# Screen Savers: Magic Walls, Big Boards Become Critical to TV-News Election Night Success

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/screen-savers-magic-walls-big-boards-become-critical-to-tv-news-election-night-success/
- Published: 2026-11-02T19:40:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T20:34:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/magic-wall-big-board-election-night-cnn-ms-now-fox-news-1236937706/
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- Election-night data boards are now central to network coverage.
- Networks are adding features for digital audiences.
- New graphics will track close races, costs and voter shifts.

## Summary

Television news networks are expanding their interactive election-night graphics, making data boards and on-screen analysts central to how they explain results and hold viewers’ attention. The tools help audiences follow close races and changing vote counts, while giving networks new ways to draw digital viewers alongside their traditional broadcasts.

CNN’s John King will use a live leaderboard and county-level cost data on the Magic Wall; Fox News’ Bill Hemmer will map incoming votes, and ABC News plans a feature tracking voter shifts since 2024. NBC is adding a digital-only Kornacki-cam while keeping Steve Kornacki in the studio, and MS NOW will stream Ali Velshi at his board on YouTube.

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