How to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2023 from anywhere today

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be broadcast live on NBC on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 23. The broadcast starts at 8.30am ET / 5.30am PT and will run for around 3 hours. There will be Spanish-language coverage via Telemundo too.

If the initial broadcast is too early for you, or you’re busy preparing a huge Thanksgiving feast, you’ll have the opportunity to watch the parade in full later, with NBC airing a repeat from 2pm ET / 11am PT.

If you don’t have a cable package that includes NBC, a Peacock  subscription will be the easiest and cheapest way to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2023 online.

The streaming service costs just $5.99 per month and will provide a live stream of the 2023 parade in line with the NBC broadcast. (See below for a $1.99-a-month Black Friday Deal that ends on November 28)

You also have the option of the ad-free Peacock Premium Plus plan for $11.99 a month, and you could save an extra 10% on Premium Plus by purchasing an annual plan at $119.99 per year.

Alternatively, you could stream NBC or Telemundo through a virtual multichannel video programming distributor service. The following cord cutting options provide either an introductory offer or a free trial.

Sling TV is one of the best budget-friendly options out there. It includes NBC as part of a Sling Blue plan - although you’ll want to check this channel is available in your market area first. A Sling TV Blue subscription is only $22.50 for your first month ($45 thereafter), and has upward of 40 channels, including National Geographic, Discovery, FX, AMC, and plenty more.

Then there’s FuboTV , a comprehensive cable replacement with a whopping selection of over 100 channels. Plans start at $74.99 a month, but new subscribers can snag a free trial before paying a thing.

Peacock: $5.99 $1.99 a month for 12 months
While not as low as 2022's $0.99 deal, the Black Friday Peacock deal is still an excellent saving for those who want to sample the NBC platforms catalog of content for up to 12 months. You can get your reality TV fix with a ton of Bravo content, as well as Below Deck and Love Island Games. It also has amazing Peacock Originals including Poker Face, Bel-Air, Wolf Like Me, and great movies including new releases, too.

Offer ends November 28, 3am ET

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Canadians won’t be able to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online as there are no broadcasters in the country with plans to air the holiday event in full. And NBC’s streaming service Peacock is still pretty much exclusive to the US.

Travelling over the holidays? If you're not in the US right now, don't worry - just grab a good VPN and you'll be able to connect to your favorite services and stream your usual TV shows just like you would back home.

Sadly not. UK viewers won’t be able to share in the holiday spectacle and stream Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online. While Peacock is available to Sky and NOW customers, there’s no indication that either service will offer live coverage of the event on November 23.

As mentioned above, if you’re travelling during the holidays, simply download a good VPN. That way you can connect to your usual streaming services and can still watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online while abroad, which will air in the UK from 1.30pm GMT on November 23.

Thanksgiving isn’t widely celebrated in Australia, which could be part of the reasoning for not airing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online Down Under. And yet again, the Peacock streaming service remains fairly exclusive to the US, with no immediate plans for its launch in Australia.

A US citizen currently abroad? If you’re eager to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online, you can simply download a VPN to connect to the same VOD service you pay for back home. If you’re watching from Australia, the event will air early Friday morning, November 24, from 12.30am AEDT.