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Election 2012 TV Coverage: Who’s Doing What

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 3:36pm PSTTags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

The broadcast and cable networks will be going all out for coverage of the 2012 presidential election, which now kicks off less than 24 hours from now. Most results shows will ramp up  between 6-7 PM ET on Election Day and all seem to be planning for a long night in the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Here’s a rundown of plans:

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ABC: “ABC News Your Voice, Your Vote – Election Night Coverage” will originate live from Times Square, with real-time results appearing on Times Square screens. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will host beginning with a special edition of “World News with Diane Sawyer” at 6:30 PM ET  and continuing until at least 2 AM. A special edition of Nightline will air at 2:35 AM ET. Team: Jake Tapper, David Muir, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Jonathan Karl, Ron Brownstein and Cokie Roberts, Josh Elliott, Amy Robach, Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi, David Wright, Ron Claiborne, Univision anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, Deborah Roberts, David Kerley, George Will, Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile, Nicolle Wallace, Pierre Thomas, Gary Langer, Martha Raddatz, Brian Ross, Richard Besser, Bianna Golodryga

CBS: Scott Pelley will lead seven hours of division-wide, multi-platform original reporting from 7 PM-2 AM ET. The  team will use eight studios and three state-of-the-art control rooms. CBS Radio News will deliver at least six hours of live anchored coverage, updates, special reports and online feeds of the results. Team: Bob Schieffer, Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson, Byron Pitts, Anthony Mason, Jan Crawford, Nancy Cordes, Dean Reynolds, Anna Werner, Elaine Quijano, Wyatt Andrews

Fox: Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith will anchor live coverage beginning at 7 PM ET. Team: Ed Rollins, Mary Anne Marsh, A.B. Stoddard, Martha MacCallum, Bill Hemmer, Carl Cameron, Ed Henry, Alicia Acuna, Shannon Bream, Steve Brown, Mike Emanuel, Steve Harrigan, Molly Line, Doug McKelway, Dan Springer, Eric Shawn

NBC: “Decision 2012” begins at 7 PM ET, with Rockefeller Plaza transformed into a TV studio as well as an Oval Office and White House Briefing Room set. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will host from “Democracy Square”. Team: David Gregory, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Peter Williams, Andrea Mitchell, Tamron Hall, Lester Holt,Tom Brokaw, Peter Hart, Bill McIntuff, Kristen Walker, Peter Alexander

PBS: “PBS NewsHour” will provide multi-platform coverage beginning at 8 AM ET online, continuing through its regular broadcast until at least midnight. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will co-anchor. Team: Mark Shields, David Brooks, Jeffrey Brown, Christina Bellantoni, Stuart Rothenberg, Hari Sreenivasan, Michael Beschloss, Richard Norton Smith, Ray Suarez, Margaret Warner

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Rupert Murdoch Tweets: “Probably Not Enough” Chances For Mitt Romney

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 2:51pm PSTTags: Mitt Romney, Rupert Murdoch

The News Corp CEO, a vigorous supporter of the GOP presidential candidate, seems resigned to the prospect that his guy will lose. “Everybody searching for any scrap of news about election tomorrow,” he just tweeted. … Read More »

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Hollywood For Obama & Romney: Star Surrogates Out On Final Campaign Day

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 10:13am PSTTags: Barack Obama, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mitt Romney

Hollywood has been one of Barack Obama’s biggest supporters during this Presidential campaign, and with less than 24 hours until polls open, the town is out today knocking on doors, hitting the stage and picking up the phone for the incumbent. Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, longtime  supporter Eva Longoria, Parks And Recreation‘s Rashida Jones and Natalie Portman are just a few of the 181 surrogates on the trail today, according to a list released by the Obama campaign (see the full list below). Mitt Romney has star support on the final day of the campaign too: American Bible Challenge host and comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Fight Club’s Meat Loaf, Kid Rock and the Oak Ridge Boys will be performing at Republican rallies today. Read More »

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Chuck Lorre Slams Mitt Romney & ‘The Bachelor’ In Self-Censored Vanity Card

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 11:37am PDTTags: Chuck Lorre, Mitt Romney, The Big Bang Theory

Chuck Lorre had some harsh words in his latest vanity card about Mitt Romney’s ability to relate to most Americans and “idiotic game shows like The Bachelor.” But he chose to address those topics and more … Read More »

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Mr. Burns Endorses Mitt Romney: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 7:59pm PDTTags: Fox, Mitt Romney, The Simpsons

Fox and The Simpsons has posted Montgomery Burns’ endorsement of Republican Presidential nominee Mitt (or “Meat” as Burns calls him) Romney.

