SUNDAY TALK

MTP: ex-Pres. Bill Clinton (D); roundtable of WaPo’s Dan Balz, MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, NBC’s David Gregory, and PBS’ Tavis Smiley.

FTN: Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM); roundtable of author Lawrence Wright, AEI’s Danielle Pletka, and WaPo’s Robin Wright.

This Week: Newt Gingrich; Bill Clinton; roundtable of ex-Pentagon spokesperson Torie Clarke, Dem strategist Donna Brazile, and George Will.

FNS: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS); Des Moines Register’s David Yepsen and Boston Globe’s James Pindell.

Late Edition: Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO); New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh; Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari; roundtable with CNN’s Elaine Quijano, CNN’s Juan Carlos Lopez, and CNN’s Bill Schneider

TV ALERTS

* Chris Matthews Show 9/29-9/30: David Brooks, Katty Kay, Cynthia Tucker, David Ignatius discuss “Is Hillary Clinton talking like a hawk on Iraq and Iran for political reasons or because she would govern as a hawkish president? Why have Republican presidential candidates given up on the African-American vote?” Quotes here.
* Newsmakers (C-SPAN, 10am, Sunday): US Amb. to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad interviewed by Times of London’s Gerard Baker and McClatchy’s Warren Strobel
* The Week at War (CNN, 1:30pm, Sun): Myanmar uprising; Ramadan in Iraq; insurgents attack Iraqis working with the Coalition; who runs Iran; sniper ‘baiting’; hackers threatening national electric grid?
* 60 Minutes (CBS, Sun): Clarence Thomas; Vince Young; what killed Rebecca Riley?
* Today Show: Jenna Bush 10/1
* The View: Diane Sawyer 9/28; Chris Matthews 10/1; Jack Cafferty 10/4
* Tavis Smiley: panel on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with Marc Morial, Cornel West, Farah Griffin on 10/1; Ken Burns 10/2; Frank Rich 10/3
* The Daily Show: Jack Cafferty; Chris Matthews; Ted Koppel
* The Colbert Report: Rev. Gene Robinson or Charlie Savage 10/1; John Mearsheimer 10/2; Jim Lovell 10/3; John Kao 10/4
* Regis & Kelly: Ted Koppel 10/3