Former news anchor Brian Williams is in talks to host an Amazon Prime election night special. information Variety. The show would apparently be a “nonpartisan discussion” when the election night news hits and could include several guests.
Williams has been out of the news game for a while. He lost his role as an NBC host. nightly news after it was discovered that some of his reports had been repeatedly embellished. He then went on to host the MSNBC show. 11th hour until he resigned from the network in 2021.
If the deal goes through, Williams would begin the November 5 presidential election night broadcast at 5 p.m. ET and continue for up to eight hours, or longer if the election is too close to call, he writes. Variety, citing anonymous sources familiar with the conversations. The show was reportedly not keeping up with the latest news; instead, Williams and his guests would explain the events as the night progresses. And the show won’t cancel the race, according The daily beast.
The deal is not final Variety reported. Their sources also cautioned that the news does not necessarily mean Amazon is planning regular news shows.