This cable challenged person was happy to see it was going to broadcast over the air.

his favorite channel, an independent television station, will be broadcasting a Western movie during the debate. A Randolph Scott film, I believe.

But I'm not.

I do hope Hill takes a folding chair to Donnie's head.

TV Channels – Each debate will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as all cable news channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC among others.


Read more at http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-presidential-debate-schedule/#ZAmgzZ228EoSZvSV.99

-JB

Very useful information!

So now I have to choose which one to watch.

Perhaps you can recommend a wine best served with orange meat? I personally don't care for either.

for the orange meat

cannot stand listening to and looking at t-rump. I will come here and read through the posts instead. That way I will not throw anything at my TV.

I generally don't throw things, but I do often yell!

I went to titantv.com which doesn't show any listings for the debate on Monday. But was listening to my local CBS affiliate and they said we will be able to watch it right here on channel 3. My guess is that it will be covered by ABC,CBS,NBC and PBS. The later is our usual choice.

There's lots of info there.



I too hope PBS covers it. I prefer their coverage too.

I prefer to watch the debate without listening to what the television pundit commentators have to say.

At least for a day (or several hours).

I find that it helps me to make my own perceptions of what I have seen, before listening to any of the bloviating.

To achieve this, C-SPAN is my choice.

I may do that. I haven't decided yet. If PBS covers it, I'll watch them, as I do like their people.

Strangely enough, from Australia I can watch C-SPAN live but if I use my VPN thru a US server I'm told to log in with a cable provider!

and I'm honestly stunned and a bit appalled that all of the networks are carrying it. Really? Talk about group-think.

I see it as getting needed information out to the voters.

Of course, nobody has to watch--that is your right.

But for those of us who do want to, it's great that there are so many choices.

Choice is the issue, as I see it. Choice as to who to watch, and who to vote for.

Clearly there is a lot of room here for reasonable people to disagree. And yes, I have many alternate choices of entertainment that evening.

But it's reminding me a bit how the networks will go, en masse, to wall-to-wall coverage of such things as, oh, the death of Michael Jackson. A slow chase of a bronco. Various other things, I'm probably not fully aware of as I don't have a TV myself, and so fortunately miss out on these things.

People wonder why so many Americans are so ill-informed. It's not that they all watch Fox News, because they don't. But it is, at least in some part, because they mistakenly think that American news media covers important stories appropriately. Which it doesn't.

Of course, the essential thing is that they are all chasing ratings, and whoever is making the decision is terrified that if they stick with whatever their regular programming is that night, will lose out.

Oh, and isn't there normally a Monday Night Football Game? Will that not be broadcast?

Not that I'd be watching the game, but I'm still curious.

all the networks combined?

I'll be interested in seeing the numbers.

Personally, I don't feel I learn anything worthwhile from the debates. Others no doubt disagree. Also, for me, I won't be willing to listen to Trump bloviate and tell lies, and I'll be able to see various excerpts on-line later on if I wish.

is not an indicator of an audience who cares about nuance, who is even remotely aware of much of anything outside of their own personal lives, that of various celebrities, and sports figures.

People often watch TV in lieu of reading books, discussing ideas in any depth, or trying to make the world an even slightly better place.

Here on DU I do often see real discussions of ideas, but even here it can be disheartening to see how many people fall prey to misinformation.

a SuperBowl sized one. About 80 million watched, and considering how many networks were carrying it, meaning people didn't have as many alternatives as they would on a SuperBowl Sunday, it's not as impressive as it sounds.

It's like car chases.

yes INDEED

Clutching my pearls!!! LOL

and cable news network, including C-SPAN and PBS.

I believe Bloomberg will be working with Twitter to stream it.

I will record it, but not watch it live. Instead I will monitor DU for the blow by blow

because some of the other networks sometimes show other crap while the debate is happening. like how their panel of attention seekers are feeling based on some button or something they press while watching .

at a local French restaurant--The Kitchen--and thus won't be tempted to watch the debate.