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Countdown to the Oscars! The 96th annual Academy Awards will return to ABC on Sunday (March 10).
Billie Eilish and Finneas, Becky G, Jon Batiste, Ryan Gosling, Scott George and Mark Ronson are set to perform at this year’s Oscars, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theater.
Ariana Grande, Melissa McCarthy, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Bad Bunny, Ryan Gosling are among the presenters.
Read on for ways for watch and stream the Oscars from anywhere.
Where to Watch the 2024 Oscars Online for Free
The Oscars will air at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC. If you don’t already have cable or satellite, there are lots of ways to watch and stream the Oscars from your TV, smartphone or laptop such as DirecTV Stream, Hulu and ABC.com (an antenna might also do the trick).
Join DirecTV Stream for just $69.99/month to enjoy local and cable channels such as ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, E!, Bravo, Food Network, ESPN, ESPN2, CNN, A&E, AMC, Freeform, FX, Lifetime, TCM, FS1, FS2 and more.
Hulu + Live TV ($76.99) lets you watch over 90 live channels including ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS in addition to cable channels and access to Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+.
If you already have Hulu, the Oscars will be available to stream on Monday (March 11). For those who haven’t joined yet, plans start at just $7.99 a month for Hulu’s ad-supported package and $17.99 a month to watch without commercials.
Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough will host The Oscars Red Carpet Show on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ABC. Ahead of the pre-show, ABC News will air Countdown to the Oscars: On the Red Carpet Live! Sunday, March 10, at 1-4 p.m. ET/10 a.m.-1 p.m PT. The pre-show coverage will also stream on ABC News Live starting at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
The red carpet special will be hosted by ABC’s Linsey Davis and Whit Johnson, alongside Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan. Additional coverage will be provided by ABC News correspondent Chris Connelly, ABC News contributors Kelley Carter and Mike Muse and Hollywood insiders, including Variety’s Clayton Davis and celebrity stylist Joe Zee.
More Ways to Watch & Stream the 2024 Oscars from Anywhere
Viewers can stream the 2024 Oscars live and on demand via Fubo TV, which offers a free trial for a week, plus hundreds of cable, network and sports channels starting at $59.99 (reg. $79.99).
With Fubo, you can stream over 100 channels including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, FX, TLC, ESPN, FS1, AMC, MSNBC and Nickelodeon; plus enjoy more than 1,000 hours of Cloud DVR and unlimited streaming on up to 10 devices.
Verizon Fios, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo and for those who want to watch the show internationally, Express VPN, gives you access to multiple streaming platforms and channels. The Oscars will also broadcast in over 200 countries.
The Oscars ASL (American Sign Language) livestream will be available on YouTube.
Oscar Nominees & Presenters
This year’s Oscar nominees include Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Lily Gladstone, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Cooper, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster, Coleman Domingo, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Robert Downey Jr., Annette Bening and Sandra Hüller.
The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Poor Things, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, American Fiction and The Zone are nominated for best picture.
Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie is nominated for best original song alongside “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot performed by Becky G (music by Diane Warren), Barbie‘s “I’m Just Ken” performed Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson (music by Ronson and Andrew Wyatt), American Symphony‘s “It Never Went Away” by Jon Baptiste and Dan Wilson, and Killers of the Flower Moon‘s “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” performed by Scott George and the Osage Singers.
Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brendan Fraser, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, and Sam Rockwell have also been announced as presenters at the 96th annual Oscars.
