# If you don't subscribe to HBO, but are an Amazon Prime member...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 23, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770 "2014-04-23T14:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/21 "2014-04-23T19:30:24Z")

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What about Fraggle Rock?

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**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/22 "2014-04-23T19:35:04Z")

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Awesome 🙂  
Thanks for sharing the news.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/23 "2014-04-23T22:34:42Z")

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> [@Sattua](#):
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> _shrugs_ Most of that is on Netflix. Amazon Prime still hasn’t come up with anything that entices me to invest in a new box.

_None_ of that is on Netflix streaming.

The only premium cable show I know of that is on Netflix is Showtime’s **Dexter**.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/24 "2014-04-23T22:37:10Z")

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> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> _None_ of that is on Netflix streaming.
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> The only premium cable show I know of that is on Netflix is Showtime’s **Dexter**.

Spartacus was, don’t think it still is.

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**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/25 "2014-04-23T23:47:30Z")

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It isn’t. But The Tudors and The Borgias (both Showtime) are on Netflix streaming.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/26 "2014-04-24T02:43:05Z")

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Queer as Folk (Showtime) has been on Netflix streaming the past 3 months or so. They’re the full unedited episodes, not the ones Logo network had a couple years ago.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-subscribe-to-hbo-but-are-an-amazon-prime-member/686770/27 "2014-04-26T01:16:41Z")

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> [@ISiddiqui](#):
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> It isn’t. But The Tudors and The Borgias (both Showtime) are on Netflix streaming.

And Weeds.

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