Political Television

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

This Week (ABC): Republican Presidential candidate, Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and Vietnam veteran Senator John McCain (R-AZ) joins George Stephanopoulos to discuss when and whether American troops should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and whether the Iraqi government has successfully met the benchmarks for progress set by Congress.Then, we get the Democratic response from another Vietnam veteran, former Presidential candidate, and member of the Foreign Relations committee, Senator John Kerry (D-MA).

Roundtable: Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, and George Will debate the week's politics. Plus, Actor Alan Alda, author of the new book, "Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself" on living a meaningful life. And, as always, "This Week" honors lives of note In Memoriam, and catches up on the best in political comedy in the Sunday Funnies.

Face the Nation (CBS): Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Former National Security Advisor Gen. Brent Scowcroft discuss Iraq, Gonzales and Politics.

60 Minutes (CBS): The Dust at Ground Zero
The 9/11 attack has claimed a whole new set of victims: thousands of firemen, policemen, construction and other workers who are now ill - maybe permanently - because they breathed the toxic dust on the "pile" at the World Trade Center. Katie Couric reports.

Get Me The Geeks!
The increasingly complicated electronics our society relies on have given rise to the geeks – the essential technicians who set up our gadgets, including TVs, computers and hand-held devices. Steve Kroft reports.

Pavarotti
When one of the greatest operatic tenors sits down with one of the greatest interviewers, the man behind the incredible voice is revealed. 60 Minutes celebrates the life and art of the late Luciano Pavarotti with this classic Mike Wallace profile. All this and more, Sunday, Sep. 9, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Meet the Press (NBC): A new congressionally-mandated panel, the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission, reports that the Iraqi army will not be able to secure their own country for at least a year, and that Iraq's national police force is "dysfunctional," corrupt and should be disbanded. With us, in an exclusive interview, two of the authors of the report: Commission Chairman General James Jones and commission member Charles Ramsey, the former police chief of Washington, D.C.

And, just returning from his 8th trip to Iraq, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) reports on the progress and problems he saw on the ground.

Then, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) says he will retire ... again. And, Fred Thompson finally enters the fray, telling Jay Leno that he is, indeed, running for president. We will have insights & analysis on the race for the White House and the busy week in politics with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network and John Harwood of the Wall Street Journal and CNBC.

Late Edition (CNN): Will the Iraq progress reports cause a change in U.S. policy? We’ll talk to Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), an author of the report, and the Iraqi National Security Adviser. Plus, presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Join Wolf Sunday, 11a.m. ET.