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jzodda

(2,124 posts)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:36 PM Nov 2012

So which network will you be watching on election night?

I had planned on watching current TV but as we no longer have Fios and now have Optimum that is no longer an option.

So its MSNBC for me, while recording FOX for later gloating

I will have my laptop on the couch for checking election results when the networks are moving slow.

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So which network will you be watching on election night? (Original Post) jzodda Nov 2012 OP
What I usually do- richmwill Nov 2012 #1
I will flip through the cable channel, and social media. And of course DU. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #2
Me too. I usually flip through the channels. n/t RebelOne Nov 2012 #13
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #31
I'll be swilling wine LancetChick Nov 2012 #3
I'll switch between Current TV and MSNBC (If Rachel is on-air) Siwsan Nov 2012 #4
MSNBC plus a bit of Public Television TomClash Nov 2012 #5
None. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #6
We usually watch PBS. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #7
I'll be in a hotel room in DC due to business travel RomneyLies Nov 2012 #8
I was in DC only once in my life but LOVED it up there!! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #22
I don't think I can do it (watch, listen, read) etherealtruth Nov 2012 #9
I'm in California and will watch after work lunatica Nov 2012 #10
MSNBC and DU GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 #11
Exactly my formula... CTyankee Nov 2012 #23
That fist bump is missing something... GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 #26
PBS - best coverage, best commentators, imo, and it's free over the air! cbayer Nov 2012 #12
CNN MSNBC FOX in that order... PCIntern Nov 2012 #14
BBC mostly... n/t SoCalDem Nov 2012 #15
MSNBC and Current JeffHead Nov 2012 #16
Current and MSNBC...then Fox when they call it for Obama NightWatcher Nov 2012 #17
MSNBC until Obama wins, then FOX budkin Nov 2012 #18
I really want to be at McCormick place in Chicago but demOcrat11 Nov 2012 #19
MSNBC & Current n/t Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #20
Mostly MSNBC w. an occasional switch to my local San Diego station. Pyrzqxgl Nov 2012 #21
AlJazeera CorBlimeyGuvnor Nov 2012 #24
MSNBC. City Lights Nov 2012 #25
I'll be reading DU, watching MSNBC and CNN. And to see the heads explode FoxNews :) n/t Tx4obama Nov 2012 #27
Fox. I want to see if any of them lose their minds or start crying MattBaggins Nov 2012 #28
If CSPAN is covering it..I will watch that.. AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #29
None of the above. Speck Tater Nov 2012 #30
Agreed... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #33
none, as i don't own a television BOG PERSON Nov 2012 #32
I do, but it's hooked up to the VCR, LaserDisc, and DVD players. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #35
Are you an alien from Mars? darkangel218 Nov 2012 #38
None. I'll be playing "dueling bedsprings" and then passing out. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #34
MSNBC KathieG Nov 2012 #36
Current B Calm Nov 2012 #37
msnbc always! southern_belle Nov 2012 #39
I'm a flipper. CNN, MSNBC, and Fox (I can tell how it's going by their expressions)... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #40
MSNBC nt Raine Nov 2012 #41
MSNBC Logical Nov 2012 #42
The Internetwork. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2012 #43
My local sports bar, they have eight TVs viguy007 Nov 2012 #44
Horse race lol...don't build your hopes up... CorBlimeyGuvnor Nov 2012 #45
PBS is all I get, and even then it depends on the weather magical thyme Nov 2012 #46
NBC over the air. MadrasT Nov 2012 #47
MSNBC. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #48
I'd like to say Fox theKed Nov 2012 #49
I am NOT watching TV until it's over. I'll be here. Zoeisright Nov 2012 #50

richmwill

(1,326 posts)
1. What I usually do-
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:37 PM
Nov 2012

Flip around to every news network repeatedly and obsessively, in case they decide to call a state.

LancetChick

(272 posts)
3. I'll be swilling wine
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:41 PM
Nov 2012

and watching MSNBC, possibly switching to Current occasionally, and I'll be online the whole time.

Siwsan

(26,291 posts)
4. I'll switch between Current TV and MSNBC (If Rachel is on-air)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:41 PM
Nov 2012

But, I might be at a union election return-watching party.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,712 posts)
7. We usually watch PBS.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:43 PM
Nov 2012

I like their commentators, especially Michael Beschloss, the Presidential historian. He is extremely intelligent and he gives historical perspective......

