--- title: Republican Debate: How to Watch Tonight's Debate description: The debate begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fox News. canonical: https://time.com/4245889/republican-debate-detroit-fox-news-watch/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T14:00:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:26.384Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate in Detroit og:description: The debate begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fox News. og:url: https://time.com/4245889/republican-debate-detroit-fox-news-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f2d01dd745343ed/69888013cf40a850e6c4240b/republican-debate-detroit.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The electronic screen on the Fox Theater marquee advertises the upcoming Republican presidential debate March 2, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate in Detroit twitter:description: The debate begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fox News. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f2d01dd745343ed/69888013cf40a850e6c4240b/republican-debate-detroit.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate in Detroit > Sponsored content. 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Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 3, 2016 2:00 PM UTC The Republican presidential candidates will meet in Detroit Thursday for the 11th debate. [Hosted by Fox News](http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/03/02/how-watch-fox-news-gop-debate-detroit-march-3-megyn-kelly-bret-baier), the debate will have the smallest field yet, with front-runner Donald Trump squaring off against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson [announced Wednesday](http://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/) that he will not attend the debate as he does not see a path forward to the Republican nomination. The remaining candidates will be [training their fire on Trump](http://time.com/4245788/republican-debate-fox-detroit/) in a last-ditch attempt to keep him from clinching the nomination outright. The debate will start at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fox News and will stream live on [FoxNews.com](http://www.foxnews.com). You can also listen to the debate on Fox News Radio. The moderators will be Fox anchors Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245889/republican-debate-detroit-fox-news-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245889/republican-debate-detroit-fox-news-watch/"},"headline":"How to Watch Tonight's Republican Debate in Detroit","datePublished":"2016-03-03T14:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:26.384Z","description":"The debate begins at 9 p.m. Eastern on Fox News.","url":"https://time.com/4245889/republican-debate-detroit-fox-news-watch/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election","Sen. 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