All this week, the network newscasts have been (almost) wall-to-wall Superstorm Sandy, but not for long as the attention will shift on Monday to the final few hours of the 2012 election.
NBC will once again transform 30 Rock into Democracy Plaza with Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, and company at Studio 8G; ABC will once again rent out Times Square with Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos holding fort, but CBS? Nothing yet, though I'm thinking they'll use either their main news studio or CBS This Morning's; Scott Pelley and Bob Schieffer will be in it for the long haul.
And on cable, there's good ol' CNN with Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper; the whole world will be tuning in as well.
Election Night is also considered to be the TV news industry's Super Bowl, as the networks will go all out with as much bells and whistles they can muster to keep us glued (i.e., Tim Russert's "magic slate", CNN's holographic technology, Dan Rather and his "Rather-isms"). This time around, coverage will be not just on television and online, but smartphones and tablets as well to make sure we don't want to miss a single second.
In Britain, they'll be pulling in an all-nighter as there'll be coverage on BBC, ITV, and Sky News. As for Canada? CBC will probably be the only ones interested while on CTV and Global, regular programming with occasional updates (CTV News Channel will probably have full-blown coverage).
NBC will no doubt have the #1 and best network coverage, so I'll be watching them, CBS (hopefully for any "Pelley-isms"), and CNN. ABC I think will probably be too full of themselves, so that's a pass.
The anchors and everybody else involved will be in rehearsals all weekend to make sure everything goes smoothly as planned once the clock hits 7:00 Tuesday night. And yes, they'll all be working till the crack of dawn...or until Obama reaches 270 before polls close in the West, whichever comes first.
NBC will once again transform 30 Rock into Democracy Plaza with Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, and company at Studio 8G; ABC will once again rent out Times Square with Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos holding fort, but CBS? Nothing yet, though I'm thinking they'll use either their main news studio or CBS This Morning's; Scott Pelley and Bob Schieffer will be in it for the long haul.
And on cable, there's good ol' CNN with Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper; the whole world will be tuning in as well.
Election Night is also considered to be the TV news industry's Super Bowl, as the networks will go all out with as much bells and whistles they can muster to keep us glued (i.e., Tim Russert's "magic slate", CNN's holographic technology, Dan Rather and his "Rather-isms"). This time around, coverage will be not just on television and online, but smartphones and tablets as well to make sure we don't want to miss a single second.
In Britain, they'll be pulling in an all-nighter as there'll be coverage on BBC, ITV, and Sky News. As for Canada? CBC will probably be the only ones interested while on CTV and Global, regular programming with occasional updates (CTV News Channel will probably have full-blown coverage).
NBC will no doubt have the #1 and best network coverage, so I'll be watching them, CBS (hopefully for any "Pelley-isms"), and CNN. ABC I think will probably be too full of themselves, so that's a pass.
The anchors and everybody else involved will be in rehearsals all weekend to make sure everything goes smoothly as planned once the clock hits 7:00 Tuesday night. And yes, they'll all be working till the crack of dawn...or until Obama reaches 270 before polls close in the West, whichever comes first.
