Weekend Show Preview: 4.11 – 4.13.

Who’s on the talk shows this weekend? Glad you asked:

Sunday:

CBS’s “Face the Nation” : Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University; Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica and The Atlantic; Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry; Tavis Smiley, PBS; Peter Baker, The New York Times; Leigh Gallagher, Fortune; Michael Gerson, The Washington Post; and Frank Rich, New York Magazine

“Fox News Sunday” : Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC); Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Ways and Means Committee; Ranking Member Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI); and Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA)

NBC’s “Meet the Press” : TBA

ABC’s “This Week” : Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.); Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky); James Carville, Democratic strategist; Laura Ingraham, syndicated radio host; and Robert Reich, former Clinton Labor Secretary

Univision’s “Al Punto” : Luis Guillermo Solís, President-Elect of Costa Rica; Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill); Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla); Arianna Huffington; Natalia Lizeth López, Mexican Indigenous activist; and Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter

CNN’s “State of the Union” : 9 am – Jeff Densmore, director of engineering, Dukane Seacom; Ken Christensen, president, Integrated Aviation Solutions; Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), chairman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee; and Liz Mair, former RNC online communications director.  12 noon – Arnold Carr, sonar technology expert and Stephen Trimble, aviation journalist, Flight Global

CNN’s “Inside Politics” : Maggie Haberman, senior political reporter, POLITICO; Amy Walter, national editor, Cook Political Report; Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter, The New York Times, and Manu Raju, senior congressional reporter, POLITICO

CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” : Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD, former National Security Advisor (Carter Administration); counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Mayor Nir Barkat, mayor of Jerusalem; Anthony Bourdain, host, CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown; and Thomas Friedman, columnist, The New York Times; author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need A Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America

CNN’s “Reliable Sources” : Dick Cavett, talk show host; Michelle Fields, conservative commentator and journalist; Keli Goff, columnist, The Root/Daily Beast; Sen. Al Franken (D-MI), Senate Judiciary Committee; Frank Sesno, director, GW’s School of Media & Public Affairs; and Jim Spellman, correspondent, CCTV

The Weekend:

PBS’s “Washington Week” : Alex Wayne of Bloomberg News, Alexis Simendinger of Real Clear Politics, Michael Duffy of TIME Magazine, and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report

PBS’s “To the Contrary” : TBA

BTV’s “Political Capital” : TBA

C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” : TBA

We’ll update ’em as we get ’em (email fishbowlnick@gmail.com).