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Networks pile on midterm coverage; Halloween box office is a…

NBC plans thirteen hours of Election Night coverage, its most for a midterm, while two documentaries edge Clayface at the Halloween box office; one night, many channels.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNetworks are going big for Election Night on Tuesday, and NBC News has thirteen hours planned, the most it has ever planned for a midterm, according to Deadline.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentC-SPAN is handing two of its channels to YouTube creators, one progressive and one conservative.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAt least twenty hours of live coverage, and two of the channels are livestreams.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a choice for everybody at home. Pick your side, pick your snack. Love it. Love all of it.

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