Amazon may tap Brian Williams to host an election night special

Former quality anchor Brian Williams is successful talks to big an Amazon Prime predetermination nighttime special, reports Variety. The amusement would seemingly beryllium a “non-partisan discussion” arsenic predetermination nighttime quality comes successful and could see aggregate guests.

Williams has been retired of the quality crippled for a while. He mislaid his relation arsenic anchor of NBC’s Nightly News aft immoderate of his reporting was found to person been repeatedly embellished. He went connected to big MSNBC’s 11th Hour until helium resigned from the web successful 2021.

If the woody goes through, Williams would statesman the November 5th statesmanlike predetermination nighttime broadcast arsenic aboriginal arsenic 5PM ET and proceed for up to 8 hours — oregon longer if the predetermination is excessively adjacent to call, writes Variety, citing unnamed sources acquainted with the talks. The amusement reportedly wouldn’t support up with breaking news; instead, Williams and his guests would explicate events arsenic the nighttime goes on. And the amusement won’t telephone the race, according to The Daily Beast.

The woody isn’t final, Variety reported. Its sources besides cautioned that the quality doesn’t needfully mean Amazon is readying connected regular quality programs.