How to Watch the Oscars 2024: Live Stream, TV & More
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It's heeereeeee. Hollywood's biggest night has finally arrived, and you do not want to miss a thing. Find out how to watch the Oscars 2024 with this complete guide — keep scrolling to learn everything you need to know about tuning in live.
The 96th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live tonight, Sunday, March 10, 2024, and start at an earlier time than usual, one whole hour before its typical kickoff time. You can thank Quinta Brunson for that: immediately following the Oscars, ABC will air a brand new episode of Abbott Elementary (which was recently renewed for season 4).
The nominees for this year's Academy Awards were announced back in late January, and include entertainers like Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, America Ferrera, and Lily Gladstone; directors like Christopher Nolan, Justine Triet, Martin Scorsese, and Yorgos Lanthimos; and films like Past Lives, Poor Things, The Holdovers, May December, American Fiction, Barbie and Oppenheimer, and Anatomy of a Fall.
The 96th edition of the annual awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Below, find out how to watch the Oscars 2024 live, via streaming or cable TV, as well as the presenters, performers, and red carpet hosts.
Who is hosting and presenting at the 2024 Oscars?Getty Images
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel will host this year's ceremony, his fourth time hosting the Oscars. In mid-February Kimmel filmed a nearly five-minute-long Barbie-inspired Oscars promo that featured Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, and Ryan Gosling in a fun (sort of) reprisal of their roles.
Presenters for this year's Oscars include Zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor-Joy, John Mulaney, Bad Bunny, Dwayne Johnson, Melissa McCarthy, Catherine O’Hara, and Michael Keaton; 2023 winners Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis; past Oscar winners Regina King, Lupita Nyong’o, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Nicolas Cage, Ben Kingsley, Tim Robbins, Octavia Spencer, Steven Spielberg, Forest Whitaker, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, Al Pacino, and Sam Rockwell; Barbie costars Kate McKinnon and Issa Rae; Poor Things star Ramy Youssef; Wicked costars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo; and current nominees Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, and Emily Blunt.
Who is performing at the 2024 Oscars?As is tradition, Best Original Song nominees will take the Oscars stage to perform live renditions of their nominated records. This means you can look forward to Billie Eilish and Finneas performing “What Was I Made For?” (from Barbie); Becky G performing “The Fire Inside” (Flamin' Hot); Jon Batiste performing “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony); Scott George and the Osage singers performing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” (Killers of the Flower Moon); and, of course, Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson's highly anticipated performance of “I'm Just Ken” (Barbie).
How can I watch the 2024 Oscars?Watch on ABC
The 96th Academy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on ABC on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. (You can find your local ABC station here.)
Stream Online Through a Cable Provider
Using your cable provider login information, you will also be able to stream the 2024 Oscars from the ABC app or abc.com.
Stream on Many Different Platforms
You can stream the 2024 Oscars and tune in live by using one of the many streaming services available: Hulu+ with Live TV, YouTube TV, fuboTV, Sling TV, etc. (Cough, cough: Hulu offers a free, one-week trial, as does other platforms like fuboTV and YouTube TV.)
Watch the Red Carpet
The official Oscars pre-show, titled The Oscars Red Carpet Show, will be 30 minutes long and lead into the live broadcast on ABC, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT. The pre-show will be hosted by Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens — this will be Hudgens' third year in a row hosting the red carpet event. (Hudgens and Kimmel are basically Oscars staples at this point.)
Live From E!: The Oscars will also be airing on E! starting at 4:00 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. The red carpet show will be hosted by Laverne Cox and feature commentary from designer Christian Siriano, Roberts Rassi, Zuri Hall, and comedian Heather McMahan.
The Oscars 2024 will commence on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. ET.
