Watching live games in progress has always been a feature of ICC, and also of , which is owned by Chessbase and therefore costs a bundle unless you get it free by buying CB10 or Fritz 12. I hope that chess.com will add this feature too.

You can watch live games here.  Live Chess, Player tab, view.

No, all I get is a games archive. Can you be more specific?

From the Play menu select Live Chess, close the dialog that asks you whether to start new game.

Above the box showing you available challenges, there are tabs Games and Players. Click one  of them, then click View (or Watch) next to the game you want to watch.

Note that the games can be sorted by name, rating, etc (click on the column header). You can also navigate through sub-lists of games (the box does not show all 3000+ games) using the controls underneath the list.

aquiredtaste is right, it is available.  When in live chess, click on either the games tab or the players tab, you will be gien an option to view the games in progress... I'm watching one right now.

Sorry to be so dense, but I don't have a games tab or a players tab, just a box that says "Play Live Chess." How do you close that?

Click on it.

Ah, found it! Thanks very much for the assistance! It took me six months to get it.