Sunday Shows

• NBC’s Meet the Press: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN); Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA); Mike Murphy, Republican Strategist; Eugene Robinson, Washington Post; Jonathan Martin, Politico; Chuck Todd, NBC News.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), GOP Presidential Candidate; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) ; Dan Balz, Washington Post; Gwen Ifill, PBS’ Washington Week; John Dickerson, CBS News Political Analyst.

• ABC’s This Week: Jake Tapper Anchors from Iowa.  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) Tim Pawlenty, Former Governor of Minnesota; Laura Ingraham, Author and Radio Host; Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa News Director; George Will, ABC News; Matthew Dowd, ABC News; Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Rep. Michele Bachmann, GOP presidential candidate; Herman Cain, GOP presidential candidate; Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa); Philip Rucker, The Washington Post Neil King, The Wall Street Journal.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Jackie Kucinich, USA Today; Roger Simon, Politico; Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post; Stephanie Miller, Syndicated radio talk show host; Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News; Felix Salmon, Thomson Reuters; David Bohrman, president of Current TV.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Dan Balz, The Washington Post; John Harwood, CNBC and The New York Times; Jackie Calmes, The New York Times.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: GOP Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann.

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post; David Ignatius, The Washington Post; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post; Jamie Tarabay, National Journal

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Former Atlanta Mayor, former U.N. Ambassador and civil rights leader Andrew Young; ordained minister and youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Elder Bernice King; Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch and award-winning actor Anthony Mackie.

•Platts Energy Week: Standard & Poor’s Michael Kay and DOE’s Acting Energy Undersecretary Arun Majumdar.

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT);  Kevin Drawbaugh, Reuters; Laura Meckler, Wall Street Journal.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: former CIA Director James Woolsey.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy; Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post and author of “To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America;” Oula Al-Risai, Syrian Democracy Activist and Political Asylum Refugee.

Politico’s Turn the Table after the jump.

We’ll update ‘em as we get ‘em.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary; Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL); Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL).

• ABC’s This Week: Bill Daley and Christine Lagarde.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Majority Whip; Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Ranking Member, Budget Committee; Rick Santorum (R) presidential candidate, former senator of Pennsylvania; James Garvin, chief scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Toby Harnden, The Guardian; Matt Frei, BBC; Emily Bell, Columbia University; Diane Dimond, The Daily Beast; Lauren Ashburn, Ashburn Media; Tony Blankley, conservative columnist; Katrina vanden Huevel, The Nation

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics.com; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Greg Ip, The Economist; Yochi Dreazen, National Journal.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show:

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Tatyana Ali, Mario Van Peebles, Anna Deavere Smith, J. Anthony Brown, Kym Whitley, Vanessa Williams and Bill Duke.

•Platts Energy Week: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: George McKerrow, CEO of restaurant chain Ted’s Montana Grill; Scott Jenkins, VP of ballpark operations, Seattle Mariners; Jon Jarvis, Director, National Parks Service.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Steve Largent, President of the CTIA – The Wireless Association and former US Representative from Oklahoma; Gordon Smith, President of the National Association of Broadcasters and former US Senator from Oregon.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ); Senator Jack Reed (D-RI); Senator Jim Webb (D-VA); Katty Kay, BBC World News America; Matt Bai, New York Times Magazine; David Brooks,The New York Times.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate & Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.

• ABC’s This Week:

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC).

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star; David Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun; Glynnis MacNicol, Business Insider; Jose Antonio Vargas.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post; Pete Williams, NBC News.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Norah O’Donnell; David Ignatius, The Washington Post; Helene Cooper, The New York Times; Michael Duffy, TIME.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Kelvin Boston, host of Moneywise on PBS; Michelle Singletary, author and syndicated columnist who writes “The Color of Money;” Rodney Anderson, financial wellness expert.

•Platts Energy Week:

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)  with guest reporter Craig Whitlock of WaPo.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI); Rob Sobhani, president, Caspian Energy Consulting; Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR); Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX).

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, and current strategic advisor to venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; Kevin A. Hassett, Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute.

Politico’s Turn the Table after the jump.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL); Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Historian; Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)Los Angeles; Paul Gigot, Wall Street Journal; Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI).

• ABC’s This Week:

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Robert Gates, Defense Secretary; David Axelrod, senior strategist for the Obama Re-election Campaign.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: John Avlon, The Daily Beast; Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post; Julie Mason, POLITICO; John Ziegler, filmmaker; Larry King, CNN anchor and the former host of Larry King Live.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Michael Duffy, Time Magazine; Nancy Youssef, McClatchy News Service; Dan Balz, Washington Post; Jim Barnes, National Journal.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Major Garrett, National Journal; John Harris, Politico; Norah O’Donnell, NBC News; and Michelle Cottle, Newsweek/Daily Beast.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Dr. Robert Shapiro, co-founder and Chairman of economic advisory firm, Sonecon, and former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce; Dr.  Margaret Simms, senior fellow at the Urban Institute and Director of the Institute’s Low-Income Working Families project; Stephen Moore, economic writer and policy analyst and editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal.

