The Sunday Political Talk Shows For March - 22 - 2009

ABC NEWS / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: The main bipartisan economic roundtable will feature Vice President Joseph Biden's economic adviser Jared Bernstein, U.S. Senators Kent Conrad (D - ND) and Susan Collins (R - ME), and Congressman Mike Pence (R - IN). Then in the regular political roundtable it will be Clinton Labour Secretary Robert Reich, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News Business Correspondent Betsy Stark, and George Will of the Washington Post Writers Group.

CBS NEWS / Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: This week's guests: Austin Goolsbee of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R - IA), Congressman Barney Frank (D - MA), Slate magazine Chief Political Correspondent John Dickerson, and New York Times National Correspondent Jackie Calmes.

CABLE NEWS NETWORK / Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: CNN no longer provides advance notice of the topics and guests for this programme.

FOX NEWS / Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: This week, a look at the president's proposal to save the banking industry with the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer. Then, it's Senate Banking Committee member Richard Shelby (R - AL) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D - NY). Finally, it's the usual political roundtable discussing various issues of the day, featuring Fox News Washington Bureau Managing Editor Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, co-founder of The Weekly Standard, along with Juan Williams and Mara Liasson of National Public Radio.

NBC NEWS / Meet the Press with David Gregory: This week's guests: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R - CA), National Governor's Association Chairman Ed Rendell (D - PA), and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Then in the weekly political roundtable, it will be former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw and Erin Burnett of CNBC.

SYNDICATED / The Chris Matthews Show: The questions: Can President Obama control growing populist anger over the economy? And is your daily newspaper dead? The panelists: Time magazine columnist Joe Klein, Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post, NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, and British Broadcasting Corporation Washington Correspondent Katty Kay.

Tags: The Chris Matthews Show, Meet the Press with David Gregory, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, This Week with George Stephanopoulos

The Sunday Political Talk Shows For March - 15 - 2009

ABC NEWS / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: This week's guests will be National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) to discuss President Obama's economic agenda. Then in the regular political roundtable it will be Assistant Managing Editor Jim Ellis of Business Week, Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect, New York Times writer Frank Rich, and George Will of the Washington Post Writers Group.

CBS NEWS / Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: This week's guests: Director of the National Economics Council Lawrence Summers and columnist Thomas Friedman of the New York Times.

CABLE NEWS NETWORK / Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: CNN no longer provides advance notice of the topics and guests for this programme.

FOX NEWS / Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: A key member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, will appear to discuss wheather the president can convince his foreign counterparts to follow his economic lead. Then, it's a roundtable discussion on the economy with U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R - TN), Congressman Barney Frank (D - NY), and Chief Economist of Moody's Economy.com Mark Zandi. Plus, one of the world's most powerful women --- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairperson Sheila Bair --- will appear. Finally, it's the usual political roundtable discussing various issues of the day, featuring Fox News Washington Bureau Managing Editor Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, co-founder of The Weekly Standard, along with Juan Williams and Mara Liasson of National Public Radio.

NBC NEWS / Meet the Press with David Gregory: Appearing to discuss the president's economic plan for recovery will be White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairperson Dr. Christina Romer and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R - VA). On this week's political roundtable: Resident Fellow of the American Enterprise Institute and columnist for The Week David Frum, BBC News Washington Correspondent Katty Kay, CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman, and PBS talk show host and author Tavis Smiley.

SYNDICATED / The Chris Matthews Show: The questions: Has President Obama ceded too much power to Congress, and can he get the economy moving again? The panelists: CNBC anchor Erin Burnett, Newsweek Senior Washington Correspondent Howard Fineman, New York Times Wall Street reporter Andrew Ross-Sorkin, and Anne Kornblut of the Washington Post.

Tags: The Chris Matthews Show, Meet the Press with David Gregory, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, This Week with George Stephanopoulos