Media Bistro: 2006 TV Election Coverage Guide: Times, anchors, commentators

[DeepModem Mom]

2006 Election Coverage Guide



Where will you turn for your Election Night coverage? To help you make this tough decision, FishbowlDC has created a comprehensive Election Night round-up....

NPR: Nine consecutive hours of live on-air election coverage begins at 8 p.m. with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel and Senior National Correspondent Linda Wertheimer anchoring. At 1 a.m., NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea and Capitol Hill reporter Andrea Seabrook will assume the anchor desk until the start of the 5 a.m. national feed of Morning Edition. NPR will have 30 reporters around the country and special election night coverage will be streamed live at www.NPR.org, along with hourly news audio updates. NPR.org will maintain a real-time road map with state-by-state results and summaries of the balance of power in Congress as assessed by NPR's election editors, Ken Rudin and Ron Elving.

ABC: Charles Gibson will anchor from New York, joined by George Stephanopoulos. The network will broadcast one-hour specials on at 10 p.m. EST and 10 p.m. PST, in addition to four brief live updates with the latest results at the top and bottom of the hours from 8:00 PM ET/PT through 10:00 PM ET/PT. Jake Tapper will report from Ohio; Kate Snow will cover the 2008 presidential angle; Martha Raddatz will be at the WH; Cokie Roberts will provide "analysis and historical context;" and George Will, Donna Brazile and Mark Halperin will provide analysis. Terry Moran will anchor Nightline live for the east and west coasts. (via TVNewser)...

CNN: Coverage will begin at 7 p.m., anchored by Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs and Paula Zahn. Midnight, after all polls have closed, Larry King hosts a special two-hour edition of Larry King Live, which will include instant reaction from leading politicians and observers. Coverage will continue throughout the night, and American Morning co-anchored by Soledad O'Brien and Miles O'Brien will take air at the special time of 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8 for complete post-game election results and analysis. Providing reports throughout the night will be Candy Crowley, John King, Dana Bash, Andrea Koppel, Ed Henry, Suzanne Malveaux, Elaine Quijano, Jeff Greenfield, Bill Schneider, Paul Begala, Bill Bennett, Donna Brazile, James Carville and J.C. Watts. Other correspondents positioned across the country include Deborah Feyerick, Bob Franken, Jonathan Freed, Joe Johns; Chris Lawrence, Dan Lothian, Keith Oppenheim, Mary Snow, Brian Todd and John Zarrella. Also, John Roberts will be reporting from Baghdad. CNN Radio will also be on deck with Dick Uliano from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Lisa Goddard from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. CNN's Pipeline will include real-time results, analysis from top political experts, speeches from around the nation and commentary from top bloggers attending the "CNN E-lection Nite Blog Party" hosted by Jacki Schechner and Abbi Tatton. Glenn Beck will also appear on Pipeline throughout the day (which is free Monday). CNN.com's special section, America Votes 2006, is located at www.cnn.com/elections and will be your one-stop shopping for CNN election needs....

MSNBC: Monday, MSNBC will present live late-night editions of "Hardball with Chris Matthews" from 10:00 pm. to 11:00 pm, ET, and a special hour of "Decision 2006" coverage from 11:00 pm to midnight, ET, hosted by Joe Scarborough. On Tuesday, the network's coverage begins at 6:00 pm, ET, with Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann anchoring from MSNBC election headquarters. They will be joined by Williams, Russert and Brokaw with additional interviews and analysis. Scarborough and Tucker Carlson will analyze the results with a panel of political reporters and experts including Mitchell, Howard Fineman, Bob Shrum, Pat Buchanan, Eugene Robinson and Carl Quintanilla. MSNBC's Election Night coverage will run all night, from 6:00 pm through 6:00 am, ET. Also MSNBC.com and National Journal will have complete election results for every Senate, House and governor race....

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[Poiuyt]

1. I think CNN with Larry King, Wolf Blitzer, and Paula Zahn should be great!

Just kidding!! :rofl:

I'll be watching Keith, but I may switch over and watch Jon Stewart when he comes on.

[Kolesar]

2. Get drunk and go to bed early

Any race that is closer than 100,000 will be contested and dragged out until next year. There was a race in Indiana that was not settled until summer once. The GOPs have nothing to lose by stalling and fighting. Some of them are going to be up on criminal charges as soon as the Democrats take over one house of Congress and start with hearings.