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December 1, 2009 2:08 PM | |

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By Rachelle Douillard-Proulx

Below is a list of the nets' planned coverage of Pres. Obama's primetime address tonight about Afghanistan. All times are ET, and the list will be updated as more information becomes available.

-ABC's Charles Gibson will anchor the net's primetime coverage of the speech, and will be joined by George Stephanopoulos, Jake Tapper, Martha Raddatz, ABC News consultant Ret. Gen. Jack Keane and Jim Sciutto in Kabul. Additionally, Terry Moran will anchor a special "Nightline" from West Point from 11:35pm-12:05am (release, 12/1).

-CBS' primetime coverage of the speech will have Katie Couric anchoring from NYC (release, 11/25).

-CNN will "kickoff" coverage of the speech beginning at 7pm, with a "special edition" of "CNN Tonight," hosted by John Roberts. Following the speech, Wolf Blitzer, in DC, will be joined by Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper in NY, and Ed Henry from West Point. Additionally, CNN corrs., including Christiane Amanpour and John King, among others, "will offer insight and analysis," with Candy Crowley, Gloria Borger and ex-WH adviser David Gergen providing "political perspective." Special editions of "AC 360" and "LKL" will follow the coverage (release, 12/1).

-FBN's Peter Barnes will report live from West Point, and Neil Cavuto will anchor, with guests including Rep. Howard McKeon (R-CA), Ex-Bush Dep. Defense Undersec. Jed Babbin, and ex-Reagan Dep. Defense Sec. KT McFarland (release, 11/30).

-FNC's coverage will be anchored by Bret Baier from DC, beginning with the speech at 8pm. Joining Baier will be Major Garrett, live from West Point, as well as syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer, The Hill's AB Stoddard and Weekly Standard's Steve Hayes (Hotline sources, 12/1).

-MSNBC will have live coverage of the address, beginning at 8pm. Following the speech, there will be "special live" editions of "Countdown" at 9pm, "Rachel Maddow Show" at 10pm, "Hardball" at 11pm and "Ed Show" at 12am (release, 11/30).

-NBC will carry the speech live, with Brian Williams anchoring (Hotline sources, 12/1).

-PBS will air the speech live at 8pm, with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times' David Brooks providing analysis (Hotline sources, 12/1).

-C-SPAN live coverage starts at 8pmET, likely on C-SPAN2 (if Senate is done for the day) plus C-SPAN Radio and live stream through C-SPAN.org. Viewer reaction will follow (Hotline sources 12/1).