How to watch 'Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills' online and on TV
Here's how to watch "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" from anywhere with a VPN — and potentially for free.
"Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" premieres on Tuesday, August 5 at 9 p.m. ET / PT (2 a.m. BST / 11 a.m. AEST Weds) and airs weekly.• U.S. — HBO / Max• U.K. — Sky/ Now (release date tbc)• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN risk-free
But it's not just because of all the "Tough to the core, that's what Buffalo is" (Head Coach Sean McDermott) and "We're going to do whatever we can to bring the Lombardi [trophy] back to Western New York" (Josh Allen) kind of soundbites that people love "Hard Knocks".
Executive producer Ken Rodgers has called it "a workplace drama" but what he means is that people get off on it watching multi-millionaires being treated like they're on chain gang and getting shouted at by stressed out coaches while they pop open a fresh one in their La-Z-Boy recliner and think about pizza.
Ready for some preseason prep with The Bills? Read on to find out how to watch "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" online and from anywhere.
Episodes of "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" go out on HBO at on Tuesdays, starting on August 5 at 9 p.m. ET / PT. The best way to watch is online is via its Max platform.
Max prices start at $9.99/month if you don't mind ads, going to $16.99/month for ad-free and $20.99/month if you want the option to watch content on up to four devices and in 4K. For even better value, you can pay for a whole year upfront and effectively get 12 months for the price of 10 on any of its tiers.
HBO can also be added to OTT streaming services such as Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.
Traveling outside the States? You'll need to use a VPN to unblock Max when abroad.
Max is no. 1 on our best streaming services list for its vast, high-quality library, including all of HBO's prestige series like "Game of Thrones", "The Last of Us" and "Succession", plus recent offerings among the best Max shows such as "Billy Joel: And So It Goes" and "House of the Dragon".
If "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" isn't airing where you're currently located, that doesn't mean you have to miss the show while you're away from home. With the right VPN (virtual private network), you can stream the show from wherever you are.
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Using a VPN is incredibly simple.
1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.
2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance, if you're visiting the U.K. and want to view a U.S. service, you'd select a U.S. server from the location list.
3. Sit back and enjoy the show. Head to your streaming service app — so Max, for example — and watch "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" online from wherever you are in the world.
There's currently no word on when "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" might air in Canada.
Americans on vacation in Canada will need one of the best VPNs to log in back home to catch the doc. We recommend NordVPN.
When "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" is released in the UK it will almost certainly end up on Sky and available to watch via the Sky Go app, which is available on smartphones, computers, games consoles and a host of TV streaming devices.
Not a Sky subscriber? Plans currently start from £26/month.
Alternatively, Sky content is also available to watch with a subscription to the broadcaster's pay-as-you-go service Now. Prices start from only £6.99/month.
Those on vacation away from the U.K. will need a good streaming VPN to log in back home to use Sky Go or Now as they will be geo-blocked when not at home. We recommend NordVPN.
DAZN with NFL Game Pass is also the most likely place for Aussie fans to find "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills" although there is no confirmation at the time of writing.
If you're an American viewer travelling Down Under you can use a VPN to log in back home and stream the sports doc as you normally would. We recommend NordVPN.
All episodes air on HBO and Max at 9 p.m. ET / PT (2 a.m. BST / 11 a.m. AEST Weds).
Episode 1: Tuesday, August 5
Episode 2: Tuesday, August 12
Episode 3: Tuesday, August 19
Episode 4: Tuesday, August 26
Episode 5: Tuesday, September 2
"Hard Knocks" will cover an entire NFC East division in-season - only the second time, after AFC North in 2024, that an entire division has been the focus. And what a division.
Alongside the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen, reigning league MVP at quarterback, will be the defending champions Philadelphia Eagles, world famous Dallas Cowboys plus the new era New York Giants and the Washington Commanders.
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