• Yahoo News, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 10:15 AM

Election night is the closest thing all-news outlets have to the Super Bowl, as friends gather in homes and bars around the country to watch the returns. So CNN, Fox, MSNBC and others will be unveiling some wild gizmos and gimmicks to spice up their coverage on Tuesday night.

In what is probably the goofiest of all gimmicks, the Rockefeller Center skating rink will be turned into a giant map of the country, courtesy of NBC. Skaters clad in blue or red will be called onto the ice as states are called in favor of either candidate. Meanwhile, giant banners bearing each candidate's name will race up the side of 30 Rockefeller Center toward 270 electoral votes.

Across town, ABC will turn Times Square into a TV studio. "We wanted the scale and scope of the coverage to match the moment, to match the interest and enthusiasm that we have been seeing from the public," said David Chalian, ABC News political director.

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