--- title: Republican Debate: How to Watch the Debate Online for Free description: Republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage Saturday night on CBS News in South Carolina. canonical: https://time.com/4219988/republican-debate-how-watch-online-cbs/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-13T14:00:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:00.060Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate Online og:description: CBS will stream the debate online starting at 9 p.m. og:url: https://time.com/4219988/republican-debate-how-watch-online-cbs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec6c9681da28ba4c/698879553c16395e1745b95d/republican-debate1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: GOP 2016 Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate Online twitter:description: CBS will stream the debate online starting at 9 p.m. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec6c9681da28ba4c/698879553c16395e1745b95d/republican-debate1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate Online (13 Feb 2016) > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidates participate during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate on Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C.Rainier Ehrhardt—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 13, 2016 2:00 PM UTC Republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage Saturday night in their first face-off since the [New Hampshire primary](http://time.com/4215052/new-hampshire-election-donald-trump-john-kasich/). CBS News will host the debate and stream it live from South Carolina. It is scheduled to run from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET. After Donald Trump won in New Hampshire, two of his fellow Republican candidates quickly dropped out: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina. The candidates who will take the stage alongside Trump on Saturday will be Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Dr. Ben Carson. Saturday’s debate will be moderated by _Face the Nation_ anchor John Dickerson, CBS White House correspondent Major Garrett and the Wall Street _Journal_‘s Kimberley Strassel. It will be the last debate before the party’s [next presidential primary](http://time.com/4215908/south-carolina-primary-new-hampshire-results-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/) in South Carolina on Feb. 20. 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