Brian Williams Leads Prime Video’s First Live Election Night Special – Watch The Cold Open
deadline.comBrian Williams is back on the news beat. The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor is hosting Election Night Live, Prime Video‘s first crack at live coverage of a breaking-news event.
Originating from Amazon’s Culver City studio, the multi-hour, ad-supported special kicked off at 2 p.m. PT — watch the cold open above and a trailer for the special below.
Recalling his stint as host of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, Williams remains the jocular, sorta folksy wordsmith as he riffed about the sheer size of the studio — noting that people there are “getting their steps in — and revived catchphrases including how coverage will continue “on the other side” of a commercial break.
At one point, he name-checked his former colleague, MSNBC’s Map Maven Steve Kornacki. RELATED: Deadline’s Updated Election Night Coverage The show also includes a murderer’s row of TV pundits including James Carville, Abby Huntsman, Baratunde Thurston, Douglas Brinkley, Mike Murphy and others.
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