‘Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall’: How to Watch the Lifetime Movie for Free Without Cable

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Robin Allen, best known by her rap moniker “The Lady of Rage,” portrays self-proclaimed psychic Miss Cleo in a new Lifetime movie premiering on Saturday (Aug. 10).

Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall follows the highs and lows of Miss Cleo, whose birth name was Youree Dell Harris. The Los Angeles native became a popular fixture during the late ’90s and early 2000s through her work with Psychic Friends Network, but her stardom came crashing down after the network was accused of scamming customers.

Shane Johnson, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Cocoa Brown, Dwayne Boyd, Towanda Braxton, Jaida Standberry, Marley Taylor, Amelia Young, Stevie Baggs Jr. and Leslie Black star in Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall, which is directed by Tim Reid and written by Camara Davis.

The movie is produced by Hillionaire Productions for Lifetime along with Jami McCoy-Lankford, Samone Norsworthy and Anthony Standberry. William J. Cone is a consulting producer, Ahmed Hussain and McCoy-Lankford serve as executive producers.

Keep reading for ways to watch the movie online for free.

How to Watch

Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall premieres at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime. To watch without cable, join DirecTV Stream or Philo for instant access to Lifetime and other cable channels, and a free trial when you sign up.

Philo is the most affordable streaming option among the two. Plans start at $28/month after a free trial for one week.

The streaming service features 80+ channels (Lifetime, MTV, BET, TLC, VH1, CMT, WEtv, A&E, ID, Travel Channel, OWN, AMC, Comedy Central, etc.) that you can watch live or stream on-demand. A subscription to Philo includes cloud DVR that can be stored for up to a year. 

DIRECTV Stream starts at $49.99 per month for a limited time. Stream 90+ live channels, including cable networks such as Lifetime, E!, Bravo, HGTV and MTV, as well as local channels like ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

For a limited time, new subscribers can save up $39 per month over three months with select DirecTV streaming plans.

Want more ways to watch? Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall will be available to stream on Prime Video a day after it airs on Lifetime.

Watch the trailer below.