--- title: How to Watch Tonight's Presidential Debate without Cable description: If you don't have a TV, there are a ton of options to stream tonight's presidential election debate, which starts at 9 p.m. ET, online for free. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-09-26T13:04:44.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:44:49.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Election 2016 - how to watch word_count: 253 canonical: https://money.com/presidential-election-debates-how-to-watch/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![162309_EM_STREAMDEBATE](https://img.money.com/2016/09/162309_em_streamdebate.jpg) *To watch the October 19 presidential debate, click here.* Tonight is the first head-to-head presidential debate of 2016, and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will square off on stage at Hofstra University, starting at 9 p.m. ET. The event will be simulcast by all the broadcast networks and several cable news stations -- ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, Univision, Telemundo, and C-SPAN. But if you don't have a TV there are a ton of options to stream the debate online (seriously -- you'll have to try to *not* watch the debate to miss it). Besides the networks, several media companies will be [livestreaming](http://www.debates.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=64&cntnt01origid=27&cntnt01detailtemplate=newspage&cntnt01returnid=80) the debate, including: Buzzfeed News, The Daily Caller, Huffington Post, PBS, Politico, Telemundo, *The Wall Street Journal*, and Yahoo. You can also livestream the event on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/), Hulu, and Twitter (warning: that's where all the journalists will be). [Sling TV](https://www.sling.com/), a subscription service, is offering a free seven-day trial to new users who want to watch the debate. Snapchat will cover the debate as a "Live Story," if you're into that, and YouTube is also [livestreaming the debate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=855Am6ovK7s&feature=youtu.be). ***Read Next:* [Here's How Much Advertisers Are Spending on Commercials for the Clinton-Trump Debate](https://money.com/presidential-election-debate-ad-costs/)** And if for some reason you thought to yourself, *The only way I'm tuning in for this thing is if I can watch it in virtual reality*, well, you're in luck: NBC has partnered with AltspaceVR to give you that option, [including](https://www.wired.com/2016/09/how-to-watch-the-presidential-debate/) a "virtual Al Roker." 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