•Platts Energy Week: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: LIVE from the US Conference of Mayors.  Democratic and Republican mayors (TBD) will discuss  issues facing cities.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Robert Bryce, Senior Fellow at The Manhattan Institute; Matt Petersen, President and CEO of Global Green USA.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Karen Davenport, Dir. of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress; Karen Ignani, Pres. & CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans; Gail Wilesnsky, Senior Fellow with Project HOPE.

Politico’s Turn the Table after the jump.  *Note to Politico: your host is John Harris, not Mike Allen.  Check your opener.

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Sure, NBC’s “Meet the Press” always wins the Washington ratings game.  And traditionally ABC’s “This Week” doesn’t do so well in its hometown…but this is ridiculous.  For last Sunday, June 12, 2011,  “MTP” pulled 129,000 Washington viewers while “This Week” drew a mere 7,000 sets of eyes in our nation’s capital.  The weak weekend was ABC’s worst DC viewership number since September of 2007, putting them in last place behind “FOX News Sundays” with 50,000 viewers and CBS’s “Face the Nation’s” 22,000 DC viewers. Ouch!

In total viewers, NBC also won the week with 2.912 million.  CBS pulled 2.597 million viewers for a strong second place finish over third place ABC’s 2.197 million, and FOX News Sunday’s 1.349 million.

• NBC’s Meet the Press: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee Chair; Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chair; Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator (R-PA); Mike Murphy, Republican Strategist; Mayor Kasim Reed (D) Atlanta; Kim Strassel, The Wall Street Journal; Richard Wolffe, Author of“Revival 2.0: How the Obama White House is Making its Political Comeback.”

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD); Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

• ABC’s This Week:

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley:

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz:

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: James Kitfield, National Journal; Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post; Jackie Calmes, The New York Times.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt:

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; David Ignatius, The Washington Post; John Heilemann, New York Magazine; Rana Foroohar, TIME.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (joining via satellite),  the Rev. Jim Wallis, President and CEO of Sojourners and author of Rediscovering Values , and Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council,  are the newsmaker guests. The journalist/commentator panel will include: Deborah Mathis, author and BlackAmericaWeb.com contributor; Sophia Nelson, author of the new book, Black Women Redefined, blogger, commentator and columnist; Joseph Williams, reporter for Politico.com, Robert Traynham, host of Roll Call TV on the Comcast Network; and Smokey Fontaine, News One Chief Content Officer. Dr. Rachael, Physician & Sex/Relationship expert talks about her role in teaching urban communities about healthy sexual behavior.

•Platts Energy Week:

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee; Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Bloomberg News;  Joseph Schatz, Congressional Quarterly.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!:

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Former First Lady Laura Bush; Dina Powell, global head of corporate engagement at Goldman Sachs, home of the 10,000 Women Initiative; Mina Sherzoy, manager with Deloitte Consulting and founder, Afghan Women’s Business Association

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); David Brooks, New York Times; Ruth Marcus, Washington Post; Harold Ford, Jr., former Congressman (D-TN); Alex Castellanos, Republican Strategist.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) & DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

• ABC’s This Week: Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) and Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN).

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Tim Tetz, The American Legion; Paul Rieckhoff, Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA); Dale Beatty, co-founder of Purple Heart Homes.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: John Aravosis, AmericaBlog.com; Christina Bellantoni, CQ Roll Call; Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review; Lola Ogunnaike, pop culture commentator; David Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun; Chris Licht, vice president for programming for CBS News.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Helene Cooper, The New York Times; Major Garrett, National Journal; Dan Balz, The Washington Post; Joan Biskupic, USA Today.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Joe Klein, TIME magazine; Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast; Gloria Borger, CNN; and Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Major General Vincent Brooks, commander of the 1st Infantry Division; First Sergeant Albert Curley (ret.), one of the last surviving Buffalo Soldiers.

•Platts Energy Week: AAA’s John Townsend.

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Sen Tom Coburn (R-OK).

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA); Actor and activist Harry Shearer.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: James W. Owens, former Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar; Greg Brenneman, Chairman of CCMP Capital Advisors and Executive Chairman of Quiznos Corporation; Floyd Kvamme, Partner Emeritus of Kleiner, Perkins Caufield and Byers venture capital firm and co-founder of National Semiconductor.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post; Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; Mike Murphy, Republican Strategist.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.  

