TLC GO - Stream Live TV Reviews

by #JustWantToWatchT.V.

TLCGO doesn’t work at all and if it does it stink because of so many commercials. On tv when there’s a break it’s like three or four short commercials, but it’s like six or seven commercials in TLCGO and there constantly coming up. Also for some reason when TLCGO literally breaks down I can open TLCGO to the logo screen and then TLCGO just freezes there and does not let me into the main use for TLCGO . Usually how I fix this is I have to delete TLCGO and redownload TLCGO which only takes a couple of seconds, but it’s not even really worth it because 10 minutes later you either get tired of commercials or it breaks down again. I suggest that TLC GO! app needs some major improvement and issues worked out because I’ve never seen an app so buggy in my life. Even the free game apps aren’t this bad. Whoever designed TLCGO and is maintaining it if they are should probably be fired because there doing a terrible job. TLC please fix TLCGO because it’s terrible.

by Suchacritic

I had originally connected my direct TV information into TLCGO and it was working well overall. The shows do have some glitch issues though that often cause you to have to start the episode over and then go through SO MANY COMMERCIALS to try and get back to where you left off. But at least I got to watch the shows.

Somehow it lost my Direct TV account info and now when I try to access an episode or to go into settings to try and reconnect it, the “processing” circle comes up for a moment and then just goes away. It never allows me to reconnect my account. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no change. So now I can’t really watch anything, even though I should be able to!!

Also, it never seems to be able to keep my personal settings. I added a number of shows into my favorites category, but after a day or so, they’re not there anymore. I went back in and added them again only to have them all disappear again. It also fails to show the “watched next” stuff either. So frustrating!!

And yes....so many commercials!!!! I don’t mind some, but DANG! And they’ll repeat the same commercial multiple times. Come on...

Really such a glitchy, glitchy app. I don’t understand why they can’t get it to run smoothly. If they did, I would definitely give it 4-5 stars! But as is, it is often not even functional.

by Beccamv23

TLCGO is terrible. I’ve been using it for a few weeks by signing in through my tv provider and after a few days it will tell me I can’t watch episodes because I need to be signed in with my TV provider. But I’m already signed in! Logging out and logging back in doesn’t help. The only way to resolve is by uninstalling and reinstalling TLCGO , but in 2 weeks I’ve held to uninstall TLCGO 4 different times.

When TLCGO does work, it’s still really annoying. If you stop mid episode it doesn’t always allow you to pick up where you left off (there’s a “continue watching” section that *should* let you pick up where you left off, but it only works about 50% of the time) so I need to fast forward and then TLCGO makes me watch 10 minutes worth of commercials while I try to fast forward through the episode to get to my most recent spot.

by Allnamesaretaken010203

I love catching up on my 90 Day Fiancée shows and I totally understand that TLC needs to pay for content and I have to watch commercials BUT there are literally commercials every few minutes. Rarely, it’s a reasonable 3-4 but often it’s 10, 11, 12. Yes, TWELVE in one break. And for extra fun, sometimes they repeat. Not to mention that sometimes you need to search for where you left off because TLCGO crashed or for some reason puts you in a wrong place and every time you try to fast forward or rewind, you guessed it, commercials... It’s obscene. Stop it TLC. No other provider does this. It would be useful to also be able to download episodes to be able to watch on the train or other places where signal or WiFi is spotty or unavailable but TLCGO doesn’t allow it. I would imagine that it’s because they can’t control the commercials and it would get in the way of their plan to slowly drive their audience mad.

by BRIDE2BE2021

When I decided to cancel my cable service I thought TLCGO would be the best solution to getting my say yes to the dress fix. It is far from it actually a lot of the episodes aren’t even unlocked for my viewing, I had then decided a better option would be to download the season from iTunes which is a much better solution. But now as far as I am seeing, season 16 will not be available to me and I am not going to be able to view the show the way I want to for quite some time since TLC does not want to unlock the show for up to date viewing. Normally with iTunes it is normally available to view within a few hours of the air time now I’m going to have to probably wait weeks since most of season 13-15 is not available on TLCGO for my viewing pleasure. Hopefully the show will pop up on iTunes but I’m not holding my breath since TLC wants to force us to use TLCGO or some form of tv service.

