Previewing the Sunday Shows
By Christopher Peleo-Lazar // February 10, 2012 | 6:00 p.m.
White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew will make his Sunday show debut in his new role: he'll be discussing President Obama's shift on contraception as well as the upcoming unveiling of the new budget with a "Full Ginsburg" of appearances on all the shows. Meanwhile, Face the Nation will host Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., will be appearing on This Week to talk budget.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., will appear on three shows in the wake of CPAC. He'll be on Meet the Press, This Week and State of the Union. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas will be making an appearance on Face the Nation. Former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin is heading over to Fox News Sunday.
On State of the Union, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., will be on to talk about the developments in Syria.
Check out the full listings after the jump.
Sunday
Meet the Press hosts White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew and former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.
Face the Nation hosts Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew
This Week hosts White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Fox News Sunday hosts White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew and former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin
State of the Union hosts White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
Other Weekend Shows
Political Capital features former Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., and former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., (Bloomberg, Friday, 9 p.m.).
Washington Week features Washington Post's Karen Tumulty, New York Times' John Harwood, Los Angeles Times' Doyle McManus and National Journal's Jim Tankersley (PBS, Friday, 8 p.m.).
Real Time hosts Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes, National Review's Reihan Salam, and MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton. (HBO, Friday, 10 p.m.).
Situation Room will be a special live edition for Maine Caucuses (CNN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Communicators features Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg and Intel's Bryan Deaner (C-SPAN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Chris Matthews Show features MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Huffington Post's Howard Fineman and Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson (NBC, Sunday, check local listings).
Newsmakers features Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. (C-SPAN, Sunday, 10 a.m./6 p.m.).
Reliable Sources features Ashburn Media's Lauren Ashburn, GWU professor Frank Sesno, radio host Bill Press, National Review's Jim Geraghty, Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet and Washington Post's Amy Argetsinger (CNN, Sunday, 11 a.m.).
Fareed Zakaria GPS features Council on Foreign Relation's Elliot Abrams, London School of Economics professor Fawaz Gerges, Lebanon's Daily Star Rami Khouri and Soros Fund Management chair George Soros (CNN, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
Q & A features Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall(C-SPAN, Sunday, 8 p.m.)
Al Punto features Mexico presidential candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota, Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and actor Demian Bichir (UNIVISION, Sunday, 10 a.m.)
Up features The Nation's Richard Kim, Salon's Rebecca Traister, New Republic's John McWhorter, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy president Maggie Gallagher and author Eric Klinenberg (MSNBC, Saturday, 7 a.m.)
Up features Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., former Biden adviser Jared Bernstein, Fordham professor Zephyr Teachout and NY1's Errol Louis (MSNBC, Sunday, 8 a.m.)
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