How to watch the 1st presidential debate

The presidential debate stage.
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President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face off Tuesday at for the first presidential debate of the 2020 election.

Every major network will air the debate at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT — you can find it on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN, MSNBC or C-Span. It'll also stream live on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, as well as networks' and news outlets' YouTube channels; Searching for the presidential debate on these platforms should bring it up. On streaming devices, the Roku Channel, YouTube TV, Sling TV, fuboTV, and Hulu+ will show the debates, as will CNN and other news networks' apps.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.