• ABC’s This Week:

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD); Dick Armey, (R) former House Majority Leader; Ron Klain, former Chief of Staff to V.P. Biden.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Mark Barabak, Los Angeles Times.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Michael Duffy of TIME Magazine; Jeanne Cummings of Politico; Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times; Eamon Javers of CNBC.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Dan Rather, HDNet; Rachel Maddow, MSNBC; Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News; Michael Gerson, The Washington Post.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee and Black scholar Dr. Cornel West.

•Platts Energy Week: Duke Energy President & CEO Jim Rogers.

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Rayola Doughter, Senior Economic Advisor, American Petroleum Institute; Anna Aurilio, Federal Director, Environment America; Daniel Whittle, Cuba Program Director, Environmental Defense Fund.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: James W. Owens, former Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar and current Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Company; Greg Brenneman, Chairman of CCMP Capital Advisors and Executive Chairman of Quiznos Corporation; Floyd Kvamme, Partner Emeritus of Kleiner, Perkins Caufield and Byers venture capital firm and co-founder of National Semiconductor.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Republican Presidential Candidate and Fmr. Speaker of the House (R-GA) Newt Gingrich; E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post; Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal; Mark Halperin, MSNBC and TIME Magazine; Helene Cooper, The New York Times; Matt Bai, New York Times Magazine.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: House Speaker John Boehner and more from the CBS News town hall with President Obama.

• ABC’s This Week: Gov. Nikki Haley (R) South Carolina; Sheila Bair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Paul Krugman, The New York Times; Roger Altman, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Former Director, Congressional Budget Office; Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations; Robert Kagan, The Brookings Institution; Anthony Shadid, The New York Times; George Will, ABC News; Amy Walter, ABC News’ Political Director; Cokie Roberts, ABC News.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Joe Lockhart, former Clinton White House Press Secretary; Michael Gerson, former Bush Speechwriter; Adm. Dennis Blair (Ret.); Amb. John Negroponte.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Michelle Cottle, Daily Beast/Newsweek; Lauren Ashburn, Ashburn Media; Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle; Steve Coll, The New Yorker; Glynnis MacNicol, Business Insider; Adam Buckman, Fancast.com.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: David Sanger, The New York Times; Nancy Youssef, McClatchy News Service; John Dickerson, Slate Magazine and CBS News; Dan Balz, The Washington Post.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Attorney General Eric Holder.

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman, Huffington Post; Michael Duffy, TIME; Norah O’Donnell, NBC News; and Katty Kay, BBC.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of Dallas-based Potter’s House; Lamar and Ronnie Tyler,  BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com; Sophia Nelson, author, blogger, commentator and columnist; Janks Morton, award-winning documentarian and social critic.

•Platts Energy Week: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA).

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, chairman of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Planet Forward’s Frank Sesno and Danny Kennedy, founder of Sungevity Solar. 

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Tom Donilon, White House National Security Adviser; Rudy Giuliani, Fmr. Mayor of New York City; Michael Chertoff, Fmr. Homeland Security Secretary; Gen. Michael Hayden, Fmr. CIA Director; Bob Woodward, The Washington Post; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Historian; Katty Kay, The BBC; Mike Murphy, Republican Strategist.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense.  

• ABC’s This Week: Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor; Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State; Husain Haqqani, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan; Liz Cheney, Co Founder, Keep America Safe; Tom Ricks, Foreign Policy Magazine; Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker; Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent; Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent; Pierre Thomas, Senior Justice Correspondent; George Will, ABC News.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Tom Donilon, National Security Adviser; Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN); Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General; Anita Dunn, former White House communications director; Tom Davis (R), former U.S. Representative.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Jamie McIntyre, LineofDeparture.com; Peter Baker, The New York Times; Jane Hall, American University; Frank Sesno, The George Washington University; Brian Ross, ABC News; Matt Lewis, DailyCaller.com; Dana Milbank, The Washington Post; P.J. Crowley, former State Department spokesman.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: James Kitfield of National Journal, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Charles Babington of the Associated Press.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME; Helene Cooper, White House Correspondent, New York Times; Elisabeth Bumiller, Pentagon Correspondent, New York Times; and David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Executive Director of the National Football League Players’ Association (NFLPA) DeMaurice Smith.

•Platts Energy Week: former Shell Oil President John Hoffmeister.

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Jack Gerard, President & CEO, American Petroleum Institute.  Guest reporters are Dina Cappiello of the Associated Press and Jim Snyder of Bloomberg News.

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Jeremy Anwyl, CEO of car rating website Edmunds.com and Mary Beth Stanek, Director of Environment and Energy at General Motors.

•Politico’s “Turn the Table” after the jump.

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