Election Day is here, and the major news networks are prepared for a long night — and potentially a long week.
With over 50 million people early voting in the 2024 Presidential Election, Tuesday night will offer plenty of results to thumb through even if an ultimate winner isn’t called until later in the week, and most of the news networks will kick off their election night coverage at 6 p.m. ET, with CNN even starting at 12 a.m. ET while NBC News begins at 5 p.m. ET.
MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki will return to the Big Board — and will even be livestreamed on Peacock and other social platforms — while Fox News will see Bill Hemmer steering the “Bill”-board.
Most networks have scheduled eight hours of election night programming from 6 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET, with a result for the presidential showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump not expected immediately. As such, they have also plotted out contingency plans for further election week coverage.
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See below for a full breakdown of the major news networks’ plans for election night coverage on Tuesday, and beyond, and how you can tune into each.
CNN
What time coverage starts: 12 a.m. ET, led by Jake TapperandAnderson Cooper beginning at 4 p.m. ET
Streaming options: CNN coverage will stream live without requiring a pay TV login from 7 p.m.-3 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 5,on CNN connected TV and mobile apps and onCNN.com. It will also stream live on Max.
Beginning at 12 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Boris Sanchez,Jessica Dean,Erica Hill,KasieHunt are among the anchors making up the morning skeleton crew, before John Berman, Sara Sidner andKate Bolduan anchor from 7-10 a.m. ET and Cooper takes over at 10 a.m. ET. Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett will anchor from 12-4 p.m. ET.
At 4 p.m. ET, Tapperand Cooper will take over the anchor desk and be joined byDana Bash,Erin Burnett, Audie CornishandChris Wallace, with John King at the Magic Wall. As coverage extends past 2 a.m. ET,John Bermanand Hunt will lead with Phil Mattingly at the Magic Wall, and they will be joined by Harry Enten,Mark Preston,Eva McKend,Alayna Treen, Dean andOmar Jimenez.
MSNBC
What time coverage starts: 6 p.m. ET, led by Rachel Maddow
Streaming options: Livestream available on MSNBC.com and MSNBC’s YouTube channel. The Kornacki Camwill be streaming atMSNBC.com,YouTube, X, TikTok and Peacock.
Maddowwill leadMSNBC’s election coverage beginning at 6 p.m. ET, and will be joined at MSNBC’s NYC headquarters byNicolle Wallace,Ari Melber,Joy Reid,Chris Hayes,Alex Wagner,Lawrence O’Donnell,Stephanie Ruhle andJen Psaki. Coverage will continue on throughout Tuesday night.
Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael SteeleandClaire McCaskillwill share their insights from the campaign trail to “The Insiders” panel throughout Tuesday’s coverage, while contributors and analysts — including NickHasen,Matt Sanderson,John Fortier,Edward Foley,Nate Persily,Franita Tolson,Michael Morse — will also be on standby to provide their expert insight.
Election board celebrity Steve Kornacki will return to the Big Board as each state’s results come in on Tuesday, with the Kornacki Camstreaming across Peacock, MSNBC.com and social platforms.
Fox News
What time coverage starts: 6 p.m. ET, led by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum
Streaming options: Livestream available on FoxNews.com, with Fox News Digital’selection hubenabling users to track the presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races.
Baier and MacCallumwill kick off Fox News’ eight-hour election special coverage as they host “Fox News Democracy 2024,” with analysis and commentary from Dana Perino, Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr., Jessica Tarlov, Karl Rove and Kellyanne Conway. Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity will also appear throughout the night, with live coverage running overnight.
Fox News will have its own “Bill”-board, which will see Bill Hemmer break down election data county-by-county and state-by-stateas it comes in. The “Bill”-board will employ augmented reality (AR) technology and touchscreen applications as Fox News upgrades its Studio M, the home for election coverage.
NBC News
What time coverage starts: 5 p.m. ET, led by Lester HoltandSavannah Guthrie
Streaming options: NBC News Now will streamlive programming for 40+ hours, beginning at 7 a.m. ET Tuesday. Peacock will offer a multiview experience beginning at 6 p.m. ET, which will feature NBC News NOW, the Kornacki Cam and a map analysis of the results. NBCNews.comand theNBC News app will also offer a live blog.
NBC News will deliver 24 hours of consecutive live coverageto viewers on their local NBC stationsfor the first time ever. Hallie JacksonandTom Llamas will begin election coverage at 5 p.m. ET on NBC and NBC News Now before Holt and Guthrie lead coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET, and will be joined by Jackson and Kristen Welker while Llamas runs the Big Board. That coverage will continue until 2 a.m. ET, when Kate SnowandCraig Melvin take the reins alongside Chuck Todd, Kelly O’DonnellandRyan Nobles until 6 a.m. ET.
