Previewing the Sunday Shows
By Christopher Peleo-Lazar // April 20, 2012 | 4:32 p.m.
This week, the Sunday Shows focus on the GSA and Secret Service scandals as well as the 2012 race.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., will be on NBC's Meet the Press discussing the scandals. On Face the Nation, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas will be doing the same. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine., is talking scandals on ABC's This Week. And Cummings will also be on CNN's State of the Union and Lieberman on FNC's Fox News Sunday discussing the scandals as well.
Obama adviser David Axelrod will be on Meet the Press and State of the Union discussing the president's 2012 prospects. Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom will be on Face the Nation talking about the race. Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels will appear on Fox News Sunday and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be on State of the Union.
FNC will run a special Fox News Reporting: Stealing Your Vote, hosted by Eric Shawn on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and on Sunday at 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. The hour-long program investigates voting fraud and the battle over voter identification laws. South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley and N.A.A.C.P. Washington Bureau Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy Hilary Shelton will give insight into the proposed laws. Shawn takes an in-depth look at voting fraud charges in a number of high-profile elections including like the campaign to recall Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the alleged forged presidential primary petitions in the 2008 Indiana primary, and ongoing absentee ballot fraud prosecutions. The program will feature interviews with former Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., and former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
Former MSNBC and Current TV host Keith Olbermann makes his return to TV on ABC's This Week's roundtable.
Check out the full listings after the jump.
Sunday
Meet the Press hosts Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Obama senior adviser David Axelrod.
Face the Nation hosts Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney Senior Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom.
This Week hosts Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas.
Fox News Sunday hosts Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
State of the Union hosts Obama senior adviser David Axelrod, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
Other Weekend Shows
Political Capital features Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell (Bloomberg, Friday, 9 p.m.).
Washington Week features New York Times' Jeff Zeleny, National Journal's Jim Tankersley, Bloomberg News' Jeanne Cummings and Time's Michael Duffy (PBS, Friday, 8 p.m.).
Real Time features New York Times' Ross Douthat, economist Todd Buchholz, writer Thomas Frank and Reuters' Chrystia Freeland (HBO, Friday, 10 p.m.).
Situation Room features the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta interview from earlier in the week (CNN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Communicators features former FCCC member Michael Copps (C-SPAN, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).
Newsmakers features Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue (C-SPAN, Sunday, 10 a.m./6 p.m.).
Reliable Sources features ABC's Bob Woodward, Current TV's Bill Press, BuzzFeed's Ben Smith, Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin and Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington (CNN, Sunday, 11 a.m.).
Fareed Zakaria GPS features Financial Times' Edward Luce, France 24's Emmanuel Saint-Martin, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs' Anne-Marie Slaughter, Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens, author Ruchir Sharma and Newsweek's Andrew Sullivan (CNN, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
Q & A features author Douglas Wissing (C-SPAN, Sunday, 8 p.m.).
Al Punto features Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Mexico presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto (PRI), Mexico presidential candidate Anres Manuel Lopez Obrador (PRD), and former Las FARC hostage Sgt. Robinson Salcedo (UNIVISION, Sunday, 10 a.m.).
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