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ABC planning to air 5 hours of coverage

NEW YORK — ABC News will broadcast five hours of live primary coverage on Super Tuesday as voters in nearly half the country go to the polls next week.

The coverage starts at 7 p.m. and runs until 1 a.m., with affiliates given the chance to break for local news at 10 p.m.

Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will anchor, ABC said Wednesday.

CBS is devoting two hours of prime-time to the election, with separate live versions for the East and West Coasts.

NBC will do one hour in prime-time.

Wall-to-wall coverage

The cable news networks plan wall-to-wall coverage.

Intense interest in the campaign for president has led the networks to ramp up their plans.

Originally they had intended to offer only one hour in prime-time to sum up the race.

22 states hold primaries

Democrats are voting in 22 states Tuesday, Republicans in 21. New York, California, Illinois and New Jersey are among the biggest states holding primaries.

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