Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor administered the oath of office. Two of CNN’s big gets for Inauguration coverage include both Biden and Sotomayor. Soledad O’Brien sat down with Justice Sotomayor and Gloria Borger got the first post-election interview with Vice President Biden. Both interviews air tomorrow.

President Obama’s official swearing in happens in less than an hour.

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• “60 Minutes” will be preempted Sunday for the AFC Championship game. Last Sunday, up against the Golden Globes and with a boost from the AFC Divisional game, “60 Minutes” was the 9th most-watched show of the week with 14 million viewers.

• Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor sits down with CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien about her experience with the Court so far. A preview will air on ”The Situation Room” today with the full interivew on “Starting Point” Monday.

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“It’s very exciting for me to return to my roots as a business reporter,” Arena tells TVNewser. Arena spent fifteen years of her CNN career covering business, both as a reporter and as a producer for shows like Lou Dobbs Moneyline.

Arena, who exited CNN in December of 2008, is also teaching at Texas’ Sam Houston State University as the first recipient of the Dan Rather Chair in Mass Communications.

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NBC’s justice correspondent Pete Williams took part in MSNBC’s coverage. On Fox News, Chris Wallace participated in FNC coverage and CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin phoned in for CNN’s coverage.

Kate Snow anchored a special report on ABC, the only broadcaster to produce a special. In New York, Sotomayor’s hometown, WNBC carried the swearing-in as did Time Warner’s 24-hour newschannels NY1 and NY1 Noticias.

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The 10-minute interview was personal but pointed, heated but civil. But at one point Maddow declared, “Pat, I don’t need a lecture from you.” And for anyone out there who would use this interview as reasoning for MSNBC to show Buchanan the door, think again. This is exactly the kind of programming they’re looking for.

Go here to see the whole thing. The clip below is the last five minutes:

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10-3pmET A25-54 / Total Viewers

FNC 153K / 788K
CNN 104K / 576K
MSNBC 47K / 366K

But interestingly, those daytime averages are down for Fox News and for CNN and down for MSNBC in younger viewers. Only MSNBC saw an increase in Total Viewers. For comparison, we looked at the 10am-3pm averages last Wednesday and Thursday (Tuesday was the Jackson funeral which is not a fair comparison.) Here’s what we found:

• 10-3pmET 7/8/09 — A25-54 / Total Viewers

FNC 254K / 1.197M
CNN 221K / 783K
MSNBC 65K / 244K

• 10-3pmET 7/9/09 — A25-54 / Total Viewers

FNC 314K / 1.246M
CNN 180K / 726K
MSNBC 68K / 250K

A lot of factors can affect the numbers — more people may be on vacation this week, there may have been spot news that drove up the averages… or it could just be that people aren’t that interested in watching a Senate confirmation hearing on TV.

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The blog is also asking, “Who wore it better?” Right now 71.5% are going with the Fox Newser.

And on Day 2 – they didn’t get the same memo. Sotomayor is in red and Kelly is wearing white.

> Update: Apparently, CNN’s Dana Bash did get the memo. Ruby Tuesday blazer day…

Tomorrow, watch as Chris Wallace and Sen. Lindsey Graham wear the same crimson Countess Mara done in a Half Windsor.

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Arena is scheduled to be a guest during the 9-11 amET block anchored by Ashleigh Banfield. It’ll be Arena’s second appearance on truTV, having also been a guest once earlier this year.

Arena departed CNN last December during a wave of layoffs. Insiders say CNN does not intend to replace her on the Supreme Court beat.

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First, during coverage of the confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, Matthews said, “Well, I’m getting one of those thrills, I get about America. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t say this. But I’m getting it again.”

See the clip here… (h/t Mediaite)

Then, later on Hardball, Matthews was talking about a new Wall Street Journal survey of economists rating Pres. Obama’s handling of the economic crisis. He got a 70 out of 100. Only problem: they used an image of Obama’s Senate successor, Sen. Roland Burris instead of Obama.

