President Barack Obama takes on Republican challenger Mitt Romney Wednesday night in the first of four debates in the coming weeks, including one vice presidential showdown.
The major networks and cable news channels will be broadcasting the debates in their entirety.
NPR, too, will provide live on-air coverage of the debates.
Online, the debates will be streamed on Ustream, YouTube, Facebook Live and various news sites including the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Twitter's official hashtag will be #debates. And Tumblr, always a favorite of .gif lovers, announced it will be creating and posting moving .gif images from the debates live on its election blog, in partnership with the Guardian newspaper.
Here is the schedule for the debates:
>> Oct. 3: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney: Live Stream
Topic: Domestic policy
Location: University of Denver
Air Time: 6-7:30 p.m. PST
Moderator: Jim Lehrer, host of "NewsHour" on PBS
>> Oct. 11: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy
Location: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
Air Time: 6-7:30 p.m. PST
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, chief foreign correspondent for ABC News
>> Oct. 16: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy in a town hall format
Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
Air Time: 6-7:30 p.m. PST
Moderator: Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent at CNN
>> Oct. 22: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
Topic: Foreign policy
Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida
Air Time: 6-7:30 p.m. PST
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, host of "Face the Nation" on CBS
