Political Television

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

This Week (ABC): As President Bush compares Iraq to Vietnam and makes another push for support of his surge plan, Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and John Cornyn, R-Tex, will join the debate on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

60 Minutes (CBS): Was It Murder?
Arrested for the murder of four patients by lethal injection in the tragic days after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou says she and two nurses are not murderers. Just recently, the New Orleans district attorney dropped the charges. Morley Safer reports.

Left Behind
Thousands of Iraqis who helped the U.S. in Iraq as translators, office help and construction workers are now labeled collaborators by the insurgents. Many want to come to America because their lives are at risk, but they are having a hard time, reports Scott Pelley.

One Laptop Per Child
MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte's dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil. All this and more, Sunday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Meet the Press (NBC): Lance Armstrong and Sen. John Warner(R-VA).

Late Edition (CNN): With doubts rising about Iraq's Prime Minister, a former leader thinks he should return to power. Wolf talks with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Plus, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno speaks from Baghdad and Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland.