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The media has extensively documented the disastrous plunge in prime-time ratings at MSNBC for at least a year, and it has only gone downhill since. Last month, Mediaite reported that MSNBC’s overall ratings in the key 25-54YO demo managed to come in fifth place, losing not only to Fox and CNN but also CNBC and HLN. Many have speculated what NBC and Comcast would do to resurrect their prime-time fortunes, but Joe Concha hears that NBC has decided to fix the daytime lineup first — by booting opinion shows for hard news: A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will...

The Talk Shows July 19th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Secretary of State John F’n Kerry; Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz; Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Kerry; British Prime Minister David Cameron; Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Reps. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, and Raul Labrador, R-Idaho.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Kerry, Moniz; Netanyahu; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.THIS WEEK (ABC): Kerry; Moniz; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Kerry, Moniz; Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and...

The Talk Shows July 12th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Democratic presidential candidate; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., a Republican presidential candidate.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C.; Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.FACE THE NATION (CBS): House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; Sens. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., a Democratic presidential candidate, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark.THIS WEEK (ABC): Carly Fiorina, a Republican presidential candidate; Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a Republican presidential candidate; former...

The Talk Shows July 5th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate; Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of the conservative Liberty Institute; Evan Wolfson, president of the advocacy group Freedom to Marry.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate; Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.;...

The Talk Shows June 28th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Former NSA and CIA Director General Michael Hayden; Former Solicitor General Ted Olsen.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina; Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana; Mary Bonauto, civil rights project director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.; Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign; Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics...

The Talk Shows June 21st, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry; Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.; the family of Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., a member of the Emanuel AME Church's ministerial staff and shooting victim.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Mayor Joseph Riley of Charleston, South Carolina; NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-general of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.;...

The Talk Shows June 14th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Paul Ryan; Hillary Clinton spokeswoman Karen Finney; James Billington, librarian of Congress.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Mitt Romney; John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman; Brett McGurk, deputy special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter the Islamic State group;FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager.THIS WEEK (ABC): Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J.; Joel Benenson, campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla.; former...

The Talk Shows June 7th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum; Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by coverage of the French Open.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J.; Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.THIS WEEK (ABC): Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Lindsey Graham; Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee; Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

The Talk Shows May 31st, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.; Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla.; CIA Director John Brennan.THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md.; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.; Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Former Gov. George Pataki, R-N.Y.; Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Mike Lee, R-Utah.

The Talk Shows May 24th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.THIS WEEK (ABC): Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro; Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii; Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

The Talk Shows May 17th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sumwalt; Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Rand Paul, R-Ky.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sumwalt; Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis.; Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.; Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sumwalt; former deputy CIA Director Michael Morrell.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sumwalt; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Reps. Paul...

The Talk Shows May 10th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee; Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.THIS WEEK (ABC): Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Brett McGurk, deputy special presidential envoy to the coalition to counter the Islamic State group; Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.

The Talk Shows May 3rd, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; former Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; NAACP President Cornell William Brooks.THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Mayors Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and William Bell of Birmingham, Alabama.

The Talk Shows April 26th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Peter Schweizer, author of a book about the Clinton family foundation.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.; David Boies and Ted Olson, the lawyers who argued before the Supreme Court for overturning a California proposition that banned same-sex marriage.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; New York Police Commissioner William Bratton and the deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, John Miller; Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.THIS WEEK...

The Talk Shows April 19th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Govs. John Kasich, R-Ohio, and Terry McAuliffe, D-Va.; Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md.THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.; former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; Ali Rezaian, whose brother Jason, a Washington Post correspondent, is jailed in Iran.

The Talk Shows April 12th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; Mitt Romney.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Secretary of State John Kerry; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Kerry; Paul; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee.THIS WEEK (ABC): Kerry; Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; Laura Bush.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Paul; Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; former Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.; former Gov. Lincoln Chafee, D-R.I.

The Talk Shows April 5th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.; Rob Manfred, baseball's commissioner; Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.THIS WEEK (ABC): Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif.; Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Netanyahu; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

The Talk Shows March 29th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy; Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive who is considering seeking the Republican nomination for president.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Victoria Kennedy; former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and John McCain, R-Ariz.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; former Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md.; Victoria Kennedy.STATE OF THE UNION...

The Talk Shows March 22nd, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): CIA Director John Brennan.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif.; Ron Dermer, Israeli ambassador to the United States; Riyad Mansour, Palestine's permanent observer to the United Nations.FACE THE NATION (CBS): House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.THIS WEEK (ABC): Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Tom Cole, R-Okla.; former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.; NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

The Talk Shows March 15th, 2015 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Ben Cardin. D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gowdy; Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.; Cornell William Brooks, NAACP president; Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund president and general-counsel.THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo.; former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.