Well, it's finally here, the first (in what's likely to be a lot more) political debate of the 2016 presidential election is going down tonight in Cleveland. It'll be between those who've declared their candidacy for the Republic nomination and air exclusively on conservative cable news bastion Fox News.

Actually, because so many presidential hopefuls are angling to for the GOP ticket (in total there are 17 candidates), there will be TWO debates. The main debate will be between the top ten candidates, who are Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich, and will be moderated/grilled by Fox News’ Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. The other candidates, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore, will be featured in an earlier debate at 5 p.m.

The big question question of the night will be if New York mogul and reality show star Donald Trump can continue his domination of the Republican nomination race, which he's been leading since his controversial speech when he announced his candidacy. So Trump supporters and haters will be tuning to see just how the Donald does.

Watch The First GOP Debate Live Online Or Via Mobile/Streaming Devices


Viewers who want to tune in without a TV have a pretty much only one option: They can watch a live stream of the debate via on to Foxnews.com, for which you'll need to have a cable subscription and share your info to watch.

For mobile devices, viewers can download the FoxNews App, which they'll also need a cable subscription to use. It's available for both Apple and Android devices, as well as Roku and Xbox 360.

Sorry, cable-cutters who want to stay up on American politics, it looks like you'll have to resort to following along in social media posts and catch up with after-the fact rundowns of the debate.

The first 2015 Republican debate airs live at 9 p.m. EDT/ 8 p.m. CDT tonight, August 6.

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