[Stooky Bill]

It's not always a done deal by 5pm the next day, if parliament is hung, which is possible the result may not be known for several days after. In 2010 it was not fully confirmed until the following Monday that the conservatives had struck a deal with the Lib Dems.

That aside I am very aware rolling coverage will likely be drawing to its conclusion, however typically after an election the main evening bulletins attract a significant audience for a sum up of the previous 24 hours and who is in cabinet etc.

A hung parliament is of course rare and even if that happens the chances are that Friday evening will still be fairly low key news wise... politics has to rest at some point!

Yes as I say the Friday night bulletins are wraps of the days events, but that makes their scheduling even less important. That is as long as they stick to the schedules and overrunning football or tennis doesn't move them