Weekend TV Talk Shows for Dec. 24 - 25
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SATURDAY
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
The Chris Matthews Show The 2011 awards show: Chuck Todd, NBC; Richard Stengel, Time; Katty Kay, BBC; Kathleen Parker, the Washington Post 5 p.m. KNBC
McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET
SUNDAY
Today Mount Olive Baptist Church Choir performs; Christmas Day politics; skater Nicole Bobek. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC
State of the Union With Candy Crowley The future of North Korea, congressional gridlock, the “tea party”: Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.); 2012 election preview: Ron Brownstein, A.B. Stoddard; the Bush administration years: former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN
CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Fareed Zakaria GPS How history view the rancorous cultural and political times we live in today: author David McCullough; the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI: Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC
This Week With Christiane Amanpour The political events of 2011, look forward to the 2012 election: George Will, Cokie Roberts, Jonathan Karl, former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie; the Arab Spring and the Middle East; the death of Kim Jong Il; the killing of Osama bin Laden; foreign policy: Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, U.S. Institute of Peace fellow Robin Wright. (N) 8 a.m. KABC
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Republican presidential race: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.); Christmas message: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, Morrill Worcester of Wreaths Across America. Panel: Steve Hayes, Liz Marlantes, Susan Ferrechio, Charles Lane. 8 a.m. KTTV
Reliable Sources 2011 scandals, politics and foreign affairs: NPR’s Jamie McIntyre, former USA Today managing editor Lauren Ashburn, former NBC correspondent Fred Francis; transitioning to Buzzfeed: Ben Smith, Politico (N) 8 a.m. CNN
Face the Nation The year in review, a look ahead to 2012: Nancy Cordes, John Dickerson, David Martin, Anthony Mason, Norah O’Donnell, Bob Orr, Elizabeth Palmer. (N) 8:30 a.m. KCBS
Piers Morgan Tonight 5, 6, 9 and 10 p.m. CNN
60 Minutes 7 p.m. KCBS