Plus, he's gorgeous with a gentle way of speaking that I find irresistable!

Of course, I will have DU!

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
22. I was in DC only once in my life but LOVED it up there!!
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:00 PM
Nov 2012

I stayed at the Hilton awesome hotel but they don't have room service past 12 am so I starved in my first day.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
9. I don't think I can do it (watch, listen, read)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:45 PM
Nov 2012

Honestly, I may need to drink (I rarely do this so a little goes a long, long way) and go to sleep.

I am having trouble even listening to political commentary. This needs to be over

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. I'm in California and will watch after work
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:46 PM
Nov 2012

There will have been a whole day of voting going on in the country by then. Some states will be called or soon be called. I'll watch MSNBC and I'll also be logged into DU.

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)
16. MSNBC and Current
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:52 PM
Nov 2012

When Obama wins I'll switch to Fux just watch their heads collectively explode. It should be fun.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
17. Current and MSNBC...then Fox when they call it for Obama
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:54 PM
Nov 2012

I will be geeking out on the computer all afternoon/night

demOcrat11

(57 posts)
19. I really want to be at McCormick place in Chicago but
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:56 PM
Nov 2012

im definitely going to DVR fox for later viewing. I plan on watching ABC news.

Pyrzqxgl

(1,356 posts)
21. Mostly MSNBC w. an occasional switch to my local San Diego station.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:59 PM
Nov 2012

Most of the local San Diego TV comes across as just a bit to the right of Atilla The Hun, so I'll check the returns & then back to Rachel & the gang.

CorBlimeyGuvnor

(105 posts)
24. AlJazeera
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:03 PM
Nov 2012

Just recently started broadcasting 24 hours a day on Freeview here, and their global news coverage beats the BBC, IMO.

MattBaggins

(7,904 posts)
28. Fox. I want to see if any of them lose their minds or start crying
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:06 PM
Nov 2012

It will be a night of schadenfreude for me.

 

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)
30. None of the above.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:10 PM
Nov 2012

Like every election, I'll watch a couple DVDs and go to bed early.
There's really not a single thing to be gained by hanging on every word from people who won't really know what's going on until the next morning anyway.

I guess that's why I'm not much of a football or basketball fan either. I don't find emotional stress to be "exciting" or pleasant, so I avoid it whenever possible.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
33. Agreed...
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:20 PM
Nov 2012

Won't even look until at least Wed...maybe later. Once you cast your vote, watching obsessively and fretting over the whole thing is useless and fruitless. All you'll get (win or lose) is anxiety.

sP

BOG PERSON

(2,916 posts)
32. none, as i don't own a television
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:19 PM
Nov 2012

just thought i'd let everybody know that.

i repeat: i don't own a television

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
35. I do, but it's hooked up to the VCR, LaserDisc, and DVD players.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:28 PM
Nov 2012

In the past (like 30 years) I've always listened to election coverage on NPR. I'll be sleeping through it this year. Throws me off schedule. I don't even stay up for New Year's Eve anymore. I just get drunk and fall down about 9 p.m.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
34. None. I'll be playing "dueling bedsprings" and then passing out.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:26 PM
Nov 2012

Nothing will be settled by Wednesday morning. The rMoney legal team is in place to keep it going for months.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
40. I'm a flipper. CNN, MSNBC, and Fox (I can tell how it's going by their expressions)...
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 06:19 PM
Nov 2012

I'll never forget the looks on their faces in 2008. Brit Hume especially.

 

viguy007

(125 posts)
44. My local sports bar, they have eight TVs
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 07:21 PM
Nov 2012

And the way this horse race is playing out it should be quite an exciting night

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
46. PBS is all I get, and even then it depends on the weather
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 07:29 PM
Nov 2012

But it's gotten really weird lately. It used to be it didn't come in if it was cloudy and rainy. Now it *only* comes in if it's crappy out.

Anyway, PBS and/or DU. With a little to drink and nibble on...

theKed

(1,235 posts)
49. I'd like to say Fox
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:39 PM
Nov 2012

so I can watch them call it for Romney at 8:15 or so. But probably somewhere else, so I can see everyone else call it for Obama not long after that. Maybe CNN, to see how that horse race is coming.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
50. I am NOT watching TV until it's over. I'll be here.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:14 PM
Nov 2012

DU has all the updates I need with none of the lying shit from the M$M.

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