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Hosted by Shane Gillis, the 33rd annual ESPY Awards (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards) honors the best and brightest in sports with superstar nominees, including Josh Allen, Shohei Ohtani, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, A’ja Wilson, Saquon Barkley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Simone Biles and others.

The ESPYS takes place at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16. Additionally, Busta Rhymes, Clipse, Tobe Nwigwe and former-basketball player-turned-rapper LiAngelo Ball A.K.A. GELO are all set to perform.

The 2025 ESPYS airs on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The awards ceremony broadcasts on ABC.

If you’re a cord-cutter, then there are a number of ways to watch the ESPYS without cable — especially if you want to watch for free. For example: DirecTV offers a 5-day free trial to try out the streaming service, while others like Fubo and Hulu + Live TV offer free trials too, so you can watch ABC without spending money up front.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch the 2025 ESPYS on ABC with DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and others.

A subscription to DirecTV gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, including ABC, starting at $59.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards). The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks, such as NBC, CBS, Fox and PBS, while you can also watch many cable networks, including FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, Cartoon Network, ESPN, FS1, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, Lifetime, CNBS, BET, MTV, Paramount Network and many others.

Fubo starts at $64.99 for the first month ($84.99 per month afterwards) with more than 230 channels — including local and cable, like ABC — that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers. And with a seven-day free trial, you can watch for free, if you act fast and sign up now.

The services gets you live access to local broadcast networks including NBC, CBS and Fox, while it also has dozens of cable networks, such as FX, Bravo, TLC, ESPN, E!, FS1, MTV, CMT, ID, Ion, OWN, Paramount Network, TV Land, VH1 and much more.

The broadcast network ABC is available to watch with Hulu + Live TV too. Prices for the cable alternative start at $82.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost.

Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one package. It also features many other networks, like CBS, NBC, Fox, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, ESPN, Hallmark Channel and more.

If you’re overseas and you’d like to stream the ESPYS internationally, you can sign up for a VPN, such as ExpressVPN, NordVPN and PureVPN, which lets you access a number of streaming platforms, like the ones mentioned above — legally.

The 2025 ESPY Awards broadcasts on ABC on Wednesday, July 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. One of the best ways to watch the awards ceremony is with DirecTV. Check out a complete list of categories and nominees on the ESPY’s website.

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