The E. W. Scripps Company’s streaming and broadcast news channel Scripps News will offer comprehensive coverage of the race for the White House and key U.S. Senate and U.S. House competitions on Election Night, the organization confirmed to The Desk this week.
Leading up to Election Day, Scripps News will offer live and packaged reports on the leading candidates and causes, including former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as on-the-ground reports from the battleground states that could influence the outcome of the election.
On Election Day (Tuesday, November 5), Scripps News will begin wall-to-wall coverage at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, with its programming anchored by Chance Seales from the Scripps News studios in Atlanta. Seales will also speak with a number of guests and analysts who will offer feedback on voter turnout, congressional races, the presidential race and other matters.
From 7 p.m. Tuesday to 2 a.m. Wednesday Eastern Time, Scripps News coverage will be anchored by Del Walters and Maritsa Georgiou from Atlanta. Coverage continues Wednesday morning from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Eastern Time, with Chris Stewart and Carolyn Bruck anchoring from Atlanta.
Throughout the evening, Scripps News Political Director Andrew Rafferty and Deputy Political Director Joe St. George will offer reports and analysis from the outlet’s studio in Atlanta, the company affirmed. Recurring guests that are scheduled to appear on Scripps News include Steve Schmidt, Keisha Carter, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Georgia State Senator Inga Willis.
Scripps News reporters Serena Marshall and Stephanie Liebergen will report live from the Harris/Walz campaign headquarters, while Haley Bull and Nathaniel Reed will report from the Trump/Vance campaign headquarters.
A network of Scripps News correspondents will offer on-the-ground reports from throughout the country, including:
- Charles Benson (Wisconsin)
- Dan Grossman (Nebraska)
- Adi Guadajaro (Arizona)
- Ava Joye-Burnett (North Carolina)
- Liz Landers (Arizona & Scripps News Disinformation Desk)
- Lauren Magarino (Georgia)
- Alex Miller (Pennsylvania)
- James Packard (Nevada)
- Maya Rodriguez (Pennsylvania)
- Clayton Sandell (Michigan)
- Patrick Terpstra (Washington, D.C. & Scripps News Disinformation Desk)
Election Night will be one of the last major scheduled news events covered by Scripps News before the organization shuts off its over-the-air signal on digital television and reverts to a streaming-only news channel. The channel originated as Newsy, a content production company that distributed short-form clips to clients like AOL, the Huffington Post and Yahoo. Scripps acquired Newsy for around $35 million in 2014.
Scripps News is available on leading free, ad-supported streaming TV platforms like Tubi, Pluto TV, Xumo Play and Sling TV, as well as some premium streaming services, including YouTube TV and Fubo.
