Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker hope to learn a few things by anchoring an Election Night special in a year when there really isn’t supposed to be a special Election Night.
Voters won’t decide on November 2 who wins the White House or whether Republicans or Democrats gain control of Congress, but Welker and Todd will lead coverage that evening which could prove to be a harbinger for programming to come: a two-hour streaming show, “Meet The Press: Election Night Special,” on NBC News Now that will examine the ins and outs of important gubernatorial, state-level and local mayoral elections.
“We are doing an Election Night for people that really care about Election Night, that really care about why this person is winning, what’s going on here,” says Todd, in an interview.
He acknowledges NBC would likely not televise a quieter cycle like this on primetime broadcast, but...
Voters won’t decide on November 2 who wins the White House or whether Republicans or Democrats gain control of Congress, but Welker and Todd will lead coverage that evening which could prove to be a harbinger for programming to come: a two-hour streaming show, “Meet The Press: Election Night Special,” on NBC News Now that will examine the ins and outs of important gubernatorial, state-level and local mayoral elections.
“We are doing an Election Night for people that really care about Election Night, that really care about why this person is winning, what’s going on here,” says Todd, in an interview.
He acknowledges NBC would likely not televise a quieter cycle like this on primetime broadcast, but...
- 10/26/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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