by Molson125

Honestly, I expected a lot more from TLCGO. The idea is great and I really do love the fact that I can catch up on episodes of shows I missed. But TLCGO is too flawed for me to be able to use it effectively. It requires me to resign in to my tv provider every time I open TLCGO which is frustrating. Even after signing in sometimes it won’t let me watch episodes I’m usually able to watch because they’re “locked”. When I click on them to see why they’re locked, it says it’s because I’m not signed in even when I am!! Then once I’m finally able to watch episodes, they will often skip. Meaning, I’ll start watching the beginning of an episode and out of nowhere it’s skips to the end! This is so frustrating because when I try to rewind it back to the beginning, TLCGO glitches and then will shut down. These are only a few of the problems I’ve encountered, trust me there are a lot more. I truly love TLC, and wish they would put more time into working out these bugs so I can properly enjoy TLCGO and episodes I miss.

by Aeteeley

They need to bundle TLCGO with discovery+ for one price or have a version that doesn’t require you to watch a million commercials when you pay for cable.

1. It doesn’t recognize where you left off on a series even on the same device.
2. If you go to fast forward through an episode you watched on another device you have to watch a ridiculous amount of commercials. I literally watched 32 commercials just to get 30 minutes into an episode I had started on another device (on the same network). Then I was able to watch about 5 minutes before having to watch 8 MORE COMMERCIALS.
3. You can’t pause a show during a commercial.
4. I pay for discovery+ (and cable) but I need both apps to watch all spin-offs and new seasons.
5. Even though I pay for discovery+ I still have to watch a million commercials for it on TLCGO.
6. The episodes and series appear in reverse order and automatically defaults to the last episode of the most recent season.
7. It doesn’t recognize the last episode you watched so in the “continue to watch” section it isn’t even close to what you recently watched.

Edit: saying that you only have the same number of commercials as if the show was watched live doesn’t make it so. Plus, TLCGO doesn’t save the progress of a show on different devices so now you’re forced to watch the commercials multiple times.

by Britt.m.luc

I always get signed out of my xfifnityon TLCGO and have to re-sign in to my cable provider and it takes 20 minhutss or clicking around to get to unlock epidaodes. Last week it would close me out of TLCGO anytime I tried to click on an episode of 90 day fiancé. SoI tried other shows and the same thing was happening. What’s the deal? Why is TLCGO so buggy. It takes way too long for me to finally get an episode to play. Let alone the 6-8 commercials between every 5 minutes of the show and it’s the same commercials of all-state over and over and over again. Not happy at all with TLCGO but It’s one of the only ways I get to actually watch my shows.

I just got a response from the developer to try to uninstall and reinstall TLCGO . I have done this three times already, signed out and exited out fo TLCGO and went back in. It never did anything, it still was glitchy and kept signing me out every time I attempted to unlock an episode and sign in.

by JMB0803

i love that there are so many show options and that you can binge watch previous seasons, but the only time TLCGO works correctly is on my phone. if i try to use TLCGO on my firestick or roku it either immediately says there is an error and kicks me out or i am able to start watching an episode of something and shortly after it will show the error message. it is very very seldom that i am able to watch a full episode any place other than on my phone and i do not want to watch on my phone when i am home and could be watching on a bigger screen. after reading other reviews it seems these issues are not just happening to myself and have been this way for quite some time now. there are other apps like the syfy app for example which i have never encountered an issue with so i’m sure if syfy can figure it out, a bigger network such as tlc should be able to do the same.

