Ex-NBC anchor Brian Williams in talks to host Amazon Prime's 'non-partisan' election night event

Former NBC News and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, whose career was upended by an embarrassing reporting scandal in 2015, is negotiating his first hosting gig in years with a live Amazon Prime election night event.

Variety reported Saturday that five people "familiar with the matter" have said Williams and Amazon are in "late-stage discussions" for Williams to host the platform’s first live news-related program. The report claimed the aim of the event "is to have a non-partisan discussion of that evening’s events."

"Amazon’s Election Night special would likely have Williams relying heavily on the Associated Press to determine how candidates were faring state by state. The show would stream from a studio in the Los Angeles area, one of the people said, and could start as early as 5 p.m. eastern," Variety reported.

The report continued, "Williams would be prepared to stay at the desk for as many as seven to eight hours — and potentially more. In the case of a close election in which results are too close to call, this person says, Williams would broadcast for as long as it might be sustainable."

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Variety added the deal does not necessarily mean the platform will produce more news programming events.

"The show is aimed more toward explaining the news, this person says, rather than breaking individual pieces of it. Producers have lined up well-known names, this person adds, and was aided by the fact that many traditional TV-news competitors have trimmed the ranks of their contributors as economic pressures have weighed on them. The show, this person says, would aim to be big and accessible and offer a lot of famous guests," Variety