NewsJunkie247 1 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Here is some general info about the networks Election Night Coverage: CBS - 7PM Est - 2AM Est. Katie Couric will anchor the coverage ABC - 7PM Est - 2AM Est. Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer, and George Stephanopolos will anchor. Jake Tapper and John Berman will report from Barack Obama's headquarters and Ron Claiborne and David Wright will report from John McCain's headquarters. NBC - 7PM Est - 2AM Est. Brian Williams will anchor along with Tom Brokaw. Kelly O'Donnell and Savannah Guthrie will report from McCain's headquarters and Lee Cowan and Ron Allen will report from Obama's headquarters. Fox - (not Fox News Channel) - 7pm Est - 10pm Est. Shepard Smith will anchor the coverage. CNN - 6pm Est - 3am Est - Wolf Blitzer will head the coverage with Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs, and Campbell Brown contributing. John King will be at "magic wall" and Soledad O'Brien and Bill Schneider will report on exit polls. Fox News Channel - 6pm est - 2am est. Brit Hume will anchor with analysts providing insight. Carl Cameron will report from McCain headquarters and Major Garrett will report from Obama headquarters. MSNBC -5pm est - 2am est. David Gregory will anchor with Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews providing insight. Kelly O'Donnell will report from McCain headquarters and Lee Cowan will report from Obama headquarters. *Times may vary with different network affiliates* All times are eastern and coverage on the cable networks will continue throughout the morning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmediaguy 123 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 CBS is providing an extended edition of Evening News tomorrow from 6:30pm-7:30pm. In addition, stations have the option of airing an extended, five hour broadcast of "The Early Show" Wednesday morning (7am-12pm). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucc 4 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Also, if I have cchecked my local listings properly...late local news Tuesday Night on NBC is one hour, or maybe that's just my local station. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 325 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 ABC is sporting a very nice look! From the Times Square Studios, looks really nice. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucc 4 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Alright I'm very pissed that our NBC station didnt stay with the 1 hour of Nightly News.....did anyone's local station stay with the hour long show?? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 WLS broke time at 6pm for the local news and airing the 2nd half of WNT (on a Tape Delay) on the 6:30pm half hour. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Also, if I have cchecked my local listings properly...late local news Tuesday Night on NBC is one hour, or maybe that's just my local station. That must just be your local station because my local NBC stations (WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh and WJAC-TV in Johnstown, PA) will air their local news only for 30 minutes. By the way, NBC's and ABC's Election Night Studios look great. NBC has theirs on "Democracy Plaza" and like Vlad mentioned, ABC's are in the Times Square studios. I must say that I am impressed! WJAC-TV in Johnstown didn't stay with the hour long NBC Nightly News, but I did watch the hour long edition of the CBS Evening News that aired on KDKA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1115 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 WCAU carried the full hour. I'm torn between recording ABC, NBC, and BBC this year. ABC's setup looks amazingly sweet, and using the Times Square studio is a good idea to begin with (it was great in 2000). Still, I have a fondness for Democracy Plaza, and NBC is bringing a large part of it back. Their setup looks good as well. BBC, though, seems REALLY intriguing. They're treating it as a *UK* election, so David Dimbleby is presenting and the whole thing is coming from the redone US studios in Washington. It's being simulcast in the UK on BBC One and BBC News 24, too. And they have Ted Koppel as one of their lead analysts. So.... that looks like it'd be something worth watching... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm torn between NBC, ABC, and CNN. I think I am mainly going to watch NBC, and then I will flip back and forth between ABC and CNN. NBC's Democracy Plaza looks great with the studios and the map of the USA on the the skating rink. I also love the election theme music on NBC!! ABC's Times Square studios also looks great and Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer will co-anchor the coverage so that is a great paring. CNN will probably have the best and most fair coverage out of all of the cable networks, so I will probably watch them when I am not watching any of the major networks. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 598 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Rosanna Scotto will be covering the election with the FNC team tonight. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitCleTV 9 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've been flipping between, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and I loved what ABC has done (Times Square), and I like how CBS is using the NFL Today set. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que 73 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I agree. I think ABC did the best and had the easiest graphics to read. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 ABC's was the easiest to read, but I watched NBC, since Election Plaza was so cool, in additon to the virtual studios. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've been flipping between, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and I loved what ABC has done (Times Square), and I like how CBS is using the NFL Today set. I was going between FOX News, ABC and listening on radio. Every time I flipped to CBS within the first 45 minutes or so, 'TKR was showing election results of local races, so I never thought to check later to see the set. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnya2k6 171 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I thought NBC among the broadcast networks had the best everything, including graphics and the presence of Tom Brokaw. CBS was also good, but ABC didn't impress me. On the cable side, CNN had the edge; as for internationally? BBC may have had Ted Koppel to put all this into perspective, but CBC (whose coverage was simulcast on C-SPAN2 and were perhaps the only Canadian network focused on our election) was better. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4644-election-night-coverage-info/#findComment-43551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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