by Kaylaasana

I love the shows and think the once I CAN access play well. However TLCGO itself doesn't function properly and features need work. I have tried to log into my cable subscription multiple times but it won't connect. It's not my credentials that are the problem, TLCGO accepts them and then immediately logs me out. I can only watch what is available to anyone which is frustrating. On top of that the episode will restart any time I exit out, it will not save my spot and begins from the beginning but marks that I've watched part of the episode. I also think that there should be more functions while playing an episode besides play/pause and to move the timer on the bottom to different parts of the episode. I recommend a forward/backward option and consider adding a 10sec back button like many other apps. I hope this helps! Would love to see TLCGO function better!

by Alex70460

I used to really enjoy TLCGO because I could watch the shows and all their seasons or at least most of them. I use to have issues with the commercials because there was so many but it was a minor sacrifice so I could catch up with everything. Now they’ve taken off most of the seasons of the shows that I am trying to watch currently. My only guess is because they’re with discovery+. I think it was a trashy decision, people who are already paying to watch TLC with their service providers now has to use a different app with extra fees in order to watch their shows. I think it was a horrible choice and is not fair to the people who’ve enjoyed TLCGO in the past. Worse yet is the fact that even though they do not have all the seasons for their shows they still have just as many commercials

by CassyGibson

If you’re going to start an episode and finish it in one sitting, you should be fine. But if you ever try to stop in the middle and expect to have your place held, forget it. Some of my episodes that I HAVE finished permanently have a random save spot on them (I can see the bar that normally should indicate being partially through the episode).

Sometimes the ads freeze or screw up the feed or something where none of the video controls work, the episode is playing and yet I still see “advertisement 1 of 4” written at the top of the screen and the loading wheel is right in the middle of my episode as if it’s trying to load more ads.

Like, does ANYONE QA TLCGO? You just put it out there? Didn’t even play an episode on it?? I’m losing my marbles over this.

by Not Completely Pleased

I hate that there are so many commercials and you cannot skip through them. Then if you let the commercials play and return to the show, it skips around to different parts. I exited TLCGO without closing because a commercial was on, and when I reentered TLCGO it has taken me back to the beginning of the show. When I tried to fast forward I had to watch two more sets of commercials before I was able to see the show and I have no idea which parts I may have fast forwarded past-because if I try to go back I have to watch 6-8 more commercials. It’s ridiculous. I have no issue with there being commercials, because on regular television there is also. I have an issue with the fact that this is an app and besides the fact that you can’t skip past them, they are the same commercials over and over.

by Hannie Jesus

I love TLC so much and lots of my favorite shows are on there! I love outdaughtered, I am Jazz, 7little johnstons, and my teen is pregnant and so am I, and many more. My problem with TLCGO is the commercials...there is commercials about every 5 minutes and each commercial break there is about 5-6 commercial, sometimes even 8-10! Also if i misheard something i will go back to see what they said and if what i wanted to hear was before the commercial, they will show me the part and then i will have to watch the 5-10 commercials all over again! I love TLCGO and I really hope they consider the problem with the obsessive amount of commercials.
Thank you,
User of TLC GO

by Jmarilyn713

There are plenty binge worthy shows on TLC but TLCGO needs some help. I don’t suffer from the commercial problem.. not sure why. I get 4-5 commercials ever so often, not the 8-12 some others say they get.

However... it continuously tells me “this program is for users who subscribe to TLC” WHILE my account is logged in.. and I do have TLC in my cable subscription. I’ll watch a few episodes in a row (I usually put something on my phone while I clean, cook dinner, etc) and then when the 3rd or 4th episode starts, I magically “don’t subscribe to TLC” and it won’t play.. I then have to log out and log in to be able to watch it. Super annoying.

