# Wait, so what time does the actual debate start?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381 "2008-09-26T19:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381/1 "2008-09-26T19:55:40Z")

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Is it 6pm PST? I’ve other 5, and can’t even find an accurate time anywhere. And how long’s it run until?

Finally, will websites be streaming this live?

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381/2 "2008-09-26T20:05:54Z")

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According to [tvguide.com](http://tvguide.com), the debate is from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m., EST, so that’s 6:00-7:30 PST.

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**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381/3 "2008-09-26T20:06:23Z")

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The Ole Miss website has a handy counter.

[http://www.olemiss.edu/debate/](http://www.olemiss.edu/debate/)

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-so-what-time-does-the-actual-debate-start/465381/4 "2008-09-26T20:09:13Z")

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[NPR.org](http://NPR.org) will certainly be streaming the audio.