What you need to know
- The first episode of the Halo TV series aired on March 24, 2022.
- You can now watch the series premiere for free on YouTube if you're in the United States.
- To watch the rest of the show, you'll need a subscription to Paramount Plus.
The Halo TV series premiere set viewership records on Paramount Plus. While you'll need a subscription to the streaming service to watch the entire of the show, you can now watch the first episode of the series for free on YouTube. Paramount Plus put the entire episode on its official YouTube channel, though you have to be in the United States to watch it.
This strategy is common in the streaming industry. Companies will frequently place the initial episode of a show online for free with the aim of convincing people to subscribe to a service to watch the rest of a series. CBS All Access, which has since been rebranded as Paramount Plus, used the same strategy with the Star Trek: Picard series.
The series premiere of the Halo TV series received mixed reviews, but its scores have crept up since it aired. The show once had a 61% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it now has a score of 70%. The IMDb rating for the first episode has hovered around 7.6.
If you're an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you can get a month of Paramount Plus for free. Our guide on how to watch the Halo TV series can help you out if you're in a region that doesn't have Paramount Plus.
Paramount+ offers its subscribers access to countless TV shows and movies, including exclusive shows like the Halo TV series and Star Trek: Picard. It's available via the Paramount website, with apps also offered on iOS, Android, and popular TV app stores.
