There are few television programs able to bring families together like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade can. For many families it’s an annual tradition that celebrates not only Turkey day, but the beginning of the holiday season.
The start time for the 2018 92nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is 9 am EST. Performers, celebrities and thousands of onlookers will brave the below-freezing temperatures while most of us cozy up in front of the TV with a cup of hot chocolate instead.
As in year’s past the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be split across two TV channels with coverage starting at 9 am: NBC and CBS. The NBC feed will be live at 9 am EST / 6 am PST regardless of time zone, while the CBS feed is tape-delayed to 1 pm PST on the west coast.
You can also watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online without cable, and we’ll walk through all the options below.
Amazon Prime members, of which there are many, can take advantage of a free 7-day trial of CBS All Access via Amazon Prime to watch the Thanksgiving Parade online free without satellite or cable. Once enrolled for the free trial, simply go to the CBS All Access app via the Amazon website or Amazon app.
If you don’t have Amazon Prime yet you can first sign-up for a 30-day Prime free trial, then take advantage of the 7-day CBS All Access free trial on top of that and away you go.
Non-Amazon Prime members can elect to signup for a 7-day free trial of CBS All Access directly from CBS. This can be used if you’ve already used your Amazon CBS All Access free trial.
Cable and satellite subscribers can go to the CBS online website and enter their provider credentials to access the Thanksgiving Day Parade live stream from either coast.
Our top choice to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live stream without cable on NBC with is with Hulu with Live TV. In addition to NBC and many other popular channels, Hulu Live TV also offers cloud DVR recording.
Another way to watch the NBC Thanksgiving Day Parade coverage online free is with a FuboTV 7-day free trial. Fubo TV includes NBC in most markets, also offers three days of auto recording via its 72-Hour Lookback feature as well as 50 hours of Cloud DVR service.
Cable and satellite subscribers can go to the NBC online website and enter their provider credentials to live stream the nearly 3-hour parade.
