Brian Williams is hosting 'Election Night Live,' Prime Video's first crack at live coverage of a breaking-news event. Watch the cold open.

Brian Williams didn’t come to Election Night to break news, but rather to put it all together. The longtime NBC News veteran kicked off an interesting American experiment Tuesday evening by taking to Amazon’s Prime Video to host an hours-long Election Night special that showed him using his gift of gab while his corporate benefactor

Amazon’s foray into live news coverage began with a familiar voice and face. “Good evening. It’s been a while,” said Brian Williams, the longtime NBC News anchor, kicking off election night coverage Tuesday at 2 p.

Election Night Live With Brian Williams has some budget tech. pic.twitter.com/mLrsDX7Q9c “Election Night Live With Brian Williams has some budget tech,” one user wrote on X, in a jab at the household-sized TV powering state-by-state analysis.