Season 8 is available for streaming through the following services:     (revised 01/13/2025):

 
 
 

USA

 
 
Plex TV and Amazon Prime Video and discovery+
(SD from early distribution prints)
 

• Availability:
  Since 12/01/2024, seasons 1 through 9 have been available for Amazon Prime Video subscribers for viewing; since 12/15/2024 also on discovery+.
  Free streaming through Plex TV has been available since 08/30/2024.
  Free watching on Amazon Freevee was offered between 03/01/2022 and 03/01/2024.
  The services are exclusively available for people with a U.S. IP address and a residential address in the U.S. Due to geo-blocking, streaming is not available for customers outside the U.S.
 

• Picture and Sound Quality:
  The quality is much better than in TV airings, but varies from episode to episode. No picture remastering was applied, so the picture quality is not as good as the season 3 DVD release.
  
 

• Edited Parts:
  None. All season 8 episodes are unedited.
  
 

• Additional Footage:
  
  • All season 8 episodes contain the sneak preview for each following episode (between act 4 and the end credits), introduced by announcer MARK WALLENGREN: "Next on 'Falcon Crest'". Although the footage of the preview is identical with the one presented in the teaser before the main title of the following episode, the music score is different.
    
  • Textless Elements:
    After # 192 <8.09> ends, a card with the production number, a post-production date and the keyword "textless elements" is shown.
    It is followed by the main title without any superimposed lettering on film except the show's title. After that, all the scenes that usually include superimposed credits are shown without the credits. All these segments have no audio. They were apparently prepared for foreign distribution, so the channels and networks outside the U.S. could add translated credits in their respective languages if needed and replace the usual segments with these parts.
    When you compare the usual main title and this version without the names, you will also see that JANE WYMAN's picture frame is in a slightly different position, more towards the top of the frame.
     
    

Canada

Since 01/13/2025, free streaming has been available through Plex TV.
For details, refer to the USA section concerning Plex TV.