Bill Schneider

CNN's Schneider Joining Third Way - Posted August 4, 2009
Don't worry-- the "best political team on television" isn't breaking up. But CNN's senior political analyst Bill Schneider is additionally joining think tank Third Way as the organization's first Distinguished Senior Fellow & Resident Scholar. Schneider will also be joining the George Mason University as the Hirst Professor of Public Policy, still... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 12, 2008
Meet The Press: IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan, MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), former MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Wal-Mart Pres./CEO Lee Scott, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and a roundtable with Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face The Nation: Sen. Sherrod Brown... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 5, 2008
Meet the Press: President-elect Obama. This Week: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ron Gettelfinger, President, United Auto Workers, The Wall Street Journals' Peggy Noonan, the Brookings Institution's E.J. Dionne, and ABC News' Cokie Roberts and George Will. Face The Nation: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman, Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 28, 2008
Meet The Press: First Lady Laura Bush, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States Said Jawad and Ted Turner, Author, "Call Me Ted" This Week: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) of the Armed Services Committee and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) of the Foreign Relations Committee. A roundtable with ABC News' Matthew Dowd, Donna Brazile,... [FishBowlDC]

From "Best Political Team" To a "King of Comedy" - Posted November 10, 2008
Three days after TVNewser was in the CNN Election Center studio on Election Night, we were back in a drastically changed environment. Gone were the BPTOT, in was a studio audience. Temporary walls blocked off the studio from the rest of the newsroom. And the man at the helm was not... [TVNewser]

"Cool" Technology and the "Calm Before the Storm" - Posted November 5, 2008
Multiple people throughout the CNN newsroom were using the phrase "calm before the storm," at 5:30pmET last night. The BPTOT was gathering on the edge of the newsroom as anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani. Conservative commentator Alex Castellanos and Democratic commentator Paul Begala compared ties (they... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 31, 2008
Meet the Press: Fred Thompson and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and a roundtable with Washington Post's David Broder, NBC's David Gregory, NPR's Michele Norris and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face the Nation: Obama strategist David Axelrod, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This Week: Axelrod... [FishBowlDC]

CNN's Election Night Plans - Posted October 30, 2008
CNN's Election Night in America coverage kicks off at 6pmET on Tuesday, with Wolf Blitzer leading the BPTOT and Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper anchoring as well. John King will work the "Magic Wall," throughout the night, while Soledad O'Brien and Bill Schneider handle exit-polling data (on "two 103-inch interactive plasma screens"). Lou... [TVNewser]

Presidential Debate Round #2 - Posted October 7, 2008
Here are some of the coverage plans for tonight's town hall style debate at Belmont University in Nashville moderated by NBC's Tom Brokaw. All the following networks will carry the debate. • ABC: The team of Gibson, Sawyer and Stephanopolous will anchor again, this time from three different cities. Charlie Gibson will... [TVNewser]

Covering the Veeps - Posted October 2, 2008
The cablers have been employing countdown clocks more than eight hours before the debate tonight, and all networks are gearing up for coverage: • ABC — Charlie Gibson, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos anchor from New York. Kate Snow reports from the debate. • CBS — Katie Couric anchors from St. Louis (Maggie... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 19, 2008
Meet the Press: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, CNBC's John Harwood, CNBC's Steve Liesman and Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein. Face The Nation: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman, House Financial Services Committee, Sen. Richard Shelby. Fox News Sunday: Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and... [FishBowlDC]

CNN Fires Up Grills - Posted August 19, 2008
In the spirit of the "immensely successful" (according to the press release) 'CNN Diner' at the 2004 Republican Convention in New York City, a 'CNN Grill' will be opening at each convention site this year. In Denver, the Grill will be at Brooklyn's next to the Pepsi Center (pictured), and in St.... [TVNewser]

CNN Fires Up Grills - Posted August 19, 2008
In the spirit of the "immensely successful" (according to the press release) 'CNN Diner' at the 2004 Republican Convention in New York City, a 'CNN Grill' will be opening at each convention site this year. In Denver, the Grill will be at Brooklyn's next to the Pepsi Center (pictured), and in St.... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2008
Meet the Press: Obama supporter Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Clinton supporter Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Tom Brokaw, Michael Eric Dyson and Amb. Andrew Young. Face the Nation: Howard Dean, The Washington Post National Editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, McClatchy Newspapers Chief Pentagon Correspondent Nancy Youssef and CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan. ... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 22, 2008
Meet the Press: CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, CNBC's Erin Burnett, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd Face the Nation: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-NC) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ana Marie Cox, Time.com, Roger Simon, Politico.com and Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Time Washington,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 20, 2007
Meet the Press: Michael Leavitt, Margaret Spellings, Col. Gerald Massengill, Tom Ridge, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Gregory, Jon Meacham, Pete Williams. Face the Nation: Sen. Patrick Leahy , Jim and Sarah Brady, and criminal profiler Gregg McCrary. This Week: Newt Gingrich, Sen. Chris Dodd and Jackie Dodd. Fox News Sunday: Virginia Lieutenant... [FishBowlDC]