TV news expects record ratings on election night
The show will include commentary and updates from Post reporters, including those at campaign headquarters for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Another has the “high-fiber bar” that is Hillary Clinton leading in the electoral race. You can find YouTube’s featured Election Day live streams here.
What do the candidates need to win the 2016 US Presidential election? Diane Sawyer, who anchored ABC’s coverage four years ago, will also participate, along with current “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir.
Ethan Miller/Getty Images News/Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 19: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) speaks as Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during the third US presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The news network will not be swayed by “suspect and unreliable” reports on social media when it makes a decision to call the victor of tight state races, a senior executive pledged. Plus, CNN Digital will be giving us real-time results and exit polls for presidential and Congressional races across the country on the CNN Election Center page. The network will also be very active online with a live-streaming YouTube channel beginning at 6:50 p.m. ET as well as a political issue-specific “10 to the Hour, Every Hour” segment on Facebook Live.
Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, Anchor Robin Roberts and the entire ABC News powerhouse political team will be up all night crunching the numbers and analyzing the breaking results that tipped the election to report the latest on ‘Good Morning America’ live from Times Square and the battleground states.
You’ll still have the ability to watch the broadcast or cable news networks in all the usual OTA ways. Eastern. This Trump vs Clinton show will be available via cbsnews.com/live/ and will also be accessible via mobile devices running on Android and iOS.
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Afterward, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah will go live with a one-hour telecast (11 ET / 8 PT) as he and his news team mine ballot results for humor. If you don’t have an account, Sling TV is offering a free one-week trial of their Blue package service. Almost 72 million TV viewers watched Barack Obama win in 2008, and over 66 million watched again in 2012.
Meanwhile, the BBC and Sky News will be covering the election results for British viewers, with presenters in both the U.S. and the UK. The next recommended way to get updated, current and real time election results is through the two major search engines: Google and Bing. So take a look below at these 11 Election Night 2016 programs that have nothing to do with the actual presidential election coverage. Although none have been announced yet, the Election Night show promises an “eclectic group of guests” to break down the state-by-state votes as the polls all close and the returns start come in. Just scroll through the playlist to change the video and get live election results streaming online. News will run coverage on YouTube beginning at 6:30pm ET.
And if you’re not near a TV for whatever reason, you’re going to want to keep up with the election online.