in its lineup. The closest you’ll get is the THC channel (aptly put as channel 420), for some marijuana-laden content. However, we’re sorry to disappoint, as some nudity on the THC channel is the closest you’ll get to actual adult content, and the THC channel itself has changed to Funny AF in late 2020.

What New Channels Are Coming to Pluto TV?

Pluto TV is always expanding its channel repertoire to serve a more varied userbase. On November 24th, Pluto TV is adding six more channels with popular old TV shows.

These include:

• Happy Days, the channel that will bring you three classic sitcoms: Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy.

• Wings, a 24/7 rebroadcast of the eponymous TV sitcom.

• Family Ties, a hugely popular sitcom of the 80s, broadcast exclusively on the channel.

• The Love Boat, a channel focused solely on the sailing adventures of the crew of S.S. Pacific Princess.

• Beverly Hillbillies, a channel dedicated to the 60s TV show that the newer generation might not even know about.

• Mission: Impossible, starring the 60s spy thriller classic all day and night.

Does Pluto TV have ESPN?

Unfortunately, Pluto TV doesn’t have ESPN coverage. Overall, Pluto TV lacks sports channel service, and the sports channels they offer usually rebroadcast older matches.

If you’re looking for live TV broadcasts of upcoming matches on Pluto TV, we’d recommend you look elsewhere.

How Do I Customize Channels on Pluto TV?

Unfortunately, there is no real way to customize your channel list on Pluto TV. Essentially, the only way to search through channels is to go through them manually to see what’s currently showing. You can browse using the filtering option to search for specific content, such as news or movies, but you’re still limited to watching live TV feeds.

There are some customization options available if you go to the on-demand section for movies and TV series. You can select which movies and shows you’ll like to watch later, and Pluto TV will show you these shows first the next time you open the on-demand section.

How Much Does Pluto TV Cost?

Pluto TV is completely free. You don’t even have to make an account for Pluto TV to start watching your favorite movies and TV shows online.

Pluto TV will instead show ads on its programs, similar to how regular cable TV puts ads in its shows.

What Channels Are on Pluto?

In 2020, Pluto has made an overhaul of what channels it offers in its lineup. The new channel list can be found below.