GuthrieandHoda Kotb will take the baton at 6 a.m. ET with a special election edition of “Today,” before Melvin anchors from 10 a.m. ET to 12 p.m. ET. NBC News Daily will air from 12 p.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET on local channels and will stream on NBC News Now, with Snow,Vicky Nguyen,Morgan RadfordandZinhle Essamuah anchoring. At 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Holtwill anchor a special one-hour edition ofNBC Nightly News.
ABC News
What time coverage starts: 7 p.m. ET, led by David Muir
Streaming options: ABC News Live will host 72+ hours of Election coverage beginning Monday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m. across Disney+,Hulu, YouTube, Roku, Amazon, Samsung TV and other platforms. The streaming news channel will host an election night preshow at 4 p.m. ET anchored byKayna Whitworth, which will lead into ABC News Live’s simulcast of the network’s coverage at 7 p.m. ET.
Muir will head up the network’s coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET, and will be joined byLinsey Davis,Martha Raddatz, Jonathan Karl, Mary Bruce,Rachel Scott, Terry MoranandRick Klein, while Pierre Thomas, Aaron Katersky,Dan AbramsandKate Shawmake up the “Ballot Watch” desk. By 2 a.m. ET, “World News Now” will pick up coverage before a special edition of “Good Morning America First Look” begins at 4 a.m. ET.
CBS News
What time coverage starts: 4 p.m. ET on CBS News 24/7 and at 7 p.m. ET on CBS, led by Norah O’Donnell
Streaming options: CBS News 24/7will be begin coverage at 4 p.m. ET with Vladimir Duthiers,Ed O’Keefe andLindsey Reiser. At 7 p.m., special election coverage will stream on CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+.
O’Donnellwill lead coverage starting at 7 p.m. ET, and will be joined by Margaret Brennan,John Dickerson, Gayle King, Cecilia Vega, Robert Costa andEd O’Keefe. At 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday, CBS Mornings will air a special election edition withGayle King,Nate Burleson,Vladimir Duthiers andTony Dokoupil. CBS’ evening news with O’Donnell will move to the election headquarters in NYC fromFriday, Nov. 1throughWednesday, Nov. 6.
Election Night Live withBrianWilliams on Prime Video
What time coverage starts: 5 p.m. ET
Streaming information: The Brian Williams special will be airing exclusively on Prime Video, and will be available to Amazon customers regardless of if they have a Prime account.
The former NBC Nightly News anchor will head up Prime Video’s election first-ever night coverage beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. Williams will share real-time poll results and commentary alongside a range of analysts and experts across news and traditional media. This is streaming’s first big dive into the live election coverage waters.
NewsNation
What time coverage starts:6 p.m. ET, led by Chris Cuomo,Elizabeth Vargas, andLeland Vittert
Streaming information: Simulcast on the CW from8 p.m. – 12 a.m. ET, with coverage available on NewsNationNow.com and the NewsNation app.
Cuomo, Vargas and Vittertwill lead coverage from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET, and will be joined by Dan Abrams, Chris Stirewalt and Connell McShane, who will helm the Big Board. McShane and Anna Kooiman will anchor overnight coverage. National correspondentsRobert ShermanandBrooke Shaferwill report live from the Trump Campaign Headquarters whileKellie MeyerandMills Hayeslead coverage from the Harris Campaign Headquarters.
Telemundo
What time coverage starts: 4 p.m. ET, led by Julio Vaqueiro and Arantxa Loizaga
Streaming options:Telemundocoverage will stream across Peacock, Roku, YouTube, Samsung TV Plus, Fire TV, as well as NoticiasTelemundo’s accounts on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Decisión2024 election coverage will kick off at 4 p.m. ET led by Damià Bonmatíand Claudia de la Fuente before Vaqueiro and Loizaga take the lead at 7 p.m. ET. They’ll be joined by Vanessa Hauc, Johana Suárez, Bonmatí, Nicole Suárez and Rogelio Mora-Tagle, who will who will be at the Big Board. At 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Guad Venegas and de la Fuentewill pick up coverage until noon ET on NoticiasTelemundoAHORA and later onTelemundonetwork. Coverage will include reporting on the impact of the Latino vote, races involving Hispanic candidates as well as national reactions from Latino voters.
CNBC
What time coverage starts:7 p.m. ET, led by Carl Quintanilla
Streaming information: Explainer and analytical videos will be published on CNBC.com, YouTube and other social media platforms, with clips from the “Your Money, Your Vote” specialand an election live blog available on CNBC.com throughout the night.
Quintanilla will anchor “Your Money, Your Vote” beginning at 7 p.m. ET and will be joined by CNBC’sJim CramerandSara Eisen. At midnight ET, Contessa Brewer, Frank HollandandBrian Sullivan will anchor the special until 5 a.m. ET, when CNBC airs a special four-hour edition of “Squawk Box” until 9 a.m. ET with anchorsJoe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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