Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination: What Time & Channel Is the Announcement On TV Tonight?

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President Donald Trump has announced that he will be sharing his choice for Supreme Court justice nominee tonight, Tuesday, January 31. The announcement is going to be made at 8 p.m. Eastern (7 p.m. Central.) Trump’s decision to announce his choice during primetime TV is an attempt to draw a larger audience. When President George W. Bush announced his choice of Justice John Roberts, he made his decision known during an evening announcement from the White House. Trump’s choice, if confirmed, will replace late Justice Antonin Scalia. Here’s a look at the broadcast information.


DATE: Tonight, Tuesday, January 31, 2017


ANNOUNCEMENT TIME: The announcement is scheduled to occur at 8 p.m. Eastern (7 p.m. Central.)


TV CHANNEL: The announcement will be broadcast live, likely on most major TV networks. Many major stations will break their scheduled broadcasts to cover Trump’s announcement. We have confirmed that both C-SPAN 2 and Fox News will be covering the nomination announcement live and in full.

To find out what channel the station you want to watch, click here to go to TV Guide’s listings. Then change the “Provider” (right under TV Listings) to your local provider. You’ll be able to scroll down to see what channel the station you’re interested in is on for you.

Fox has announced on its website that Bill O’Reilly will be covering the announcement live as it happens, during The O’Reilly Factor. C-SPAN 2 also has the announcement on its schedule. (Note: Look for C-SPAN2 on your TV channel guide, not just C-SPAN.)

Here are what broadcast networks are scheduled to be airing at the time of Trump’s scheduled announcement. Many of them have not changed their websites to indicate coverage of Trump’s announcement yet. However, The New York Times has reported that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are cutting into their regular primetime programming to cover the announcement.

  • CPSPAN2 has Trump’s announcement on its schedule starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
  • FOX News has The O’Reilly Factor scheduled, and has announced he will be covering Trump’s announcement.
  • CNN has Anderson Cooper 360 scheduled. Interestingly, CNN has a Town Hall with Nancy Pelosi scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight. So you might tune in there to see Pelosi’s reaction.
  • MSNBC has All in With Chris Hayes scheduled.
  • NBC is scheduled to air its new game show The Wall, according to its last schedule, but the New York Times has reported that it will break its schedule to cover the announcement.
  • ABC is scheduled to show a comedy repeat, according to its last schedule, but the New York Times has reported that it will break its schedule to cover the announcement.
  • CBS has NCIS on its schedule, but the New York Times has reported that it will break its schedule to cover the announcement.
  • Fox is showing a New Girl repeat, according to its last schedule, but the New York Times has reported that it will break its schedule to cover the announcement.