Election Night TV Coverage With CBS News Team
CBS correspondents Wallace Reasoner Cronkite and Sevareid Mudd will anchor election night coverage from 5 p.m. The networks preempt regular programming until major races are decided. The schedule lists news, sports, and films leading to election returns.
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Television Daytime Schedule Fragment
A fragmented daytime lineup shows a dense block of programs from 5:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. including meditation, farm reports, news, game shows like The Dating Game and Password, soaps Days of Our Lives and The Edge of Night, and children's offerings such as Captain Kangaroo. Names like Mike Wallace and Beverly Hillbillies appear amid a cluttered TV guide snippet.
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Election Night TV Races Show Computer Driven Results
Tuesday highlights 5 p.m. election coverage on channel 10 12 and 3 outlines networks using computers to project winners. CBS uses IBM 2250 with Cronkite Reasoner Mudd Sevareid guiding analysis. NBC uses RCA DIVCON with side by side percentages. ABC relies on Burroughs B 5500 and a brains trust led by Smith Morgan Jennings Lawrence.
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