Political Television

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

This Week (ABC): Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are the headliners today. As Senate Democrats call for the appointment of a spcecial prosecutor to investigate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for perjury and Congress charges White House aides with contempt, Sens. Schumer and Hatch join George to discuss the fallout.

Next, in a Sunday EXCLUSIVE, the co-chairs of the President's bipartisan Commission On Care For America's Wounded Warriors, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala discuss the report they released earlier this week.

On our roundtable, Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria, ABC News' Cokie Roberts and David Gergen of Harvard University join George to debate the week's politics.

Face the Nation (CBS): Topics:Alberto Gonzales, Politics, And Trouble In Sports. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discuss Gonzales.

Meet the Press (NBC): With less than six months to the Iowa caucuses, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama turned up the rhetorical heat in the race for the White House with verbal jabs calling one another "naïve" and "irresponsible." On the Republican side, the jockeying for the frontrunner position intensifies as Fred Thompson prepares to enter the race. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Democrats called for a special counsel to investigate the possibility that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales perjured himself. We will have insights and analysis on a hot week in politics with Dan Balz and Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times, John Harwood of CNBC and the Wall Street Journal, and Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd of NBC News.

Late Edition (CNN): Capitol Hill takes on Alberto Gonzales. Is the Attorney General telling the truth? We’ll ask top Congressmen including Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Charles Shays (R-CT), Rep. Roy Blunt, (R-MO),and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA). Plus, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN. Join Wolf Sunday, 11a.m. ET.