Election Night 2024 Set Tours: NewsNight to Showcase ‘Dynamic’ Sets

With Election Night rapidly approaching, TVNewser is here to provide virtual visits to some of the network studios you’ll be watching on Nov. 5. Check out behind the scenes photos and expert commentary from the designers who brought the new and improved sets to life. Jonathan Killian, Vice President of Creative Marketing and Brand Communications…

Election Night 2024: CBS News Shares Its Coverage Plans

It’s the end of an era for CBS News as Norah O’Donnell prepares to step down from the CBS Evening News anchor chair following the election. But before she moves on to her broader role at the network, she has one more Election Night to lead. (All times Eastern.) O’Donnell will be front and center…

Election Night 2024: ABC News Shares Its Coverage Plans

On Election Night, ABC News will flex its Disney-backed distribution might with over 72 hours of comprehensive coverage across its linear, streaming and digital platforms, including ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu. Primetime coverage starts Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. on ABC with the launch of Election Night 2024: Your Voice/Your Vote. (All times Eastern.)…

The Next Administration Will Play a Role in AI Policy. Here’s Why It Matters

As November 5th creeps closer, it seems American voters are being promised another nail-biter, with several swing states polling within the margin of error for the presidential race. While there are numerous important races at play at all levels of government come Election Day, the race for the White House, as well as for control…

Mehdi Hasan Responds to Ryan Girdusky Controversy: ‘Shocked and stunned’

Mehdi Hasan broke his silence on Wednesday, addressing the circumstances surrounding his departure from Monday night’s episode of NewsNight with Abby Phillip on CNN. In a five minute video shared on X, formerly Twitter, the former MSNBC anchor and founder of Zeteo shared his reaction to conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky’s bigoted on air remark. “Never…

Election Night 2024: MSNBC Shares Its Coverage Plans

On Nov. 5, MSNBC kicks off its Election Night coverage from the network’s home base in New York City. More than 25 anchors will take part in an array of reporting that spans cable, digital, and social media coverage. (All times Eastern.) Starting at 6 p.m., Rachel Maddow leads the network’s primetime election coverage with…

WNEP Shows Voting Results Test by Accident

Scranton, Pennsylvania ABC affiliate WNEP has admitted accidentally showing test results for the upcoming November 5 general election. The results appeared during an early Sunday evening broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix. “WNEP regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion,” the station said on its website. “We have taken steps to ensure…

Election Night 2024: CNN Shares Its Coverage Plans

CNN’s deep roster of anchors, correspondents, analysts, and commentators will be out in full force on Election Night. Look for coverage to span multiple platforms, including cable networks CNN and CNN International, as well as the CNN Max streaming service and CNN.com. The main event begins on Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. with the launch…

Election Night 2024 Set Tours: Fox News Debuts ‘Powerful’ New Studio

With Election Night rapidly approaching, TVNewser is here to provide virtual visits to some of the network studios you’ll be watching on Nov. 5. Check out behind the scenes photos and expert commentary from the designers who brought the new and improved sets to life. Peter Blangiforti, Senior Vice President of Broadcast & Media Technology…

No Charges for Missouri Senate Candidate After Reporter Injured at Campaign Event

Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce won’t be charged after KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa was injured by flyaway metal during a campaign event at a shooting range. Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish in a Monday report said there was no “ill intent” by Kunce or other shooters at the October 22 event on a private…

Joy Reid Previews Her New MSNBC Special With Alex Wagner

From the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to MSNBC Live in Brooklyn, Joy Reid and Alex Wagner have been joined at the hip this election season. With mere days to go until America decides the Oval Office’s next occupant, the duo are headlining the live special Your Power, Your Vote, premiering tonight at 9 p.m….

Abby Phillip and Brian Stelter Talk Fox News and the ‘Subclipping Mafia’ at Mediaweek

Attendees at ADWEEK’s Mediaweek event received news they could use on Monday. The dynamic CNN duo of NewsNight anchor Abby Phillip and chief media analyst Brian Stelter took the stage for a TVNewser-hosted panel exploring the past, present, and future of presidential election coverage on the major cable networks. The panel was a homecoming of…

The 2024 Election Battle Has Moved to Streaming, but the Rules are Barely There

Political campaigners have been spending billions of dollars on ads on streaming services, which promise to marry the persuasiveness of TV spots with the precision of digital targeting. What’s still missing from this winning combination is regulation. “The last time they passed a substantial law around campaign finance disclosure … was McCain-Feingold in 2002,” said…

Abby Phillip Addresses Ryan Girdusky Controversy: ‘It Was a Racist Comment’ (Exclusive)

With a week to go until Election Day, emotions are running high on both sides of the aisle. And on Monday night, those emotions boiled over into public view on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip when conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky made a bigoted remark to fellow panelist, Mehdi Hasan. Phillip immediately took point on lowering…

4 Charts Reveal What’s Happening With US Presidential Ads in Swing States

Although Democrats continue to pour more money than Republicans into presidential advertising on a national level, the 2024 contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be won or lost in battleground states. On this front, both campaigns and their supporters have run a similar number of presidential ads on local…

Bret Baier Goes Live From Pennsylvania and Michigan This Week (Exclusive)

Looks like Fox News’ Bret Baier will be trick-or-treating in Pennsylvania this Halloween. TVNewser can exclusively reveal that the Special Report anchor is broadcasting live from a Philadelphia suburb on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. ET. And he’s taking show on the road the next night as well, heading to a suburb of Detroit, Michigan…

5 Questions For… Kaitlan Collins

As the host of CNN’s The Source, it’s only appropriate that Kaitlan Collins has regularly been a source of Donald Trump’s ire. In 2018, the Alabama-born journalist was famously barred from a Rose Garden press conference after Trump administration officials objected to her line of questioning during an Oval Office event with the then-president. Five…

WLOX Anchor Dave Elliott Fired After Political Post on Social Media

WLOX anchor David “Dave” Elliott said he was fired Friday morning because of his political posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I’m no longer at WLOX as of 10-25-24,” Elliott wrote on his Facebook page. “The corporation doesn’t like my political views.” The view in question was expressed on X in a video that…

Ticker: The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times Will Not Endorse a Presidential Candidate

Top of the Ticker: Two major American newspapers–The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times–have chosen not to issue a presidential endorsement, reportedly at the behest of their billionaire owners, Jeff Bezos and Patrick Soon-Shiong, respectively. It’s the first time in almost 40 years that the Post has declined to endorse a candidate. The decision…

Watch the First Trailer for Brian Williams’ Election Night Special

Brian Williams has a date with Amazon on Election Night. The former NBC News anchor is headlining the company’s first foray into the TV news space–a live special that will stream globally on Prime Video and will be free to watch for all Amazon customers. With less than two weeks to go until America goes…