Jersey Jerry, Big T bring back JNN Nov. 3, 8PM ET

Ohio's Tate laid out the plan the day before the polls close, and it's exactly as unhinged as you'd hope.

Ohio’s Tate

@OhioTate

Tomorrow night on @StoolAfterDark The return of the Jerry News Network Jersey Jerry and Big T will be covering 5 major elections throughout the country We will be Zooming in political pundits from various states, as well as taking live calls from the chat Tune in tomorrow night at 8 Eastern / 7 Central

So that's the format: Jerry and Big T at the desk, political pundits from different states Zoomed in, and the chat calling in live. Five races, 1 night, 8 Eastern and 7 Central. Tate didn't say which 5 elections made the cut, so we'll find out when Jerry does. Odds are he's learning some of it on air.

And there's a lot to choose from. The midterms put all 435 House seats on the ballot Tuesday, plus 35 Senate seats and governor races in 36 states. A real network spends the night on a wall-sized map with a guy tapping counties. JNN spends it with a former union pipefitter who now co-hosts Wake Up Barstool on FS1, which is honestly a better pitch.

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

JNN Barstool’s #1 source for Election News returns tomorrow night @ 8 PM ET If you want to make tomorrow a little more interesting check out DK Predictions for markets on all of the Elections #DKPartner @DKSports

"Barstool's #1 source for Election News" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and that's the joke. The promo is pure cable-news parody, with the podium, the seal and the electoral-vote bar, and the electoral graphic is show packaging, not results. It's also a paid DraftKings post. The company account tagged DK Predictions' election markets right next to the tune-in.

Dave is pushing the same thing. A day before the vote, he posted his own sponsored DraftKings Predictions spot telling people they can call every race before it happens.

Dave Portnoy

@stoolpresidente

By the way speaking of politics if you want to make tomorrow interesting you can predict who wins all the elections right now on DK Predictions #DKPartner

To be clear, that's a #DKPartner ad, not a tip sheet, and the numbers in the app screen aren't real market data. Still, you can see the idea: election night as a sweat, with JNN as the place to watch it go up and down.

JNN isn't new. Fans were already calling it the only news outlet they'd trust back during the 2024 cycle, and that was the same cycle Joe and Hunter Biden surprised Jerry with a "Lib of the Year" award on a Barstool podcast. Mixing politics with Jerry has been a bit for a while. Tuesday is the biggest stage he's had for it since then.

What to watch: which 5 races they pick, which state pundits actually show up on Zoom, and how long the live calls last before the chat takes over. Polls close, JNN opens at 8 ET on Stool After Dark.