It's August 2007, and the Sunday Talk lineup is almost exclusively about the 08 pres election (particularly the IA GOP Ames straw poll).
The Lineup
- MTP: Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) and Markos Moulitsas on the Democratic Party; roundtable of Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson, TIME's Michael Duffy, NBC's Chuck Todd, and National Review's Byron York on various topics incl 08
- FTN: Mike Huckabee (R-AR); roundtable of Des Moines Register's David Yepsen, TIME's Karen Tumulty, and Politico's Jim VandeHei.
- This Week: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) on Ames straw poll & 08; Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on 08; roundtable of conservative George Will, conservative Fareed Zakaria, conservative Torie Clarke and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile; Leonardo DiCaprio on his new environmental documentary, "The 11th Hour"
- FNS: Mitt & Ann Romney (R-MA)
- Late Edition: Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) & Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) on Iraq, Iran and terrorism; Transportation Sec. Mary Peters; Rep. David Dreier (R-CA-Giuliani), Buddy Roemer (R-LA-McCain) & ex-Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO-Romney) on 08; Pakistani Amb. Mahmud Ali Durrani; CNN's Bill Schneider & Hotline's Amy Walter
More TV Alerts (all subject to change)
- Political Capital with Al Hunt (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT); Margaret Carlson and Bob Novak on 2008
- Newsmakers (C-SPAN, 10am, Sundays): DoD's Theresa Whalen on Africa
- 60 Minutes 8/12: Stop Snitching; Larry the Cable Guy; Jacob from Darfur
- Q&A (C-SPAN, 8pm, Sundays): Tony Snow
- Today Show: Elizabeth Edwards promotes her book on 8/13
- Sesame Street: Brian Williams on 8/13
- Charlie Rose: Markos Moulitsas 8/13
- The Daily Show: Bill Kristol 8/13; Denis Leary 8/14; Stephen F. Hayes 8/15; Sen. John McCain 8/16
- The Colbert Report: Michael Jacobson 8/13; Jerry Miller 8/14; Spencer Wells 8/14; Michael Wallis 8/15; Markos Moulitsas 8/15; Andrew Keen 8/16
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Brian Williams (rerun) on 8/13
- Leno: Chris Matthews (rerun) on 8/15
Sunday Talk Ratings for Last Week's Shows
MTP topped the ratings last week. Hotline 8/9 has more: "For the week of 8/5, NBC's "Meet the Press" won with a 2.3 rating/7 share and 2.946M viewers. ABC's "This Week" was second with a 1.7/6 and 2.186M viewers. CBS' "Face the Nation" followed with a 1.6/5 and 2.097M viewers. "Fox News Sunday" came in with a 0.9/3 and 1.074M viewers." Last week's guests here. I just wanted to say that although I find CBN's David Brody's comments on the GOP primary interesting, I find his comments on the Dem primary uninteresting and unhelpful. He knows the Christian right well, so he has insight into how those guys think when it comes to GOP primary politics. When he talks about the innerworkings of the Dem primary, he doesn't speak about it with much authority.
Trailer for "The 11th Hour"
More...
Fact-checking the "fact checkers" is sadly necessary.
Steve Clemons of The Washington Note... unsung hero?
Giuliani's mendacity regarding 9/11
Bloggers considering forming union.
Bush helps FNC launch its new business channel.
Neil Cavuto wants more Democrats to appear on his Fox News show. Well, Biden didn't go on his show, but he did appear on Fox & Friends this past Thrusday and On the Record w/ Greta van Susteran this past Monday to promote his new book (and his candidacy).
Results of latest Pew poll on the public's views of media.
Affair between Telemundo reporter and Mayor Villaraigosa of LA boost Telemundo ratings.
Remainders...
Elizabeth Edwards has added a chapter to her book "Saving Graces." The chapter talks about the recurrence of her cancer. An excerpt is in the Aug. 20 issue of People magazine.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (#4), NBC's David Gregory (#13), French pres Nicolas Sarkozy (#6), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (#19), Afghanistan pres Hamid Karzai (#10), environmentalist David de Rothschild (#20), and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) (#21) are all on Esquire's Best Dressed Men of 2007 list. Obama's wife, Michelle, is currently on Vanity Fair's 2007 International Best Dressed list. John Boehner also wins for Most Orange Congressional Tan. (Ok, I made up the last one.)
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