Cable Newsers Schedule Nevada Caucus Coverage

CNN, MSNBC, FNC will offer live specials on Saturday

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/3/2012 4:37:45 PM

Cable news networks have lined up coverage as the GOP race heads west to the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.

Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper and John King will anchor coverage from CNN's Election Center beginning at 7 p.m. ET following The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer. Don Lemon will anchor a live edition of CNN Newsroom at 11 p.m.

On MSNBC, Hardball host Chris Matthews will lead live coverage of the results from 8-10:30 p.m. ET with Chuck Todd, NBC News chief White House correspondent and political director. MSNBC contributor Michael Smerconish will lead coverage before that from 6-8 p.m.

Bret Baier will be at the desk for Fox News with a one-hour live special at 10 p.m. ET and cut-ins during the net's regular Saturday primetime programming before that.