[mouseboy33]

Great idea to use the Monday Night Football studio for election night - they get an impressive new set without having to build one. NBC and MSNBC have used sports studios on election night in the past.

In terms of graphics, when did Sky last have the poll numbers permanently on- screen during an election campaign? They started doing it with the 2001 graphics that launched the moment that election was called - and I remember them doing it as recently as 2010, but they're not doing it now.

Yeah it totally makes sense to utilize what you already have within the Sky family. Plus think of the money being saved! Literally thousands of pounds. Something tells me that the budget played a part in this decision. I do like the idea of utilizing the MNF set. And yes NBC regularly used the Football Night in America set back in the day. But they didnt make a big deal about taking it over. Personally for a us presentation nerds, the promo was cool. The wider public, the promo of them taking over....ehh. Not sure if that promo will move the needle. It seems it would have made sense to showcase of highlight their coverage plans more. Because it kinda made it feel....like we cant afford to build a fancy set so we are going to use yours instead. (Well thats how it felt to me). It think it would have been best to say nothing. Like NBC did when they used to take over the Football Night In America set.

I do hope Sky will update the front of the MNF desk to make feel unique to the election. Does it change colours? In any event. Nice budget choice for SkyNews. Though I really not liking all the black in the graphics on the video walls. Hopefully thats not going to be there the whole time. Kinda boring.