Previewing the Sunday Shows
By Sarah Mimms // October 21, 2011 | 5:00 p.m.
Updated: October 25, 2011 | 8:55 a.m.
Vice President Biden will take time off from touring the country promoting President Obama's jobs plan to appear on "State of the Union" this Sunday, where he will continue talking about the jobs plan. Biden has come under fire in recent days for comments he made, claiming that if the jobs bill is not passed, rape and murder rates will skyrocket.
Biden will be followed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who will talk about his own party's jobs plan and respond to Biden's comments. McConnell's promise that his number one focus in this Congress would be making Obama a one-term president was a major Democratic talking point on TV this week in the lead-up to last night's vote on the jobs bill.
Many of the Sunday shows are focusing on this week's major international news, with the death of Libyan Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and Obama's announcement that he will withdraw all of the troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, following a surprise trip to Libya earlier this week, was a late addition on "Fox News Sunday," "Meet The Press" and "This Week." Meanwhile, CNN's Fareed Zakaria scored an exclusive interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that will air live, in part, Friday at 10:30 p.m. on CNN International and in full on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on Sunday.
And for the first time in three weeks, businessman Herman Cain will not be featured on any of the Sunday shows. However, his interview prior to the CNN Western Republican Leadership Conference Debate with CNN's Wolf Blitzer will be re-aired on "The Situation Room."
Get the full listings after the jump.
Sunday
Meet the Press hosts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., New York Times' David Brooks and NBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Face the Nation hosts former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, and Republican strategist Kevin Madden.
This Week hosts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Bob Kagan, ABC News' Martha Raddatz, Time's Rick Stengel, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News contributor and National Journal columnist Matt Dowd, ABC News' Jake Tapper, ABC News' George will, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Fox News Sunday hosts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
State of the Union hosts Vice President Biden, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Time's Michael Duffy and The Hill's A.B. Stoddard.
Other Weekend Shows
Washington Week features ABC's Martha Raddatz, Los Angeles Times' Doyle McManus, Washington Post's Dan Balz and CNN's Gloria Borger (PBS, Friday, 8 p.m.).
Real Time features Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson, MSNBC's Toure, author Thomas Friedman, Bloomberg Businessweek's Joshua Green and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (HBO, Friday, 10 p.m.).
Situation Room will re-air interviews with Hoover Institute senior fellow Fouad Ajami and former businessman Herman Cain (CNN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.)
Communicators features GAO Information Security Issues director Greg Wilshusen and Washington Business Journal's Jill Aitoro (C-SPAN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Chris Matthews Show features Time's Michael Duffy, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, Washington Post's David Ignatius and CNN's Gloria Borger (NBC, Sunday, check local listings).
Wall Street Journal Report features author Dov Seidman and Washington Post's Ezra Klein (Sunday, 10 a.m./6 p.m.).
Newsmakers features Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa (C-SPAN, Sunday, 10 a.m./6 p.m.).
Reliable Sources features PBS' Jim Lehrer (CNN, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
Fareed Zakaria GPS features Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (CNN, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
Q & A features Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (C-SPAN, Sunday, 8 p.m.).
Al Punto features White House Intergovernmental Affairs director Cecilia Munoz, former Commerce Secretary Carols Gutierrez, National Immigration spokeswoman Katherine Vargas and "Ocupemos Wall Street" activist Eudes Payano (UNIVISION, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
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