article_snippet.sent: The TV channel E4 will shut down for 12 hours on the day of the general election to encourage more youngsters to vote.
article_snippet.sent: Your Mother will be taken off air for 12 hours – with viewers tuning in on 7 May shown instead an advert telling people to go to the polls.
article_snippet.sent: E4 regular schedule will be suspended from 7am, when polls open, to 7pm, three hours before polling closes, when the channel will return to normal with Hollyoaks.
article_snippet.sent: The election-day shut down on E4 will see programmes including 'How I Met Your Mother' (pictured) taken off air for 12 hours .
article_snippet.sent: The Big Bang Theory will also be hit by the E4 decision to switch off The Big Bang Theory coverage between 7am and 7pm .
article_snippet.sent: comedian David Mitchell added: 'Our aim is to keep people watching much later than people intended and Our will be judged by the dip in the nation's productivity on Friday 8 May.' The Big Bang Theory will also include special election-themed episodes of Gogglebox and The Last Leg.
highlights_snippet.sent: Cult US shows like The Big Bang Theory  will be axed for 12 hours on May 7 .
  