Originally published: March 5, 2012
Last updated: March 5, 2012 - 5:35pm
Voters will go to the polls in 10 states on March 6 in the biggest day yet for the Republican presidential primary race, and news networks have made extensive coverage plans to follow the election returns that night.
On ABC, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will anchor election updates to the network starting at 7 p.m. ET. Scott Pelley will lead CBS News' coverage from New York, providing live updates in primetime. CNN's coverage will start at 7 p.m. ET headlined by Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, John King and Candy Crowley. Brian Williams will anchor a one-hour primetime special on NBC from 10-11 p.m. ET and 8-9 p.m. PT. MSNBC's coverage will begin at 6 p.m. PBS will also cover Super Tuesday on its news and public affairs programs, with PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchoring special coverage during the program’s 7 p.m. ET timeslot and another 30-minute update at 11 p.m.
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