RANDOM TV TIME

A television set that plays random public video from the Internet Archive. Switch it on and see whatever comes on. Seventeen channels on Android: the sets (Default, Cartoons, Silent Pictures, Classic Films, Film Noir, Cable TV), a set for each decade from the 1950s to the 1990s, and Commercials, News and Newsreels, Old Sports, Game Shows, Public Access and Home Movies, and Late Night. No accounts, no cookies, no ads.

Watch in your browser

Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac (Safari), on Windows and Android (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) and on any smart TV with a browser, with all seventeen channels and each decade drawn as a set of its years. On an iPhone or iPad, open it in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and it opens full screen like an app.

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Android app

The full set for Android phones and tablets: all seventeen channels, each decade drawn as a television of its years, and every knob (looks, screen size, sleep timer, picture in picture and more). Version 3.2.9. Get it from Google Play, which keeps it up to date for you.

Get it on Google Play

For Android TV, Fire TV, or a device without Google Play, install the same app directly from this file (389 KB):

Download RandomTVTime.apk
  1. Open this page on the Android device and tap Download. If the browser warns that the file could be harmful, keep it; that warning appears for every app installed from a file instead of the store.
  2. Open the downloaded file. When asked, allow installs from this source.
  3. Tap Install, then open RANDOM TV TIME from the home screen.
  4. On Android TV or Fire TV, enable installs from unknown sources in the TV's settings, then install the free Downloader app and give it this page's address, or send the file from a phone with Send Files to TV.

Requires Android 7.0 or later. Installing a newer version over an older one keeps your settings and saved channels.