I'm an avid TV viewer, so it's no surprise how I spent much of my Election Day.

From about 4:30 (when I got home from voting) until about 2 a.m., I was parked on my couch, avidly watching each new election update with bated breath.

It feels like forever now that we've been watching 2008 election coverage on television. From the early primary debates, to the overdose of attack ads, to Tina Fey's hilarious portrayal of Sarah Palin, it has been almost impossible over the last year to turn on the television without being bombarded with anything and everything election related.

I may have been sick of it, but on Tuesday night, I could not tear myself away.

I started early with CNN before any of the polls had closed. Wolf Blitzer and his team had some pretty snazzy toys on set, most notably giant touch screen maps with video insets that analysts could interchange and slide around.

As more and more statistics came in, I switched over to and stayed with MSNBC. I'm a cable news channel nut and I've always been swayed by the personalities on this network. Chris Mathews and my new favorite anchor Rachel Maddow looked to be holding back an onslaught of tears as they read each incoming set of results and Keith Olbermann, known for his blunt and often scathing comments was particularly poignant when he said this:

Being able to watch the coverage from my apartment in State College was an emotional and unforgettable experience. I was transported from Rockefeller Center in New York, to Senator McCain's rally in Arizona, to President-Elect Obama's rally in Chicago, to a village in Kenya where residents cried out in joy for America's new decision.

I'm also a huge fan of The Daily Show, and while I wanted to watch all of the Indecision coverage live, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert weren't updating the projected state winners fast enough for me to stay with it. The entire Daily Show team's coverage was predictably hilarious, though, so make sure you check out the full episode plus clips here.