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• On FNC, Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier kicked off coverage at 9amET. Carl Cameron is in the hearing room with additional coverage from Major Garrett Chris Wallace, Juan Williams, and Supreme Court correspondent Shannon Bream, featured in her hometown South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Saturday, will contribute throughout the hearing.

• On CNN, Wolf Blitzer is anchoring special coverage joined by Gloria Borger, Candy Crowley, John King, Jeffrey Toobin, and Jessica Yellin. CNN has not replaced, and insiders tell us does not have plans to replace former Supreme Court correspondent Kelli Arena.

• On MSNBC, Chris Matthews is anchoring with Andrea Mitchell on set, Norah O’Donnell on the Hill and reports from NBC’s justice correspondent Pete Williams.

> Update: FNC, CNN and MSNBC went away from the Senators’ opening statements at the Sotomayor hearing to take live coverage of Pres. Obama naming Dr. Regina Benjamin as his Surgeon General nominee. CNN and MSNBC remained with the White House announcement through Dr. Benjamin’s comments.

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So far, here’s what you can expect: the cable news channels are planning on taking the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in full beginning Monday at 10am.

The broadcast networks are still deciding, but expect the hearing to be streamed on CBSNews.com and ABCNews.com. PBS has already announced it will provide live coverage anchored by
Judy Woodruff.

• On Fox News, Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly will anchor coverage with panelists Brit Hume, Greta Van Susteren and Juan Williams. Baier and Kelly will also host a special Sunday night at 8pmET on the Sotomayor nomination.

• On CNN, Wolf Blitzer will anchor special coverage beginning Monday at 10amET. Blitzer will be joined by members of the Best Political Team on Television including senior political analyst Gloria Borger, senior political correspondent Candy Crowley, chief national correspondent John King, senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, and national political correspondent Jessica Yellin

Monday’s hearing is expected to include statements from each of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and possibly Sotomayor’s opening statement. The hearings will continue for several days with questions and answers followed by testimony from other witnesses.

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According to the transcript, Meade asked the former President what the most important issue in the country was. “Well, I’d have to say as long as people are hurting, the economy, and those who are out of work, can’t find work,” he said. “I think it will get better. I remain optimistic about our recovery.”

He also commented on Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who he initially appointed to the U.S. district court. Although he wouldn’t get into specifics, he said, “She was called by somebody a ‘racist.’ Well, that’s not right. I mean, it’s not fair. It doesn’t help the process to be out there name-calling. So let them decide whether they want to vote for her or not, and get on with it.”

Meade asked him about his son’s legacy. “I’m confident that we had a good administration and good people, and I think the same thing is true of our son,” said Bush. “And you know, he had tough times and all, but he’s doing it right. He’s laying back there and he’s not criticizing the president. And I’m very proud of him.”

(photo by Jeremy Freeman/CNN)

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His experience in politics, Stephanopoulos tells Friedman, has been useful in a number of ways. It “helped prepare me [for TV]…I was used to taking hits and being judged by critics. I developed a thick skin.”

Also in the interview, Stephanopoulos says his ‘dream get’ for This Week would be Pope Benedict XVI.

“I’d ask him, ‘What does he say to critics who see a post-Christian era? Does he agree? Does he see himself as a political leader?’”

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“I’m struck in the first 24 hours the differences that seem to be emerging on the Republican side,” he said.

There seems to be a focus on two key comments Sotomayor has made, one on video about the role of the appellate court, and the other in writing about life experience. “The fact that one is on video will answer which one we’ll see more,” he says. “I think both of them are going to be in wide circulation. They are, for a lot of folks, killers and absolute game-changers. There is, I think, compelling and interesting explanations behind each of those pieces of information.”

Also discussed: Klein’s regular Fox News appearances, the New York Times’ new social media editor (Klein is on Twitter as well) and the success of a personalized magazine.

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