If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.

The 2024 Republican National Convention kicked off Monday, where former President Donald Trump is expected to formally accept his nomination as the GOP’s presidential candidate. The event began just days after Trump survived an assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania.

Quick Answers: How to Watch RNC Online

Tonight (Thursday), Trump will take to the stage to officially accept the Republican nomination. Trump’s family — including wife Melania and son Eric — will address the crowd before the former president.

If you’re looking to watch the RNC, read on. Here’s a quick guide on how to watch the RNC on TV and where to livestream the RNC online without cable.

How to Watch Trump Speech RNC 2024

Live TV coverage of the 2024 RNC is spread out across several TV channels including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News.

If you’re watching the RNC without cable, you have a few options. The best is to get a live TV streaming service that carries all the above channels, such as DirecTV Stream or fubo. These services will let you stream RNC coverage online, and both offer free trials that you can use to watch the RNC for free. DirecTV Stream’s free trial lasts five days, and fubo’s lasts seven.

Max, Hulu, and Peacock will all have RNC livestreams as well. Max will simulcast CNN coverage, while Peacock will have NBC coverage including Decision 2024 with Savannah Guthrie and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

When Is the RNC? 2024 Dates

The 2024 RNC started on Monday, July 15, and runs through Thursday, July 18. Trump’s Thursday speech will likely take place sometime after 10 p.m. ET.

RNC 2024 Location, Speakers, Trump Attendance

The RNC is taking place primarily at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee.

Top GOP politicians will be in attendance, with speeches from former presidential candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, current House Speaker Mike Johnson, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Some Republican news figures in attendance including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Celebrities like former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and UFC President Dana White are also scheduled to speak at the event.

On Monday at the convention, Trump announced that Ohio Senator J.D. Vance will be his running mate.

Trump’s speech tonight to accept the GOP nomination will be very different from the one he had planned prior to the attempt on his life. “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” he told the Washington Examiner. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now. It is a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance.”