Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Brian Williams may have found his next TV-news job….except it won’t be on traditional TV. The veteran NBC News and MSNBC anchor is in late-stage discussions to host a live Election Night special on Amazon Prime Video, according to five people familiar with the matter.
The aim, these people say, is to have a non-partisan discussion of that evening’s events. If the project comes to fruition, it could mark the first entry into news-related programming by one of the industry’s stand-alone streaming giants, which have largely focused on movies, scripted original series and reality programming.
The concept isn’t necessarily guaranteed to be completed, these people cautioned. Amazon declined to make executives available for comment.
Through a spokesman, Williams declined to comment. Amazon would potentially vie for attention on one of the biggest nights for traditional journalism.
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