When I was covering election nights for New York newspapers, I would sit in my basement office watching, and writing about, 10 or 12 TV sets at once, each television tuned to a different broadcast or cable news operation. Now I just watch on one set (though recording on several DVRs), flipping to the next station whenever I feel the urge — which is often. I recommend the same approach for 2012. If, in a given hour, you’re not sampling MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS and the broadcast

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ROSEMARY'S BABY By David Bianculli

Election Night not scary enough for you? Then try this as an occasional or lengthy distraction: Roman Polanski’s 1968 thriller, starring Mia Farrow as a loving wife whose husband moves her into a foreboding old apartment house, where the neighbors are scary, and her nightmares are even scarier, with good reason.

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SONS OF ANARCHY By David Bianculli

Gemma (Katey Sagal) was confronted by Jax (Charlie Hunnam) last week, and forced to admit the real reason she ran her vehicle into a tree with Jax’s young son aboard. But Jax told her how to begin atoning for her sins, and it has to do with getting close to Clay (Ron Perlman). Very, very close. And it begins tonight.

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THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART: “ELECTION NIGHT 2012: THIS ENDS NOW” By David Bianculli

No matter what other media venues you watch tonight, you must – must – watch Comedy Central during this particular hour. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert present live Election Night editions of their respective shows, and both shows should have you laughing, whether or not, by that part of the evening, you’re in a mood to do so.

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THE COLBERT REPORT: “ELECTION 2012: A NATION VOTES, OHIO DECIDES; THE RE-PRESIDENTING OF AMERICA: WHO WILL REPLACE OBAMA? ’012!” By David Bianculli

If this show is half as funny as its title, it’s going to be wonderful. And there’s no reason to expect Colbert won’t deliver the goods. He almost always does, especially when the stakes are high. And that’s the truthiness.

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CALM AFTER THE STORM: 'SESAME STREET' HELPS KIDS WITH SANDY AFTERSHOCK By Tom Brinkmoeller

Sesame Street's Friday episode has been designed to ease the fears that Superstorm Sandy may have left with the series' young fans...

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER By David Bianculli

Postponed from last week: Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) demotes his buddies and gets a new wing man – a real hound. As in an actual dog, with four legs and a tail. But Barney bonds with him anyway, and uses him mercilessly to attract women.

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THE GRAPES OF WRATH By David Bianculli

Ten days before Ken Burns presents his company’s newest documentary, a two-parter called The Dust Bowl, TCM presents this 1940 movie, a classic adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel about poor Oklahoma farmers trying to improve their fortunes by heading West. Henry Fonda stars.

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WITNESS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This isn’t the wonderful Harrison Ford movie about murder, romance and the Amish. It’s a new documentary series, presented in half-hour segments each Monday, by Miami Vice creator Michael Mann. And the Michael Mann influence is all over the place, which is both good and bad. It’s good, because this study of photojournalists in high-risk locations is loaded with vitality and well-framed images. And it’s bad, or at least a bit wearying, because it relies so

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GAME CHANGE By David Bianculli

The night before the 2012 presidential election, HBO repeats its well-made telemovie drama about the 2008 presidential election, for which Julianne Moore won an Emmy for her portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Is this a well-timed repeat for Election Day Eve? You betcha.

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