Also - I watch with TLCGO on the fire stick as well. Yes, we have cable but I rarely use it lol we just use the apps and pick and choose what to watch when we want. So I go to pick up where I left off on a TLC show on my tv that I started on my phone - it’s never accurate. It’s always further behind than I really am or further ahead

by KrystalD

I find that typically when watching ads from any other channel’s app, you end up watching less commercials overall than you would when watching live TV. I would never have thought you could watch more ads in one episode than the program itself but TLC has managed to make that possible.

Specifically with their TLC go shows, in a 15 minute episode, be prepared to sit through EIGHT commercials after every three minutes of show. If you’re lucky, it’s only 7. But one of them is probably extra long so not really.

Also, can someone explain to me what the purpose is of having a “previously on” and “next time on” for a 15 minute episode? They upload them all at once. Are there really people watching one episode and coming back days later? Maybe only because they got annoyed by having upwards of FORTY commercials in an episode.

by ZeusAppollo

After reading the reviews for TLCGO...I really don’t understand others. I love TLCGO! I get to catch up on episodes of shows that I missed over the past several months or even a year. See, you do not subscribe to cable, dish, or have an antenna. We watch a lot of Redbox movies.

But, when I visit my family in PA, I can watch all of those stupid shows that are really useless television. No lessons learned, family values (already raised my children), or vulgar language. So, I really only have two shows that I watch on this app. They are: My Big Fat Fabulous Life, because I can relate to Whitney with being a large person at one time of my life. Plus, if I could get ahold of Todd, I would be telling him, “The world does not revolve around you and grow up!” The other show I like to watch is, “90 Day Fiancé “. Because people are ssooooo darn stupid to think that person you brought not our country is here for your love.....think again!! It is a rarity that the marriages really do work out.

As for the commercials, at least TLCGO lets you know how many commercials you will be having. Regular TV does not do that, and then you never know when to leave the room. Is their going to be another commercial or not, do I have time for a drink, etc. Plus, it is a free app....just be grateful for that! 🖥

by Mooooooooooolg

I’m very thankful for TLCGO being free and allowing me to catch up on my favorite shows as well as cast to my television. The only issue I have is regarding the commercials. I don’t mind having the commercials considering it’s a free app, my problem is that if I have to exit TLCGO or anything like that my progress into an episode isn’t saved. So, when you go back to finish watching it you have to try to slide through and find your spot and every time you do that it puts commercials on. I think TLCGO would be about perfect if there was a way for you spot to be saved in an episode or for it to disable commercials while trying to fast forward to where you left off.

by Kcooke521

I love TLC! Most of my favorite shows come on this channel. I love that there’s an app because I watch most of my shows on my phone while doing chores around the house.
There are two things I really dislike about TLCGO though. There are way too many commercials!! It is super annoying. I usually don’t finish an episode in one sitting because o get frustrated. Also there is an issue where sometimes it does not save my progress in a show. This becomes an issue because of the ads. As I’m trying to find where o left off o get stopped by ads. I use TLCGO enough that it would almost be better to have a paid no ad version. I hate saying that but the ads are really just that annoying plus they are always the same thing!

by CLBBR

I enjoy TLCGO, just way too many commercials. If/when I rewind I do not like that I have to re-watch the same 8 commercials, they should be skipped over and go straight into the show if they have already been played. It would be nice to have a 10 second rewind option so that doesn’t happen, or if I’m interrupted or have to stop watching and come back later and I rewind part of an episode, it would be nice to not have to watch the same commercials again to find your place in the show if you have to go backwards a segment or 2. It’s annoying and a big time waster. I understand the need for commercials, but there are a lot, and repeating in the same place commercials have already been played can be frustrating.

by AleighB

After signing in to my tv provider yesterday, I was able to watch two shows before it said I had to login to watch the content because it was only for paid cable subscriptions. However, it showed that I was still logged in. I had to log out and log back in. I was able two watch two more episodes between yesterday and today. But then it gave me the same messages before stating the 5th episode. I updated TLCGO hoping this would fix the issue. Now it’s telling me that I have to sign in to watch content, so I sign in and it takes me to the Discovery Channel site. When I go back to the TLC app, it says I’m not signed in. If I click the button to sign it, it’s says I’m already signed in and takes me back to the Discovery Channel site. I’ve tried deleting and downloading TLCGO , turning my phone off and on, nothing works.

