November '09 Elections: Cable Coverage Plans

By Kevin Allocca on Nov 02, 2009 05:23 PM

Tomorrow, polls will open following an off-year election season that's included closely followed races in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. Here is a rundown of special coverage on the cable networks:

	Wolf Blitzer will be in D.C. anchoring coverage of the returns for CNN's "Election Night in America." Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper, and Larry King will have an election focus for their programs and there will be a special "Larry King Live" at 12amET. Gloria Borger, Candy Crowley, John King, and Jessica Yellin, along with other correspondents, will appear during primetime programming.
	FNC will have live reporting throughout the day from Major Garrett and Jim Angle in D.C., Carl Cameron in Virginia, Shannon Bream in New Jersey, and Eric Shawn and Molly Line in New York. Martha MacCallum will anchor exit poll results. Bret Baier will anchor live from New York at 6pmET. Shepard Smith will anchor the 7pmET hour when Virginia poll results are expected. Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity will host their regular programs with updates from Smith and Baier. Smith and Baier will also be on with Greta Van Susteren at 10pmET.
	Chuck Todd will anchor live from D.C. at 11am and 2pmET and Ed Schultz will be live from New York at 4pmET. Special live editions of "Countdown, "The Rachel Maddow Show," and "Hardball" will be presented at 10pm, 11pm, and 12amET.
	FBN's election night coverage starts at 8pmET and will be anchored by Neil Cavuto in New York. Guests include former NJ governors Christie Whitman and Jim Florio, Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), former VA governor George Allen, and PA governor Ed Rendell.
	At 7amET, PA Governor Ed Rendell will be a guest host on "Squawk Box." From 7-9pmET, Larry Kudlow will anchor "A Special Edition of The Kudlow Report: Your Money, Your Vote" live from D.C. with guests including: Dick Armey, Lanny Davis, Ed Gillespie and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. CNBC's John Harwood and Hampton Pearson will also report.

We will update with additional information as we receive it.

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