Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd and Megyn Kelly Lead Network Coverage Beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET
Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow Anchor MSNBC’s Primetime Coverage Beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET
NBC News Digital will Livestream Coverage Across Apps and Platforms
OCTOBER 10, 2018 – NBC News and MSNBC will broadcast live coverage of the 2018 midterm elections, The Vote: America’s Future, anchored from NBC News world headquarters in New York City on Tuesday, November 6. Rockefeller Plaza will once again light up for Democracy Plaza, with programming streaming on screens flanking the building and augmented graphics showing vote counts and poll results projected against the building for television viewers.
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie lead the network’s coverage joined by Meet the Press moderator and NBC News political director Chuck Todd and Megyn Kelly TODAY host Megyn Kelly. Coverage will air live from:
- 8:00pm – 11:00 p.m. ET
- 7:00pm – 10:00 p.m. CT
- 7:00pm – 10:00 p.m. MT
- 8:00pm – 11:00 p.m. PT
- The eastern and central time zones will receive additional updates after local news
On Sunday, November 4, Meet the Press with Chuck Todd originates live from NBC News Election Headquarters in New York with an all-star political panel of NBC News and MSNBC anchors and contributors. TODAY will provide full coverage with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on Election Day and the morning after. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt broadcasts from NBC News Election Headquarters on Monday, November 5 and Tuesday, November 6.
MSNBC coverage begins with Morning Joe and continues through MSNBC dayside and primetime. Starting at 6:00 p.m. ET, Brian Williams, host of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, and Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show, will helm election night primetime coverage on MSNBC with NBC News and MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki at the “Big Board.” They will be joined throughout the night by Deadline: White House’s Nicolle Wallace, Hardball’s Chris Matthews, All In’s Chris Hayes, The Last Word’s Lawrence O’Donnell, and MSNBC political analyst Eugene Robinson.
Kornacki will be on set breaking down the details of key races with his now famous “Big Board,” which re-launched with an all-new look using cutting-edge software developed by the NBC News Digital product and technology teams. MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle will host a pre-show airing across all NBC News digital properties from 7 p.m. ET – 9 p.m. ET, with NBC News coverage simulcasting afterward and through the night.
NBC News correspondents Catie Beck, Garrett Haake, Kasie Hunt, Chris Jansing, Steve Patterson, Cal Perry, Morgan Radford, Gadi Schwartz, and Jacob Soboroff as well as NBC News political reporters Shaquille Brewster, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Vaughn Hillyard, Mike Memoli, Heidi Przybyla, and Ali Vitali will report live from key locations across the country, focusing on the candidates and the crucial issues impacted by 2018 midterm results. NBC News senior legal and investigative correspondent Cynthia McFadden will embed with the NBC News VoteWatch team reporting on election security.
NBC News Digital’s full politics team will be providing coverage of the race results and ballot initiatives across the country. They’ll offer exit poll data and analysis on the consequences for the President and each party and will also provide live blog coverage of the night. NBC Social teams will be live on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with race results, data, speeches and on-the-ground updates from NBC News reporters around the country. And, NBC’s Stay Tuned will be covering the races with additional breaking news updates to their show throughout the night.
Digital will also showcase a new interactive map on NBCNews.com powered by the same technology used by Kornacki and Todd, allowing viewers to follow the vote count on television and on their own by selecting district combinations to see how the balance of power in the House may shift.
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NBC News
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Rachel Zuckerman
NBC News
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