The Smurfs

The Smurfs channel leans hard on its namesake, you'll find daily blocks of the 1980s cartoon, the 2011 CGI film, and the new animated series. It's a narrow library. If you're not here for blue forest creatures, there's little else. But for fans, the curation is thoughtful: episodes are grouped by season, not shuffled at random, and the ads are minimal enough that you don't lose the rhythm. That's rare for a general TV channel in the United States. The channel also sneaks in some vintage Hanna-Barbera shorts and oddball specials from the Smurfs' holiday catalog. It's nostalgia programming done with restraint. You can tune in any hour and catch a story that feels timeless. To watch The Smurfs online, you'll want the Tvivu stream, the broadcast quality is solid and the schedule repeats often enough that you'll find your favorite episode within a week. The Smurfs live is the whole pitch, and it's delivered without apology.