How To Watch The 2024 Republican National Convention: Networks, Channels & Streaming (2024)

Dessi Gomez

July 12, 2024 at 10:42 p.m.·4 min read

How To Watch The 2024 Republican National Convention: Networks, Channels & Streaming (1)

This year’s Republican National Convention will take place in Milwaukee, WI ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago in August. The RNC summit has been overseen by Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley and Chairwoman of the Committee on Arrangements Anne Hathaway for the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Amid Biden and Trump’s second showdown in a presidential election, eyes will be on both the RNC and DNC, which serve as the forums to officially nominate each party’s presidential candidate.

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Here’s what the networks and streamers have planned for the 2024 Republican National Convention:

When is the 2024 Republican National Convention?

The RNC this year will take place from July 15-18.

How can I watch the 2024 Republican National Convention? Is it streaming?

Several networks are offering coverage.

ABC News will cover the RNC for an hour per day on ABC, which plans primetime coverage from 10-11 p.m. ET. ABC News Live will have primetime coverage streaming from 7-midnight ET. Hulu will have live reports available all day. The ABC App, ABC.com and Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV are other ways to access ABC’s coverage.

David Muir, World News Tonight anchor and managing editor, will lead coverage along with ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis. The pair will report on each of the four nights of the RNC from 9-10 p.m. ET on ABC News Live.

C-SPAN will offer coverage from the network channel, C-SPAN.org and the C-SPAN Now App, presenting uninterrupted coverage of the event starting Sunday. Pre- and post-convention coverage will be hosted by Susan Swan and Greta Brawner from within the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. C-SPAN’s call-in programWashington Journalwill also be live on site — from 7-10 a.m. ET on Sunday and from 7-11 a.m. ET Monday-Thursday.

CBS’ multiplatform coverage, titled “America Decides: Campaign ’24,” will cover the convention all four days. Journalists Norah O’Donnell, Tony Dokoupil, John Dickerson, Margaret Brennan, Wija Jiang and more will be involved. Primetime coverage runs from 8-11 p.m. ET. CBS News digital platforms like CBSNews.com, the CBS News app and CBS News social channels will also have coverage streaming. Coverage of the Republican National Convention will stream everywhere CBS News 24/7 is distributed, including Paramount+ and Pluto TV.

CNN‘s comprehensive coverage will begin Sunday, July 19, with anchor Jake Tapper hosting State of the Union at 9 a.m. ET from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. There will also be special editions of Erin Burnette OutFront, Anderson Cooper 360, The Source with Kaitlan Collins, NewsNight with Abby Phillip and Laura Coates Live.

The CNN-POLITICO Grill will showcase parts live from the convention. Coverage will be available at CNN.com/RNC, via livestream with a cable log-in viaCNN.com, CNN connected TV and mobile apps where available, CNN International, CNN en Español and on CNN Max for Max subscribers.

Fox News will also present coverage in a five-day marathon, beginning Sunday with Shannon Bream anchoring live coverage on Fox Network. From 12-2 p.m. ET/PT on FNC, Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino will anchorAmerica’s Newsroom, followed byThe Story with Martha MacCallum at 3 ET,America Reportswith John Roberts and Sandra Smith from 4-6 ETand Bret Baier’sSpecial Report at 6 ET.The Ingraham Angle,Jesse Watters Primetime andHannity will broadcast live at 7 ET, 8 ET and 9 ET, respectively. For the other four days, the daily programming begins with Fox & Friends at 6 ET and leads into the nightly Fox News Democracy 2024: The Republican National Convention with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum at 10 ET.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will lead a two-hour primetime slot from 8-10 p.m. ET on Tuesday featuring guests Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid, Ari Melber, Chris Hayes, Alex Wagner, Lawrence O’Donnell,Stephanie Ruhle andJen Psaki. Maddow will also lead extended special coverage on Wednesday and Thursday from 8-midnight ET. Coverage can also be accessed via MSNBC on YouTube, MSNBC.com and the MSNBC App.

NBC News’ Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie will anchor “Decision 2024” coverage of the convention from 10-11 p.m. ET Monday and Tuesday on NBC and NBC News now. They will also anchor special coverage from Milwaukee from 9-11 p.m. ET on Wednesday and Thursday. Coverage will also be streamed via NBC News Now and NBCNews.com

NewsNation’s schedule includes Leland Vittert hosting The Hill coverage on Sunday from 10-11 a.m. ET. “Decision Desk 2024: The Republican National Convention” coverage takes over Wednesday and Thursday from 7-midnight ET with co-anchors including Chris Cuomo, Elizabeth Vargasand Dan Abrams along with Vittert. NewsNationNow.com and the NewsNation app will feature live coverage from the 2024 RNC, as well as Hill.com.

PBS News will have coverage via THIRTEEN. PBS News Hour’s Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett will co-anchor the three-hour broadcasts on each of the four days from 8-11 p.m. ET.

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