You know there are midterm elections coming up, right? Consider this your reminder. ABC News has already announced plans for its coverage of the elections, notably combining their on-air broadcast with the digital coverage. Instead of having an entirely different program for second screen viewers, it will be the same cast of characters, same line-up. Worlds will collide.
Anchor George Stephanopoulos will lead uninterrupted overage from 7 p.m. ET until 2 a.m. ET from ABC News headquarters in Times Square. In addition to other ABC contributors such as Diane Sawyer, Matthew Dowd, Fusion’s Alicia Menendez, and the Washington D.C.’s bureau Cokie Roberts will be on hand for analysis. The ABC news team will also host FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver, who will live-blog and join Stephanopoulos on air.
It’s really a multi-media election showdown. The broadcast will be available to stream on abcnews.com, ABC News mobile apps and Apple TV. ABC News Digital will introduce personalized alerts for Election Night, updating users with all the results from their local races.
And, thank the network gods, in the name of an informed democracy, viewers can stream the election coverage from the app or website without a cable subscription.