Dancing, media info, ratings, and more below the fold and in the comments...
The Lineup
- MTP: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX); CNBC & NYT's John Harwood and NBC News' Chuck Todd on the pres. campaign
- FTN: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL); Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
- This Week: Rudy Giuliani (R-NY); roundtable of WaPo's EJ Dionne, ABC's Torie Clarke, Cokie Roberts and George Will; Caroline Kennedy (author, "A Family Christmas")
- FNS: Gen. David Petraeus on latest Iraq report; pastor Joel Osteen; Worcester Health president Morrill Worcester
- Late Edition: year-end special featuring clips of previous interviews
More TV Alerts (all subject to change)
- Political Capital w/ Al Hunt (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte; a report on Hillary Clinton
- Chris Matthews Show 12/22-12/23: Dan Rather, Katty Kay, Andrew Sullivan, Norah O'Donnell discuss "Highlights of 2007"
- Newsmakers (C-SPAN, 10am, Sunday): Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) on ethics enforcement
- 60 Minutes (CBS, Sun): Preacher Joel Osteen; Using DNA to trace ancestry; Tom Brady
- Q&A (C-SPAN, Sun, 8pm): Dir. of National Security Archive Thomas S. Blanton
- "In God's Name" CBS, 12/23, 9pm.
- "Rescuing Youssif" on CNN, 12/24, 10pm. Special on helping a 5 year-old Iraqi boy
- Today Show: David Hume Kennerly on "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford" 12/26
- Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 12/26, 9pm.
Sunday Talk Ratings for Last Week's Shows
MTP won again last Sunday. Last week's guests here.
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Climate Change Questions
Are generally lacking on Sunday Talk.
There's a long list of things that are generally lacking on Sunday Talk, and climate change and global warming are on that list.
Mitt Romney: The Walking Contradiction
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Media Mix: Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Univ. Award winners ... Media Consolidation 1, Public Interest 0 (In the meantime, bipartisan legislation in Congress aims to annul these new FCC rules) ... Conrad Black Hits 'Friends' Buckley & Kissinger in 'Sun' Column ... Turns out Sacramento really likes public radio ... 64 Journalists Died Covering News in '07 ... Slow going for Rove memoir auction (LOL) ... FEMA to pay legal fees for battle with newspaper ... Bob Schieffer Q&A with TV Guide ... How the news coverage of Iraq has changed recently ... Iraqi Media Brave Assaults From All Sides ... MTV's election coverage brought to you by these people ... Top 10 Newspaper Industry Stories of 2007 ... Arkansas reporters recall Huckabee as combative, malicious ...
Ratings, Circ & Stats: NYT Co. Reports Strong National Revenue in November ... 2007 Ratings: MSNBC has "Fastest Growing Primetime Lineup of any Top-50 Cable Channel" ... CSPAN’s coverage is 51% right wing think tank ...
Remainders
Congrats to Stephen Colbert for winning a Satellite Award for Actor in a series, comedy or musical. He was also named AP's Celeb of the Year. (P.S. Did anyone else think that in the weeks leading up to the strike, TDS was better than TCR?)
TDS & TCR returning (without writers if necessary). Jon & Stephen issued this statement:
"We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence."
VH1's "Best Week Ever" on Al Gore's year.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez's 2007 holiday card is here.
MSNBC: Brian Williams on Re-gifting
(HT: TVNewser)
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
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