What Channel Should You Watch on Election Night?

Even if you want to avoid Election Night on Tuesday, you won’t be able to. Every channel will have wall-to-wall coverage, essentially all night: There aren’t even any sports events scheduled for the night. (ESPN2 is airing “Death Diving World Championships From Norway.”) And it’s not like anyone’s having viewing parties: The Break The Glass Ceiling parties of 2016 would be too fresh on everyone’s minds even if there wasn’t a pandemic going on. You’ll be on your couch, waiting to see if democracy survives. It’s as good a place as any.

But what channel should you watch? Where do you land on such a pivotal night? Ben Mathis-Lilley of Slate has argued that no pundits should be allowed on the air until Wednesday morning, which is smart and prudent and obviously isn’t going to happen. So here, for the nervous, for the anxious, is a Viewer’s Guide for Election Night.

Some of you may be reading this and saying, “Well, obviously I’ll be watching Fox News, that’s the only channel I ever watch. In fact, my dog accidentally stepped on the remote the other day and switched off Fox News for a second, and I shot him for it.” Know that this Viewer’s Guide is perhaps not for you. For the rest of you: Here’s a Guide for roughly what percentage of your time you should devote to watching each channel on this most emotional of nights. You’re going to want…