Danielle Solzman
CBS News shared details about their election coverage, CBS News America Decides: Election ’24, airing across broadcast, streaming, and digital platforms.
CBS News and Stations will deliver comprehensive coverage and analysis of the results of the 2024 presidential election starting on Tuesday, Nov. 5 across all broadcasts and platforms. Primetime election night coverage on CBS and CBS News 24/7 will begin at 7:00 PM ET, anchored by Norah O’Donnell from CBS News’ election headquarters in New York City. O’Donnell will be joined at the anchor desk by CBS News’ expert team, including Margaret Brennan, John Dickerson, Gayle King, Cecilia Vega, Robert Costa and Ed O’Keefe. Throughout the night, Nancy Cordes and contributor Ed Gordon will report from the Harris/Walz election night headquarters in Washington, D.C., and Tony Dokoupil and Caitlin Huey-Burns will report from the Trump/Vance election night headquarters in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The CBS News Data Desk, led by executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto along with Major Garrett, will make projections and characterize races in real-time throughout the night. The Data Desk will provide viewers with in-depth explanations of CBS News’ methodology, exit poll data and how the Network calls races on election night.
Maurice DuBois will report on the “Paths to 270” for each presidential candidate throughout the night. Scott MacFarlane will report in-studio on the battle for control of the U.S. Senate and House.
Bill Whitaker and election law contributor David Becker will lead the CBS News Democracy Desk, a distinguishing feature of the Network’s election night coverage covering election integrity and potential efforts by foreign and domestic actors to disenfranchise voters and interfere in the 2024 election. They will be joined by Nicole Sganga and CBS News contributors Chris Krebs, Andrew Boyd and Samantha Vinograd from CBS News’ Washington bureau. Jan Crawford will report from Washington on lawsuits and potential challenges to the election. Journalists with CBS News Confirmed, the Network’s dedicated fact-checking unit, will provide verifications and fact checks to the Democracy Desk team throughout the night. CBS News and Stations will also deploy journalists from its newsrooms and stations across the country to report for the Democracy Desk and our Democracy Watch team.
News correspondents will be on the ground in each of the seven battleground states identified as being most likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election: Jericka Duncan (Michigan), Weijia Jiang (Pennsylvania), Kris Van Cleave (Arizona), Nikole Killion (Georgia), Janet Shamlian (Wisconsin), Lilia Luciano (Nevada) and Skyler Henry (North Carolina). Contributor Ed Gordon will report from the Harris/Walz election night headquarters, and contributors Leslie Sanchez and Joel Payne will offer analysis from the Washington bureau.
Stations will cover the election live across its 14 owned markets, including key battleground states Michigan and Pennsylvania. For the first time, CBS Stations will debut the first-ever augmented and virtual reality presidential election center live from its New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco technology-driven studios.
KEY SHOW DETAILS
- The CBS News 24/7 streaming network will offer Election Day coverage beginning at 4:00 PM, ET anchored by Vladimir Duthiers, Ed O’Keefe and Lindsey Reiser.
- The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL (6:30 PM, ET) will broadcast from CBS News’ election headquarters in New York City on Friday, Nov. 1 through Wednesday, Nov. 6.
- CBS NEWS AMERICA DECIDES: ELECTION ’24 primetime coverage anchored by Norah O’Donnell will begin at 7:00 PM, ET, on CBS, CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+.
- CBS MORNINGS will continue coverage from CBS News’ election headquarters at 6:00 AM, ET on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Gayle King, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers in New York and Tony Dokoupil in Florida will have the latest election returns with additional special reporting from correspondents in the battleground states.
CBS News and Stations’ election night coverage will stream everywhere CBS News 24/7 is distributed, including the CBS News app, Paramount+ and Pluto TV. Primetime election night coverage will begin at 7:00 PM ET.
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