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BROADCAST NETWORK ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE
November 8, 2016  | By David Bianculli

Various Networks, 7:00 p.m. ET

 

Once upon a time, broadcast TV news coverage of election returns was the only game in town. Now it’s just one game among many, but there are times when Monopoly and Sorry are fun to play, if only for old time’s sake. (And this year, without getting too political, Monopoly and Sorry seem like particularly appropriate pastimes.)  After evening newscasts, special political coverage by the respective broadcast networks begins at 7 p.m. ET, under their individual banners and names. At CBS, it’s Campaign 2016: CBS News. At NBC, it’s NBC News Special: 2016 Election. At ABC, it’s ABC News: Your Voice, Your Vote. And on noncommercial TV, there’s PBS NewsHour Election coverage. Which one to watch? My advice, as with the cable news networks listed individually below, is to flip around and keep in on them all. After a few minutes, each network operation will reveal just what it knows, and thinks, at that moment. Take it in, then jump around, and compare and contrast. Unlike in the voting booth, you have more than one choice you can make.

 
 
 
 
 
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