US networks seek to banish ghosts of 2000 election
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When American voters finally get their say on the most divisive presidential race in decades on November 2, US television networks will finally have their shot at redemption.
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A year from Sunday,  television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals  will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and  millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.
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The nation's most famous broadcasters confirm job losses and problems voting on interactive shows
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Al Gore's stiff jokes are gone now, replaced by recount jokes. The cautious campaigner of 2000 is gone, too, replaced by a fire-breathing Bush basher.
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Four years ago, blindly relying on exit polls that had flawlessly predicted presidential winners for decades, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC made &quot;Dewey defeats Truman&quot; look like a warm-up act for the real laughter.
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Touted as the solution to the hanging chads of the 2000 presidential election, experts debate the reliability of software that operates the new electronic voting systems. -The Washington Post
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The legacy of Dennis Kucinich's longshot presidential campaign may be less his anti-war views than a futile fight that legally reinforced the rights of TV networks to organize their own debates.
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Local TV stations have nearly given up covering local political races and issues, researchers will report Tuesday. In the month leading up to last Election Day, just 8% of the local evening newscasts in 11 of the nation's largest TV markets devoted time to local races and issues, researchers say.
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US TV networks vow to take a cautious approach to predicting the result of this year's presidential election.
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Now that the Iowa caucuses  and New Hampshire primary have launched the presidential race,  non-news networks are piling on to document an election season  seen as just too entertaining to pass up.
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The Internet is catching up, but aside from the perhaps predictable 18-29 age group, most still favor TV networks--and even their daily newspaper--for information about the 2008 race.
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For the first time in four decades, The Associated Press will be television networks' sole source for vote-counting on election night.
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September 28, 2004 -- Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plans to hold a vote this year on a proposal to require US television broadcasters such as Viacom Inc.
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The winner of the US Presidential election has yet to be decided. But a couple of losers are already apparent - CBS News, which ran the now largely discredited memos about
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The nation&#39;s broadcast networks and cable news channels will also be on tenterhooks, eager to be first with results, fearful of dancing too far out on the fragile limbs of exit polls.
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President Bush's second inauguration marked a transition for the TV networks that most Americans depend upon to see the ceremony.
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Tuesday might have been an important night for the presidential primary process, but Fox came away the big winner in the television ratings race, easily outpacing its rivalsâ election coverage. As usual, âAmerican Idolâ led over all, drawing 27.8 million viewers at 8, according to Nielsenâs estimates. At 9, Foxâs âHouseâ earned a similarly dominant 23.2 million viewers. Meanwhile, ABC, the only network to broadcast three full hours of election returns, ranked fourth over all with an average of 5.3 million viewers during prime time. CBS, which broadcast presidential primary results from 9 to 11, finished third (4.7 million). NBCâs election coverage won the 10 oâclock time slot (5.6 million), possibly benefiting from higher ratings leading into the hour. NBCâs âBiggest Loserâ averaged eight million viewers in second place from 8 to 10, behind Fox. NBC also led Monday nightâs ratings, thanks to âAmerican Gladiatorsâ (nine million) followed by âDeal or No Dealâ at 9:30 (13.2 million). Also on Monday, at 10 p.m., ABCâs â20/20â special on the death of Natalee Holloway drew 12.7 million viewers, the largest audience for â20/20â in more than a year.