Another school year vanishes.
Summer hits hard. And so does the “what’s on TV?” plague.
You know the sound. “Nothing to watch.” Or the teenage equivalent, “This show is for old people.” If your house looks anything like mine, the complaint track runs 24/7 once camp is over or rain traps you inside. You want peace. You don’t want a $150 cable bill that forces you to watch sports channels you ignore.
DIRECTV has a specific fix. It’s called MyKids. It’s a streaming-only genre pack. No satellite dish required. No bulky equipment gathering dust.
How It Works
It’s not a massive bundle.
It’s a focused stack of kid-centric channels. The idea is simple: strip away the noise. Keep only what they actually want.
The whole thing runs through the DIRECTV app. Smart TV, phone, tablet, Roku—it lives everywhere. The interface has a live TV guide too, which matters. Kids get a bit of autonomy picking shows instead of yelling for a remote control.
“It’s not about watching everything. It’s about having enough good options to shut up.”
The Cost Reality
Here is the good news. It is cheap. At first.
For two months you pay $14.99.
This is part of the “School’s Out” promo. That’s less than a family Starbucks run. But there is a catch. This rate applies from May 21 to June 16 only. Wait too long and the offer dies. After those initial two months the price jumps to $19.9 a month unless you cancel or adjust.
Is it worth it? For summer? Yes.
You can add MyCinema movie channels for another $10 a month if movies are the main event. Most won’t need to.
What You Actually Watch
The lineup is standard but effective. No obscure educational channels your kids ignore.
- Disney Channel
- Disney Jr.
- Disney XD
- Cartoon Network
- Nickelodeon
- Nick Jr.
- Nicktoons
- TeenNick
- Discovery Family
- Boomerang
- MeTV Toons
- LooLoo Kids
- BabyFirst
- Plus Disney+ included.
It covers toddlers to teens. TeenNick saves you from the preschool boredom if older kids join the couch session.
There is also an unlimited cloud DVR.
Record shows. Watch them later. Live TV sits next to on-demand content. One interface. One bill.
What People Are Saying
Parents like this approach.
One user wrote online: “Best idea DIRECTV ever came up with!”
Another dropped YouTube TV for this. “Right price. Just the channels I looked for. Left the other service. Very happy.”
A third noted the curation helps. “All the channels I need without the ones I hate.”
That is the core appeal. Curation beats volume. Volume just creates clutter.
The Verdict
Don’t wait until July. The promo window closes in mid-June. If you want the $15 price tag you need to move now.
Your kids probably don’t care about the math. They care that Rick and Morty or Bluey is available on tap. You care about silence.
The deal expires fast.
But honestly. Does streaming summer ever get any cheaper than this?
Check the dates. Sign up before the sun sets on May.
