US Election Night: Domestic Coverage

A check of the website suggests they have, which suggests all other calls on Sky are the same as BBC and ITV now.

ah thanks for that tvn.

now however i must watch john bolton and dimbleby have a rudeoff

Now we can forget explaining it any further; ABC's website now shows 175 for Obama so presumably have called the 4th Maine vote for him also.

Sky reports Fox calls Ohio for Obama (20 votes).

But ITV beat them to calling it as NBC have called it also as Obama's first gain.

Big shouts on ITV, with NBC announce Ohio to Obama.

The Democrats now have outright control over the senate for the first time since the Clinton era (the last two years they have had control thanks to Lieberman I-Conn. and Sanders I-Vt.). They need 8 more seats to gain over 60% of the seats, which would give them the power to expel members (if Senator Stevens is re-elected in Alaska, the Democrats could expel him from the senate if he is convicted of current corruption charges - the irony is the democrats probably have to beat him anyway to take 61 seats).

Sky now calling Ohio

Bets on if the BBC can cope with Nebraska...

ITV beat them, just (though Sky reported Fox calling it before then).
BBC were third to call it.
ITV have yet to add it to the total though!

I would say Maine is more streightforward, and less divisive. I think it's almost certain that this could happen with Nebraska also.

And what is going on with Matt Frei's microphone?

I love the spray-paint map of the US that ITV are showing, as Ohio gets sprayed blue on it.

another fabulous dimbleby moment just then. He turned to Frei and said.... Are you going to do a news summary or something. Frei wasn't ready at all.