THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK

Saturday and Sunday

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Saturday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

Former Congressional Management Foundation CEO Brad Fitch discusses his book, "Citizen's Handbook for Influencing Elected Officials."

Kevin Cirilli, founder of mtf.tv's "Meet the Future," discusses "the future of AI and tech trends to watch in 2026."

7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MS NOW):

An interview with Georgia state representative Sam Park (D).

10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MS NOW):

An interview with Iowa state senator Renee Hardman (D).

1 p.m. -- ALEX WITT REPORTS (MS NOW):

An interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.).

5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MS NOW):

An interview with Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.).

6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MS NOW):

An interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.).

An interview with Minnesota state representative Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D).

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Sunday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discusses "campaign 2026 and political news of the day."

Roben Farzad, host of National Public Radio's "Full Disclosure" podcast, discusses "the latest data on the U.S. economy and financial and economic stories to watch in 2026."

7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MS NOW):

An interview with Texas state representative James Talarico (D-Texas), a Texas Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

A discussion with former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone and former U.S. Capitol police officer Harry Dunn - both of whom defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 when Trump supporters stormed the building in an attempt to stop Congress from formally certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

9 a.m. -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC):

An interview with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

An interview with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.).

An interview with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D).

A political roundtable with former RNC communications director Doug Heye; former DNC chair Donna Brazile; former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.); and Associated Press executive editor Julie Pace.

ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang reports on "the debate over AI data centers from President Trump's backyard in Palm Beach, Florida, where locals are divided over a new cutting-edge project."

9 a.m. -- FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM (FOX):

An interview with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

An interview with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

An interview with Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.).

An interview with Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter.

A political roundtable with USA Today White House correspondent Francesca Chambers; former George W. Bush White House national security official Michael Allen; Guy Benson, political editor at TownHall.com; and former DNC delegate Richard Fowler.

9 a.m. -- STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH (CNN):

An interview with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

An interview with Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.).

A political roundtable with Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.); former South Carolina state representative Bakari Sellers (D); and Scott Jennings, former special assistant for political affairs to President George W. Bush and former senior adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

10 a.m. -- NEWSNATION'S THE HILL SUNDAY (NEWS NATION):

An interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

An interview with Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.).

An interview with Scott Tranter, director of data science at DDHQ.

A political roundtable with Ian Swanson, managing editor at The Hill; Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington bureau chief Tia Mitchell; and NewsNation Washington correspondent Hannah Brandt.

10 a.m. -- SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO (FOX NEWS):

An interview with Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.).

An interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

An interview with Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins.

An interview with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).

10 a.m. -- FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):

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10:30 a.m. -- MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):

An interview with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).

An interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who resigns from her House seat on January 5.

A political roundtable with Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence; former Biden White House Domestic Policy Council director Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress; Amna Nawaz, co-anchor of "PBS NewsHour"; and NBC News chief international correspondent Keir Simmons.

10:30 a.m. -- FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS):

An interview with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

An interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.).

An interview with Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington.

An interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

11 a.m. -- THE SUNDAY BRIEFING (FOX NEWS):

An interview with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).

An interview with Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman (R), a Republican candidate for New York governor.

An interview with Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

An interview with Minnesota state representative Drew Roach (R).

An interview with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary.

1 p.m. -- ALEX WITT REPORTS (MS NOW):

An interview with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).

An interview with former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), co-author of "The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation Into January 6th."

7:30 p.m. -- 60 MINUTES (CBS):

A look at how Atlas, Boston Dynamics' AI-powered robot, learns to perform factory tasks at a new Hyundai auto plant near Savannah, Georgia.

A report on Boom Chicago, an English-language improv theater in Amsterdam founded by two American comics.

A profile of U.S. women's figure skater Alysa Liu.

8 p.m. -- Q&A (C-SPAN):

A taped interview with America250 Commission Chair Rosie Rios. [For a videolink, go to: https://www.c-span.org/program/qa/america250-chair-rosie-rios/661737.]

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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook

Saturday and Sunday/January 3-4, 2026

REUTERS

(Reporting By Timothy Ryan)

((tim.ryan@thomsonreuters.com; +1-202-898-8345;))