Movies

• 51 Pluto TV Spotlight

• 54 Action

• 57 Comedy

• 60 Drama

• 66 Fantastic

• 70 Romance

• 74 Thrillers

• 75 Horror

• 76 Terror

• 80 Black Cinema

• 91 Documentaries

• 95 80s Rewind

• 100 Paramount Movie Channel

• 103 CMT Westerns

• 106 Classic Movies

• 109 Cult Films

• 112 Flicks of Fury

• 115 The Asylum

Entertainment

• 130 TV Land Drama

• 135 Stories by AMC

• 140 Leverage

• 142 Baywatch

• 144 Degrassi

• 147 Pluto TV Love Stories

• 149 Pluto TV Suspense

• 150 Star Trek

• 151 SciFi

• 154 British TV

• 160 Judge Nosey

• 165 Deal or No Deal

• 167 Game Show Central

• 172 Demand Africa

• 174 Bet Star Pluto TV

• 175 Bet Star Her Pluto TV

• 178 MTV Pluto TV

• 182 CMT Pluto TV

• 187 Logo Pluto TV

• 190 ET Live

• 192 People TV

• 194 Awesomeness TV

• 197 Complex

News + Opinion

• 202 Pluto TV News

• 204 CBSN

• 206 CBSN New York

• 207 CBSN Los Angeles

• 209 CNN

• 212 NBC News

• 213 NBC News Now

• 217 WeatherNation

• 221 Sky News

• 224 Bloomberg Television

• 226 Cheddar

• 228 C Net

• 230 BNC

• 232 Top Stories by Newsy

• 234 Today

• 236 Newsmax TV

• 238 Blaze Live

• 240 America’s Voice

• 242 OAN Encore

• 244 The F1rst

• 246 TYT Network

Reality TV

• 275 Reality

• 276 Lives

• 277 Rescue 911

• 282 VH-1 I Love Reality

• 283 Love & Hip Hop

• 284 VH-1 Hip Hop Family

• 285 Black Ink Crew

• 290 Spike Pluto TV

• 291 Spike Outdoors

• 294 Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen Uncensored

• 296 Survivor

• 297 The Amazing Race

• 298 The Challenge

• 301 Fear Factor

• 303 American Gladiators

• 305 Wipeout

• 310 All Reality WE TV

• 315 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

• 320 Celebrity

• 330 MTV Dating

• 332 Drama Life

• 340 People are Awesome

Crime

• 350 Crime/Drama

• 355 CSI

• 365 True Crime

• 367 Cops

• 370 Forensic Files

• 373 Cold Case Files

• 376 The New Detectives

• 379 Unsolved Mysteries

• 381 DOG the Bounty Hunter

• 385 Midsomer Murders

• 395 Court TV

Comedy

• 450 Funny AF

• 455 TV Land Sitcoms

• 458 Slightly Off by IFC

• 462 Laugh Out Loud! Network

• 465 Comedy Central Pluto TV

• 466 Comedy Central Stand-Up

• 468 Stand Up TV

• 470 Tosh.O

• 480 Wild’N Out

• 488 Mystery Science Theater 3000

• 489 Rifftrax

• 494 AFV TV

• 498 Failarmy

Classic TV

• 501 Classic TV Comedy

• 508 Three’s Company

• 511 The Addams Family

• 514 Johnny Carson TV

• 516 The Carol Burnett Show

• 520 Classic TV Drama

• 526 Western TV

• 529 The Rifleman

• 532 Doctor Who Classic

• 535 Dark Shadows

• 540 Buzzr

• 542 Shout Factory TV

• 548 Classic Toons

Home + DIY

• 601 Food TV

• 605 America’s Test Kitchen

• 612 Front Door

• 614 Dabl

• 615 Lively Place

• 618 This Old House

• 621 Antiques Roadshow UK

• 630 Pluto TV Best Life

• 632 Weddings

• 635 Cats 24/7

• 636 Dogs 24/7

• 637 The Pet Collective

• 643 Faith TV

• 644 TBN

• 647 AWE Encore

Explore

• 651 History

• 655 Military

• 660 Biography

• 663 Cars

• 666 Animals

• 669 Pluto TV Paranormal

• 672 Science

• 675 Adventure TV

• 678 Travel

• 681 Voyager Documentaries

• 687 Chassy

• 690 NASA TV

• 692 Nature Escape

• 694 Loupe

• 696 Slow TV

Sports

• 702 CBS Sports HQ

• 705 FOX Sports

• 708 NFL Channel

• 712 MLS

• 713 PGA Tour

• 725 Pluto TV Sports

• 726 Fight

• 730 Bellator MMA

• 734 Impact! Wrestling

• 736 Glory Kickboxing

• 740 Bein Sports Xtra

• 745 Fubo Sports Network

• 748 Stadium

• 752 Bigsky Conference

• 755 Pluto TV Backcountry

• 756 Pursuit UP

• 759 Pluto TV Action Sports

• 762 Red Bull TV

• 770 WPT

Gaming + Anime

• 801 Gamer

• 805 IGN

• 806 Gamespot

• 815 Minecraft TV

• 816 GamePlay Roblox

• 830 Anime All Day

• 836 Naruto

• 848 Tokushoutsu

Music

• 855 Live Music

• 868 MTV Block Party

• 869 MTV Spankin’ New

• 870 MTV Biggest Pop

• 873 YO!

• 890 Vevo Pop

• 898 Hillsong Channel

Latino

• 901 Pluto TV Cine Estelar

• 902 Cine

• 904 Cine Acción

• 905 Cine Terror

• 920 Nuestra Vision

• 925 The Walking Dead Español

• 933 Forensic Files en Español

• 936 Investiga

• 940 Telenovelas Clasicas

• 941 Novelas Romance

• 942 Novelas Drama

• 943 Novelas Thriller

• 944 Narco Novellas

• 950 Spike Aventura

• 953 Realities en Español

• 956 Cocina

• 959 Mundo

• 962 Naturaleza

• 965 MTV Latino

• 967 Comedy Central Latino

• 970 Combate World

• 971 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

Kids

• 976 Kids Animation

• 977 Nick Pluto TV

• 978 Nick Jr. Pluto TV

• 983 Totally Turtles

• 985 Dora TV

• 989 KIDS

• 991 Tween

• 993 Pocket Watch

• 995 Little Baby Bum

• 997 Nick Latino

• 998 Nick Jr. Latino

Pluto TV Overview

If you enjoy watching cable TV and old TV shows, Pluto TV may be your perfect solution for a free streaming live TV service. With hundreds of TV channels and popular old TV shows on repeat, there’s something for everyone.

What channels do you prefer to watch on Pluto TV? Let us know in the comments section below.