by Bobbileighe

First of all.....great access to all the shows I would want to watch (& I only watch TLC on TLCGO ) No complaints there....BUT I hate TLCGO with a PASSION!!!!!!
Reasons TLCGO is horrible:
1. Excessive commercials. I understand and expect commercials while streaming cable TV but 5-7 commercials every 5-8 min is nuts!!!
2. You cannot close TLCGO (or switch from TV to iPad) and continue watching a show where you left off. Even though you're logged into both. You are forced to start from the beginning...which leads to the next reason...
3. When you are forced to start a show over, even after watching it for 50 minutes, yes, you can fast forward it. BUT..TLCGO forces you to stop at every commercial break and you have to watch the same 5-7 commercials again.
4. It doesn't automatically remember what shows you watch. For example, I'm currently binging 90 Day Fiance, when I sit down at the end of the day to watch more, first I have to search for the show within TLCGO . Then I have to try and remember what episode I was on. Tonight I couldn't remember. I sat thru over 20 min of commercials before I found the episode I was half way through.

Bottom line....if you can watch TLC programs through your cable subscription, just do that. Don't bother with TLCGO!!!

by Desw58

My only complaint used to be that you couldn’t pause streaming, because TLCGO would crash...and that was VERY annoying. But I got used to just closing TLCGO and reopening it when I was ready to continue.
Now, I think I am absolutely DONE with this...it’s not even worth free!
Never mind the constant little spinning circle showing me it may, or it may not actually ready itself, but after waiting MANY minutes, and sometimes having to clear it out and try again, just when I think I’m in, there’s that obnoxious little red key saying it’s only available to those who receive TLC! This sometimes even happens in those times I have to close it to pause it... as in... I was JUST watching your faulty app!
I’ve followed all the help suggestions time and time again, only to have to wait a few days for it to decide it’s going to work again.
Seriously, NOT WORTH FREE!

by Canahrwold

When I first downloaded TLCGO it was great. Besides all the freaking ads. Some are okay. But I swear I watch 5-8 ads at least 5 or 6 times watching a show. I’ve unfortunately gotten used to it at this point. But my next problem is that when I stop watching a show in the middle of it, I go back to watch it and I have to start it all over again because it NEVER saves it. And then when I try to go and remember where I left off, I have to watch a ton of more ads. It’s just annoying. Another problem I have is that I tried to watch on my computer but it doesn’t save any of my favorites or anything from my account. It’s just annoying that I can only watch it on my phone because that’s where all my shows are saved at.

by Blah Blah LlalalLlall

If you have tlc already as part of ur tv plan, TLCGO is great. It has almost all the episodes of shows and I love it so far. Entering your tv provider is free if you have tlc already. The commercials are a bit much. Then again, that’s how it is when you watch tv. And the commercials aren’t even that long so idk why people are complaining so much. I love TLCGO cause I’ve been looking all over for somewhere to watch Kate Plus 8 cause I love that show and I was so happy to see they had so many episodes. I highly recommend this for people. (The reason I took off a star is cause I’m not a fan of the commercials but they aren’t that bad)

by Kkitler

I love TLC! Most of my favorite shows come on this channel. I love that there’s an app because I watch most of my shows on my phone while doing chores around the house.
There are two things I really dislike about TLCGO though. There are way too many commercials!! It is super annoying. I usually don’t finish an episode in one sitting because o get frustrated. Also there is an issue where sometimes it does not save my progress in a show. This becomes an issue because of the ads. As I’m trying to find where o left off o get stopped by ads. I use TLCGO enough that it would almost be better to have a paid no ad version. I hate saying that but the ads are really just that annoying plus they are always the same thing!