Sunday talk show lineup for March 22

[zulchzulu]

Meet the Press
David Gregory
NBC
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608

Three political heavyweights and the founders of Building America's Future - NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) - meet with President Obama on Friday and join us exclusively to talk about the economy, bailouts, and stimulus. Plus, a special economic and political roundtable with NBC's Tom Brokaw and CNBC's Erin Burnett.

Face the Nation
Bob Schieffer
CBS
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/ftn/main3460.shtml

AUSTAN GOOLSBEE
White House Council of Economic Advisers

REP. BARNEY FRANK
D-Massachusetts

SEN. CHARLES GRASSLEY
R-Iowa

JOHN DICKERSON
Chief Political Correspondent, Slate magazine

JACKIE CALMES
National Correspondent, New York Times

This Week
George Stephanopoulos
ABC
http://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek

Our exclusive guests on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday are Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Vice President Joe Biden's chief economist, Jared Bernstein.

Fox News Sunday
Chris Wallace
FOX
http://www.foxnews.com/fns

We'll get a financial forecast and preview the president's proposal to save the banking industry with the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer

Plus, we sit down with the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, Richard Shelby and the Democratic Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel — only on 'FOX News Sunday.'

And, our Power Player of the Week is with President Obama from sun up, to sun down: chief White House photographer Pete Souza

State of the Union
John King
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/state.of.the.union/

Is the Obama administration doing enough to help the struggling economy? We'll ask one of President Obama's top economic advisers, Christina Romer. Plus, we'll talk about the outrage over AIG with Republican Senator Judd Gregg. And Howard Kurtz talks to '60 Minutes' correspondent Steve Kroft about his interview with President Obama in the Oval Office.

Washington Week
Gwen Ifil
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/

Joining Gwen Ifill to discuss these questions and the latest on a federal investigation into whether AIG executives knowingly mislead investors will be:
Jackie Calmes of The New York Times
Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times
Alexis Simendinger of National Journal
Pierre Thomas of ABC News

[ErinBerin84]

1. wait

No John McCain or Lindsey Graham this week? Do my eyes deceive me?

Another week of not watching MTP. "Special economic roundtable with Erin Burnette". Great, so she can complain about unemployment benefits. And also, WTF, weren't you retiring Tom Brokaw?

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

2. Meet the Press sucks now.

absolutely no challenging questions like before. especially for republicans

This Week is better imo, only because it doesn't pretend to be standard for asking politicians probing questions.

[ErinBerin84]

4. I've been watching This Week more lately.

MTP also has a bad balance on the panels a lot of the time. They'll have like, Newt , and then Harold Ford Jr as the supposed Democrat. Sometimes This Week sucks, but at least they had Katrina from The Nation vs Karl Rove (though it was still pretty disgusting having him on), and usually have Krugman bat around George Will. I can't stand Cokie Roberts though, what side is she even supposed to represent? MTP is the worst now. Tim Russert pissed me off a lot of the time, but at least I found him watchable.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

5. Yes, Stephanopoulos has better panels on usually...

since gregory started, its been the same people making up his dull panels. a cnbc host with maybe harold for jr. and joe scarborough, or tavis smiley thrown in.

at least This Week will sometimes have someone like Katrina on. And george steph. has been asking better questions lately imo.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. Call me whatever you like, but how the HELL did a steroid freak become a "great man?" nt

[tishaLA]

6. Erin Burnett on the economics roundtable? With Brokaw?

First, what the fuck does Brokaw know about economics? And second, what does a Wall Street extremist who believes people on unemployment don't want to get jobs until their benefits run out know about economics? THE MARKET AND THE ECONOMY ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS, NBC!

[ErinBerin84]

9. I know!

There are apparently no other people in the MTP world who can converse on economics, only CNBC shills will do.

[ginnyinWI]

7. David Corn will appear on Cspan's Washington Journal

That should be better than this lineup.

[lamp_shade]

8. I think I'll to church this morning... or maybe the zoo... or shopping.