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Clint Eastwood Tells Fox News About Plight Of Hollywood Conservatives: Video

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 4:49pm PDTTags: Clint Eastwood, Fox News Channel, Mitt Romney

Clint Eastwood told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity today that conservatives in Hollywood are afraid to reveal their political beliefs. “There is a group of people in Hollywood that are conservative, but by the nature of the word itself, they’re just reticent to speak out. And they’re reticent because they feel that they’ll maybe lose work, or they’ll be chastised in some way for having political views,” he said. The interview with the Oscar winner will play on  Hannity tonight at 9 PM ET. (Check out a sneak peek below). A public supporter of Mitt Romney, Eastwood made similar statements about conservatives in Hollywood during his surprise speech on the closing night of the Republican National Convention in August. Calling himself “crazy,” the actor responded afterward to the criticism he received and the distraction it caused the GOP nominee by saying his speech was never vetted. Eastwood has since appeared in a pro-Romney ad.

Related: Clint Eastwood’s RNC Speech “A Great Thrill” Mitt Romney Says Read More »

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Joss Whedon “Endorses” Mitt Romney?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday October 28, 2012 @ 3:59pm PDTTags: Joss Whedon, Mitt Romney

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Comcast Puts Lobbyist Kyle McSlarrow In Charge Of Mountain Region Operations

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 7:52am PDTTags: Comcast, Kyle McSlarrow, Mitt Romney

This is a surprise. Kyle McSlarrow, a longtime political operative in Washington, will relocate to Salt Lake City to serve as a Regional VP overseeing Comcast‘s cable operations in Utah and Arizona. He’ll report to Steve White, President of Comcast Cable’s West Division. “We’re delighted Kyle will now be turning all of his attention to our business operations which has been a goal of his since he came to Comcast,” says company EVP David Cohen. Maybe so, but it sure wasn’t evident from McSlarrow’s DC activities. He joined Comcast in April 2011 with the fancy title of President, Comcast/NBC Universal, Washington, D.C., where he reported to Cohen and oversaw public policy matters. That followed six years as CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, making him the industry’s top lobbyist. Lately he’s been an informal adviser to Mitt Romney on energy and telecommunications issues — giving rise to speculation that he’d be in line for an FCC appointment if the GOP presidential candidate wins. Previously, McSlarrow had been Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Energy Department, VP of Political and Government Affairs for Grassroots.com, National Chairman for the Quayle 2000 Presidential Campaign, Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell and Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel for Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Trent Lott. Read More »

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Clint Eastwood In New Pro-Romney Ad

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 7:31am PDTTags: Clint Eastwood, Mitt Romney

Clint Eastwood Mitt Romney AdAccording to Politico, the new TV ad was taped at the 82-year-old iconic filmmaker’s California home. Released today and aimed at battleground states, it’s for superPAC American Crossroads on behalf of Mitt Romney. It features both … Read More »

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Obama’s “Bayonets” Zingers Generated Debate’s “Most-Watched” Moments

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 3:10pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, TiVo

President Obama‘s response to GOP challenger Mitt Romney‘s charge that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships than it had in 1916 was a hit on all the major news channels last night — except for Fox News. Obama’s retort was the most-watched moment across all networks based on anonymous data from DVR users (who have the ability to jump back and re-watch programming), TiVo says. On ABC and MSNBC, the No. 1 moment came at 9:43:50 PM ET, when Obama answered the criticism about ships saying that “we also have fewer horses and bayonets” due to the changing nature of warfare. His comment a few seconds later that “we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them” led at NBC and was No. 2 on CNN. And at CBS the big moment came less than a minute later, when the president said his campaign checked Romney’s website to look at the details of the economic plan “and it still doesn’t work.” Obama’s jabs didn’t make it to the top of the most-watched moments on Fox News, TiVo says.

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UPDATE: 59.2M Watch Final Presidential Debate; NBC Wins Coverage Battle

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 2:49pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Fox News Channel, Mitt Romney, NBC, Ratings

UPDATE, 2:49 PM: The third Presidential debate of 2012 pulled in 2.7 million more viewers last night than watched the third debate between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008. Pulling in 59.2 million total viewers, last night’s debate was down 10% from the 65.6 million viewers who watched the second meeting between Obama and Mitt Romney on October 16 and down 12% from the 67.2 million who watched their first debate October 3. NBC led the night Monday with 12.39 million viewers (5.84 million in the adults 25-54 demo) watching the third face-off between President Obama and Romney. ABC came in second with 11.73 million viewers. Fox News Channel was third with almost 11.5 million viewers, an all-time viewership high for the 16-year-old news network. CBS was fourth with 8.43 million viewers overall. ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, PBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Current TV and CNBC all aired the 9-10:30 PM ET debate live last night. Telemundo played it on tape delay. Fox did not broadcast the debate, instead airing Game 7 of the National League Championship Series, which drew 8.1 million viewers. ESPN aired Monday Night Football to 10.7 million viewers. Both sports events were beaten in viewership by NBC, ABC and Fox News’s debate coverage.

