Sara Bareilles -- King of Anything Oh Grampa McSame, how I've missed you! The King of the Sunday shows returns to talk most earnestly with George Stephanopoulos. And the King of Also-rans Newt Gingrich comes to sulk and not one but two shows.
May 6, 2012


Sara Bareilles -- King of Anything

Oh Grampa McSame, how I've missed you! The King of the Sunday shows returns to talk most earnestly with George Stephanopoulos. And the King of Also-rans Newt Gingrich comes to sulk and not one but two shows. But the segment that has my dander up? Fareed Zakaria interviews former Bain Capitalist Ed Conard on why defending the 1 percent helps the 99 percent. Who made this guy the king of anything?

ABC's "This Week" – Jobs, Economy, Chinese dissident Chen Guancheng, Afghanistan: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; David Axelrod, adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Round table: George Will, former Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, Romney campaign adviser Bay Buchanan, radio and television host Tavis Smiley, and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren.

NBC's "Meet the Press" – 2012 campaign, foreign policy, jobs: Vice President Joe Biden; Round table: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Chief Economist from Mesirow Financial Diane Swonk; and NBC's Chuck Todd and Tom Brokaw.

NBC's "The Chris Matthew Show" - Topics: One year later: the Osama Bin Laden raid. Is Romney the most conservative nominee since Goldwater? Obama camp says so. Panel: Katty Kay, BBC; Rick Stengel, Time; David Ignatius, Washington Post; Helene Cooper, New York Times.

MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes" - Chen Guancheng, Dodd Frank Act, EPA regulations and GOP obstruction with former EPA Administrator Alfredo Juan Armendariz, Panel: Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general; Raj Date, deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Catherine Rampell, The New York Times; Alexis Goldstein, Occupy the SEC; James Fallows, The Atlantic; David Frum.

MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" - Topics: Economic recovery; Stand Your Ground in domestic violence cases; Bringing the arts to underserved communities; The demise of facts in political rhetoric. Panel: Misty Copeland, Soloist at American Ballet Theatre; Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violinist; Alice Stewart, former Rick Santorum Press Secretary and former Michelle Bachmann Communications Director; Perry Bacon Jr., theGrio.com; Daniel Gross, ; Nona Willis Aronowitz, Good magazine; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg Public Policy Center

CBS' "Face the Nation" – Politics, 2012 Election: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Jobs, 2012 Election: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; former Gov. Howard Dean, D-Vt. US/China relations: Zbigniew Brzezinski. Round table: Peggy Noonan, WSJ; Michael Gerson, Washington Post; David Corn, Mother Jones and CBS News' John Dickerson

CNN's "State of the Union" – 2012 Election: Newt Gingrich; Afghanistan: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Battleground states: former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.; former Gov. Ted Strickland, D-Ohio. Round table: National Journal’s Major Garrett, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Alice Rivlin

CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - US jobs, European recession, global economy: The Financial Times' Martin Wolf and TIME’s Rana Foroohar. Defending the 1%: Former Bain Capital Managing Director Ed Conard. LBJ presidency: historian Robert Caro.

CNN's "Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz" - Anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death: Jonah Goldberg, Dana Milbank and Chrystia Freeland. New books by Bill Bradlee and Dan Rather on journalism: University of Maryland journalism professor Mark Feldstein and NBC News's Fred Francis. Murdoch phone hacking scandal: Columbia Journalism School’s Emily Bell.

"Fox News Sunday" – 2012 election: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Round table: Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard; AB Stoddard, The Hill; Liz Cheney, Keep America Safe; Juan Williams.

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