Netflix users can stream 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards this weekend for the first time

As another week of 2024 rolls around, there’s another award show just around the corner. This weekend, big name actors will descend on Los Angeles for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

It is the only awards ceremony to exclusively honour actors in TV and film. The accolades are decided by SAG-AFTRA’s membership of over 130,000 performers, making it the largest voting body on the awards circuit.

Presenting just 13 awards, the ceremony will be live streamed on Netflix for the first time across the world. Amongst the gongs dished out is the Lifetime Achievement Award, whose recipient - Barbara Streisand - has already been announced.

So if you’re looking to keep the awards season buzz alive, here’s everything you need to know about how to tune in to the SAG Awards 2024.

How to watch the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Luckily for Netflix users, the SAG Awards will be streamed live around the world on the platform from the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Saturday, February 24. It’ll be going live at 8pm Eastern Time/5pm Pacific Time, which means it’ll actually take place at 1am on Sunday, February 25 for those in the UK.

Last year's ceremony was broadcast live via the Netflix YouTube channel, but this year's awards will require a Netflix subscription to watch. All you’ll need to do is log into your actor and click the live steam. There will also be a preshow to keep you entertained, hosted by Queer Eye’s Tan France and journalist Elaine Welteroth.

This will be a chance to get some insight into the star-studded red carpet. Exclusive interviews, and the winners of the Stunt Ensemble performances in motion picture and television. The preshow will be streamed on Netflix, YouTube and TikTok at 12am on Sunday, February 25 UK time.

Who’s presenting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards?

If you aren’t familiar, the SAG Awards is the only awards show for actors, by actors. This year, on its 30th anniversary, the show will feature a star-studded lineup of 30 presenters, including Idris Elba, who will open the ceremony.

So far the presenters to be announced are: Idris Elba (SAG Awards Show Opener), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Erika Alexander (American Fiction), Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction), Michael Cera (Barbie), Jessica Chastain (Mothers’ Instinct), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Fran Drescher (SAG-AFTRA President), Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Billie Eilish (Swarm), America Ferrera (Barbie), Brendan Fraser (Killers of the Flower Moon), Taraji P. Henson (The Color Purple), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Greta Lee (The Morning Show), Melissa McCarthy (Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Glen Powell (Hit Man), Issa Rae (American Fiction / Barbie), Storm Reid (The Last of Us), Margot Robbie (Barbie), Tracee Ellis Ross (American Fiction), Alexander Skarsgård (Succession),Omar Sy (Lupin), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans), and Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction).

More presenters are expected to be announced.