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Presidential Debate #3: Your Thoughts?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 7:29pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

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Congrats to Bob Schieffer for demonstrating that some newsmen have balls as big as the newswomen by holding both sides in check. Now can we talk about how ‘horses and bayonets’ is trending #3 worldwide? If … Read More »

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Jon Stewart Mocks Fox News’ Reaction To Candy Crowley’s Debate Moderating: Video

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 1:12am PDTTags: Barack Obama, Candy Crowley, Fox News Channel, Mitt Romney, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Daily Show host kicked off last night with the rebound of Barack Obama in the second Presidential debate. Jon Stewart gave particular attention to the way the now-engaged incumbent (and tonight’s Daily Show guest) handled rival Mitt Romney’s assertion that he did not immediately call last … Read More »

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UPDATE: Second Presidential Debate Draws 65.6 M Viewers; NBC Tops Broadcasters

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 2:45pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Fox News Channel, Mitt Romney, NBC, Ratings

UPDATE, 2:45 PM: The second presidential debate was down 1.6 million viewers from the 67.2 million who watched the October 3 match-up between President Obama and Mitt Romney. NBC was No. 1 overall with 13.8 million viewers. The 65.6 million that watched the Candy Crowley-moderated town hall-style debate last night were 2.4 million more than watched the second similarly formatted debate between Obama and John McCain in 2008. ABC followed NBC in viewership with 12.46 million and then Fox News Channel with 11.1 million. CBS had 8.9 million total viewers, and the Fox network had 4.6 million, according to Nielsen. NBC also was tops in network post-debate analysis, followed by ABC and CBS. ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, CNN, FNC, MSNBC, Current TV and CNBC all ran the debate live from 9-10:45 PM ET on Tuesday, with Univision and Telemundo broadcasting coverage on tape delay. Read More »

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Question About Pay For Women Was The Debate’s “Most Watched” Moment: TiVo

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 12:57pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, TiVo

Once again, TiVo users watching different networks viewed and re-viewed different moments of last night’s presidential debate according to the DVR company’s second-by-second analysis of the anonymous data. But first place goes to the question from an undecided voter who asked (at 9:37:03 PM ET): “In what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn?” That was the most-watched moment on CBS and Fox News, the second-most-watched moment on NBC, and it came in No. 3 at CNN. Another question about immigration policy (9:58:28) was the No. 1 moment on NBC, and ranked second at CNN and third at CBS and Fox News.

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CNN’s Candy Crowley Defends Debate Performance: Video

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 11:17am PDTTags: Barack Obama, Candy Crowley, Mitt Romney, The View

The CNN chief political correspondent went on The View today to debrief after moderating last night’s second Presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Candy Crowley … Read More »

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Presidential Debate #2: Your Thoughts?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday October 16, 2012 @ 8:08pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, Candy Crowley, Fox News Channel, Mitt Romney

2ND UPDATE: CNN’s Candy Crowley held her ground, showing that the newswomen aren’t the pushovers that Jim Lehrer was. And it wasn’t easy: both … Read More »

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Fake Jake Gyllenhaal Tweet Backs Romney

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday October 15, 2012 @ 6:19pm PDTTags: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mitt Romney, Twitter

One of the most well known liberals in Hollywood, Jake Gyllenhaal, is a hot retweet today in what seems to be a huge change of political partisanship. In fact, it’s yet another fake celebrity Twitter account:

Jake Gyllenhaal does not have … Read More »

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Peter Berg Tells Mitt Romney To Stop Using ‘Friday Night Lights’ Slogan

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday October 12, 2012 @ 11:06am PDTTags: Friday Night Lights, Mitt Romney, Peter Berg

Friday Night Lights Mitt RomneyFriday Night Lights creator Peter Bergwants the GOP presidential candidate to stop using the expression “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose” from his former NBC show. Berg’s letter comes just days after Buzz Bissinger, who wrote the book upon which the series is based, announced that he was going to vote for the Republican ticket. The request also comes just a couple of days after Sesame Street‘s production company asked President Obama’s campaign to take down its Big Bird-themed ad taking Mitt Romney to task for his plan to cut funding to PBS. Here’s Berg’s letter he sent to Romney today:

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