What else you can watch on election night if you want to keep up with the news

There are two kinds of people in America: those who will watch enthralled as each little set of election results arrives on Tuesday night (Nov. 5) and hang on to every word as the talking heads analyze that data, and those for whom that is a very difficult task. hard step. If you fall into the first category, we have enough information for that how and where you can watch every moment of election night coverage. If you’re one of the other guys planning to give all that election night stuff a wider berth, we’re here to help you too.

So for those who plan to play a little distance dodgeball to avoid the results – and maybe for you too favorite broadcasts will be excluded that evening — here’s a look at what else is airing Tuesday night. No politics allowed on this list! (All times East.)

It always is a beautiful day to watch Bones team solve their many strange murder mysteries, but it’s an especially good day to do so if you want to rest your mind (and anxiety). BBC America will marathon the beloved procedural Thursday from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. (that’s 20 hours straight).

From 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next morning, Ion runs back-to-back episodes of the Dick Wolf drama. Call it a fire escape!

Minced meat on Food Network

Starting at 12 p.m., the Food Network will run this light-hearted competition series of marathons, in which four chefs compete using eclectic ingredients and a very tight time frame to become the next Chopped champion.

If you want to see Mike Rowe get his hands dirty in this reality series, the first two seasons will be new to Netflix, just in time for an election night breakout.

Holiday movies on Hallmark

When in doubt, let the cheer of holiday movies wash over you, right? Hallmark will be fixing some winter favorites all day long, including A royal Christmas, A Royal Queens ChristmasAnd Pride, prejudice and mistletoejust to name a few.

Real Housewives on Bravo

There are few shows that allow you to turn off your thoughts and just enjoy the ridiculousness like any given Real Housewives series. And Bravo will deliver nonstop Housewives action all day long, with episodes featuring the OGs of Orange County, DC, and New York City.

From 12pm to 4am, watch all kinds of highway shenanigans in this riveting (and rather disturbing) docuseries.

Thor movies on FX

For movie fans, FX will offer quality programming, including a series of the first three Thor movies from 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM Let the God of Thunder take you away.