Amazon Confirms Election Night Special Hosted by Brian Williams on Prime Video

Claire Franken

17 October 2024 at 12:18 pm·2-min read

Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams will host a live election night special on Prime Video, marking Amazon’s first go at news coverage.

The streamer confirmed on Thursday that Election Night Live with Brian Williams, a one-night special delivering election results and analysis, will stream on Tuesday, Nov. 5 beginning at 5 pm ET.

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Williams will be joined live by guests, including contributors across news and traditional media from a range of backgrounds and perspectives, to share real-time poll results and commentary. The program will also reference third-party news sources across all political affiliations during its coverage. Guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

“After 41 years in the business — from local news to network shows to cable news — this feels like the next big thing,” Williams said in a statement. “And the global marketplace of Amazon is a natural home for this first-of-its-kind venture. Together we will follow the storyline on election night wherever it leads us.”

The special is Williams’ first major project since signing off as host of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour in December 2021. He first joined NBC News in 1993, and previously served as chief anchor and managing editor of NBC’s Nightly News, succeeding veteran newsman Tom Brokaw in 2004.

Williams’ career became embroiled in controversy in February 2015 when the anchor was hit with an unpaid, six-month suspension from Nightly News after it was found that he had falsely claimed that his helicopter was hit by a grenade in March 2003 as he covered the Iraq War. He was subsequently replaced by current anchor Lester Holt, and transitioned to a new role at MSNBC, before taking on The 11th Hour in 2016.

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