# What color hair will the person have who first calls the election tonigh? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127 "2012-11-06T19:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127/21 "2012-11-06T21:19:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I have never used these on this board before, so congrats to you for the inspiration: > :rolleyes: Oh, come on! This OP is funny. Don’t be a party pooper. My initial reaction was brown, just because that’s a common hair color, but foolishly, I didn’t take into account that that really isn’t what’s important. There sure are a lot of grey old men on TV. Does salt and pepper hair count as grey? If so, grey is where my money is. Then again, I have a good feeling about Brian Williams calling it tonight. Fuck it, I’m going with grey. Don’t let me down, Wolf! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127/22 "2012-11-06T23:05:35Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Fuck you, I’m playing this straight. > > Blitzer or Anderson will probably be the lead guys on CNN, so white hair. Katie Couric will be on ABC, so blonde. Maddow is hosting MSNBC, so brown. Scott Peley on CBS, so grey. Gwen Ifill on PBS, so black. Megan Kelly on FOX, so blonde. Brian Williams on NBC, so brown. Current TV will have Al Gore (!), so grey. > > So that’s three networks with grey-haired hosts. Two with blonds, two brown-haired anchors and one black haired anchor. > > My mathematical model projects a grey haired host will be the first person to call the election with 37% probability. You forgot John Stewart (call it grey) and Stephen Colbert (brown). That gives 4 grey haired hosts to 3 brown…but there’s no way that Colbert lets Stewart scoop him, so that effectively makes it a 30% probability for both grey and brown. It’s just too close to call… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127/23 "2012-11-07T04:37:09Z")
For those keeping score at home: John Stewart - 8:21 PST (11:21 EST) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127/24 "2012-11-07T12:00:05Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > For those keeping score at home: > > John Stewart - 8:21 PST (11:21 EST) According to the election thread, CNN called it at 11:20, and the other networks all before that, at 11:10ish. In fact, I’m pretty sure Jon called because the other networks had, seeing as their other info seemed to come from watching the networks. That’s what they do to get stories there, after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-hair-will-the-person-have-who-first-calls-the-election-tonigh/640127.md?page=1)