2000 United States presidential election

Network election night coverage, November 7–8, 2000: the Florida calls The defining blown-projection night, and best watched on more than one network at once. NBC called Florida for Al Gore at 7:50 p.m., the others followed within minutes, and then the anchors took it back. At 2:15 a.m. Fox News gave Florida, and with it the presidency, to George W. Bush, the rest followed, and around 3:17 a.m. they began pulling those calls too. Watching seasoned anchors explain twice in one night why a call no longer stands is uncomfortable and gripping, and the result was not settled until weeks later.