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A quick round-up of the point where Obama was re-elected as US President.

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A quick round-up of the point where Obama was re-elected as US President this afternoon.

ABC News 24 / ABC1:

Seven / 7TWO:

Nine:

SBS ONE:

TEN:

Update: Network Ten spokesperson: “In addition to updates in our newsbreaks this afternoon, we will have extensive coverage of the US election across our TEN News At Five bulletins, The Project and TEN Late News this evening.”

“Sticking with Huey’s Kitchen offers our viewers an alternative ahead of the extensive US election coverage planned this evening.”

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  1. The picture shown for 9 is incorrect as far as “the point where Obama was re-elected”. While other stations were announcing the result for Ohio that pushed Obama to the 270 votes needed, 9 went to a commercial and missed it.

  2. Sadly this is what Ten has become. It’s what’s expected from them. Can’t do news, can’t do sport, can’t do reality, and can’t provide a decent schedule worth watching. Irrelevant network these days.

    @jumpjakflash. come on you know that’s a lie. Unless Simpsons was on at 10.30pm our time. Sandra Sully broke 9/11

  3. Haha, surely Channel Ten at least ran a graphic across the screen when the news came through?

    Though the coverage has been generally pretty good all round on the others that were covering it and taking US feeds. Has been interesting seeing Seven flip between NBC and CNN all afternoon.

  4. Ch10 need to just clean everything off and start again. I would replace the logo, the on air talent, the shows …everything.

    Everything they have now is toxic!

  6. Diversity in media should be just that… diversity.

    While the US election is obviously of news value and some relevance to Australians I don’t necessarily subscribe to the view that all 5 primary channels need to follow the same story with essentially identical coverage.

    If Ten wants to stick with Huey then good for them I say.

  7. Hahahhaha – good on you Channel 10!

    I remember when 9/11 occurred, all the TV stations were playing non-stop News Coverage, and over on Channel Ten – The Simpsons! So good! haha

  9. I bet you Ten will spend more time discussing the result on the Project than ACA/TT combined.

    But Ten apparently aren’t serious about their news.

    (I seriously have a pole up my arse today and just want to argue my point – sorry)

  10. David, there’s nothing to be gained by going to breaking news for this. Clearly a business decision but honestly, it really doesn’t affect Australia that much so I think they are probably the only Network to make the right call here- people will watch their News at 5 if they want to see a collated version of the story instead of hours of drawn out drivel of who has or hasn’t won

  11. Fortunately Channel Ten will have a detailed election wrap with Charlie Pickering live in Chicago tonight on The Project.

    But they should have also run a news special with Pickering and others this arvo.

  12. TEN couldn’t dare preempt the 3rd run of a NFL game, or the countless rerun of those old CBS series for a few hours. They didn’t need anyone in America, although they do have some. They just had to take the CBS feed available to them.
    Loss of news-image to TEN for not doing anything.
    Thought ABC24 and CNN (on various channels) were the best. SBS with PBS (“not predicting anything until two other networks do”) and their guy in Washington on a very bad internet link was the worst.

  13. Maybe TEN should of used ONE. But coming from someone who just wants to know the result and then carry on with their normal tv viewing, I can see why TEN stuck with their programs.

  16. If it was an Aussie event, then yes, I’d say Ten should have had coverage.

    I don’t need to be able to see the same basic story covered 4 slightly different ways with Aussie journo’s talking over a live feed.

  21. Channelling Sesame Street, David? One of these things is not like the others?

    Maybe Huey is an Obama supporter, and was whipping up a celebratory dish? (One he prepared much much earlier)

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