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NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12.

CBS' Face the Nation: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

ABC's This Week: Vice President Joe Biden and a roundtable with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Liz Cheney, ABC's Matthew Dowd and George Will and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ABC News contributor Cynthia Tucker

Fox News Sunday: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and a panel with Weekly Standard and Fox News' Bill Kristol, AP's Jennifer Loven, Weekly Standard and Fox News' Stephen Hayes and NPR and Fox News' Juan Williams

CNN's State of the Union: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Chair, King Hussein Foundation and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen

CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: CNN's Don Lemon, TMZ's Harvey Levin, TheWrap.com's Sharon Waxman and the Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik

CNN's GPS with Fareed Zakaria: UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, "Dead Aid" author Dambisa Moyo and "The Blue Sweater" author Jacqueline Novogratz

NBC's The Chris Matthews Show: WaPo's Bob Woodward, The Daily Beast's Tina Brown, Time's Joe Klein and CNN's Gloria Borger (The panel will discuss the future of print journalism.)

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: ABC's Martha Raddatz, WaPo's Dan Balz, WSJ's Naftali Bendavid and USA Today's Joan Biskupic

Bloomberg's Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)

Will update as we learn them.

ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos will travel to Iraq this 4th of July weekend with Vice President Joe Biden for an exclusive Sunday show interview. From ABC's release:

Our EXCLUSIVE headliner this Sunday from Iraq: Vice President Joe Biden. George Stephanopoulos travels with the Vice President, who this week took the lead on Iraq policy for the administration as US troops withdrew from Iraqi cities. Mr. Stephanopoulos will sit down with Vice President Biden for a discussion on the draw down, the status of the administration's first large-scale offensive in Afghanistan that launched this week, the latest from Iran, and the state of the US economy.

We first got a peek inside the Baier's home in WaPo's Style section, and next up for Fox's Bret Baier is Better Homes & Gardens. This mag's blog features the "Special Report" anchor's top decorating tips.

Bret's Top Decorating Tips for Men (and Women):

1. Use your interests to your advantage. "I was in charge of the audio-visual stuff," Bret says.

2. Take a specific interest in a room and put your stamp on it.

3. Know when to pipe up. "My wife narrowed down the options to two or three," Bret says, "Which is good for guys. We can make decisions as long as there aren't too many variables."

4. Know when to shut up.

5. Enjoy it! "You'll be surprised how much closer you get when you go through the process together," Bret says.

Now before you start to think this Fox newsman is too in touch with his feminine side, he's quick to point out his favorite part of the house is his room's full bar. "It's the kind of place a guy would want to hang out with a glass of scotch and a cigar -- well if we allowed smoking in the house," he tells Better Homes & Gardens.

That was CBS chief White House correspondent Chip Reid substituting for Russ Mitchell on last night's Evening News.

And right now-- NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd fills in for Chris Matthews on MSNBC's "Hardball," chatting with press secretary Robert Gibbs on the North Lawn.

As part of YouTube's Reporters Center project, WaPo's Chris Cillizza of "The Fix" fame brings us "How To Not Sound Like an Idiot on TV."

Lesson #1 Talk about what you know about

Lesson #2 Be yourself ("If you're funny, try to be funny, if not, don't try to be funny.")

Lesson #3 Have fun ("Heck, even smile once in a while.")

Remember the last time Rep. Barney Frank appeared on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor?" Seems like Frank just may be a glutton for television punishment, as he'll appear as a guest of Bill O'Reilly's again tonight.

David Gregory, Bob Schieffer and George Stephanopoulos at CSIS yesterday.

It's a million dollar question- and the answer will really surprise you. Who is the most sought after Sunday show guest in Washington? Bob Schieffer, David Gregory and George Stephanopoulos all agree: Bo the dog.

In a rare joint appearance, the hosts of "Face the Nation," "Meet the Press" and "This Week" took questions took questions at this month's CSIS and Texas Christian University Schieffer School of Journalism Dialogue: "A Sunday Show Summit."

More realistically, the Sunday show hosts said they'd like to book First Lady Michelle Obama. Schieffer pointed out ABC's get with Hillary Clinton, saying he'd like to interview the Secretary of State. Stephanopoulos returned the compliment, telling Schieffer, Face had the "strongest May" with former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Now once they land the guest, how do they get them to talk? "Ask the obvious question," Schieffer advised. Gregory said sometimes it's ok to be quiet- "Let them talk," citing a recent interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in which he compared Presidents Bush and Obama for the first time.

We give props to a young freelancer in the audience who asked the panel quite frankly, "How can I be you?" The oldest and most experienced member of the panel, Schieffer, answered that while we don't know where journalism is going, "there will always be a need for reporters."

On the future of journalism, all three expressed love for newspapers, but skepticism for their future in print. Gregory referenced Ben Bradlee that there is a "fundamental demand" for newspapers in communities. All agreed whether it was online or in print, it was the information that was most important.

The Internet, the "first avenue that doesn't have an editor," as described by Schieffer, puts a "special responsibility" on the mainstream media, Stephanopoulos said. "I feel like an editor," he said, sifting through blogs for facts every week.

Other topics covered include healthcare (all agree the President needs one domestic achievement soon and that he wants it to be healthcare) and the balance of coverage on politics and the economy during the campaign (all thought mainstream media did a good job, learning and explaining economics and covering an election "historic in every way," as described by Schieffer).

As for their roles on Sunday mornings, I think even his competitors can agree with Gregory here. "This is still the place to really hear somebody out and learn something."

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon will guest anchor BBC "World News America" tonight, sitting in for Matt Frei. Frei is in Pakistan preparing reports for a special series later this week.

(h/t TVNewser)

Photo courtesy CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Los Angeles Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa gave CNN's Wolf Blitzer this exclusive on "The Situation Room" today. He announced he will not run for governor.

Yesterday on ABC's "This Week," George Stephanopoulos and his roundtable discussed the relationship between President Obama and Fox News in light of comments the President made to CNBC's John Harwood in an interview last week.

Stephanopoulos: You know, George, I've always been struck by how -- and it's not too strong a word -- how obsessed the President and the White House are with Fox News.

George Will: Well, it's the discordant note in an otherwise harmonious chorus, I suppose that's why. But three great love affairs in world history are Abelard and Heloise, Romeo and Juliet, and the American media and this president at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all the adulation of journalists in the world won't help.

(h/t TVNewser, Newsbusters)