The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - a preview
The post-Russert era.
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For Sunday, June 15, 2008
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace will chat with Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and Byron Dorgan, then he'll talk to American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to John Edwards and Fred Thompson, former Senators both.
Meet the Press (NBC): It was to be host Tim Russert interviewing Lindsey Graham and Joe Biden, but… we'll see.
UPDATE: From NBC News comes word of the revised listings for "MEET THE PRESS WITH TIM RUSSERT." This one is for remembering Tim: Tom Brokaw of NBC News, Mike Barnicle of MSNBC News, James Carville, MTP Executive Producer Betsy Fischer, Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gwenn Ifill of PBS, Mary Matalin, and former NBC News correspondent Maria Shriver.
Kudos to Fischer for selecting Barnicle as the obligatory MSNBC representative Mike Barnicle. This memorial could have become a farce.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer will talk to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Newt Gingrich.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer will chat with Republicans John Boehner and Arlen Specter and Democrats Janet Napolitano and Chris Van Hollen, plus his usual cast of thousands.
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This is a unique week, and singular sad at that. David Brinkley of ABC's This Week had retired, turning his show over to Sam & Cokie, when he passed, while Tim Russert was at the top of his game and went suddenly. His passing alters the face of Sunday morning.
It's pretty much surrogate-ville again across the board, except for Bob Schieffer at FTN. From time-to-time, he'll go all-conservative, and with Bobby J. and Newt G., he will be taking that step again.
I don't know what to expect from MTP this week. We'll see.
The reveiw of the shows will come in the space early tomorrow afternoon, and I'll have more on the passing for Tim Russert later.
"If it's Sunday..."
MTP will probably have to go to a panel format. I just don't see anyone filling Russert's shoes anytime soon. He was one of a kind and there's no way anyone will stand up to direct comparison. Certainly not David Gregory who usually fills in.