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We all know the top "rated" talk shows but do the ratings reflect your preferences? Are the highest rated necessarily the most talented? (video)

The Talk Shows April 13th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): — Reps. Sander Levin, D-Mich., and Charles Boustany, R-La.; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Panel discussion on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Elijah Cummings, D-Md.THIS WEEK (ABC): Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Gov. Devil Patrick, D-Mass.; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Reps. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., and Greg Walden, R-Ore.

The Talk Shows April 6th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Sen. Tim Kaine, R-Va.; Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Shaun McCutcheon, whose campaign finance case was decided last week by the Supreme Court; Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group; Michael Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.FACE THE NATION (CBS): White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Rep. McCaulTHIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Rep. John Carter, R-Texas.STATE...

The Talk Shows March 30th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Angus King, I-Maine; John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Michael Leiter, former White House adviser on counterterrorism.FACE THE NATION (CBS): NCAA President Mark Emmert; Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA and the National Security Agency; Michael Morrell, former deputy CIA director and member of NSA Surveillance Review Group; Cmdr. William J. Marks, U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, which is involved in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.THIS WEEK...

The Talk Shows March 23rd, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former President Jimmy Carter; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Mitt Romney; Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.THIS WEEK (ABC): Reps. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Tom Cole, R-Okla.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Tony Blinken, President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser; Reps. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

The Talk Shows March 16th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Bill Gates.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Cmdr. William Marks, spokesman for the Navy's 7th Fleet, which is involved in the search for...

The Talk Shows March 9th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Tony Blinken, deputy national security adviser; New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; former Vice President Dick Cheney; former Secretary of State James Baker.THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Blinken; former Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist; Zygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania's ambassador to the United States; Marina Kaljurand,...

The Talk Shows March 2nd, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho; Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.THIS WEEK (ABC): Ben Affleck; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia; former Sen. Russell Feingold, special envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.STATE OF...

The Talk Shows February 23rd, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Govs. Scott Walker, R-Wis., and Peter Shumlin, D-Vt.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): National Security Adviser Susan Rice.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Govs. Bobby Jindal, R-La., and Martin O'Malley, D-Md.THIS WEEK (ABC): Former President George W. Bush.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Govs. Rick Perry, R-Texas, Mike Pence, R-Ind., Dannel Malloy, D-Conn., Jay Nixon D-Mo.

If you like your radio talk show don’t be surprised if you can’t keep it. Obama’s Federal Communication Commission wants to place monitors in news rooms to decide which stories are selected, station priorities, content production, population served, perceived station bias and perceived percent of news dedicated to each of the “critical information” needs of a community.

The Talk Shows February 16th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Mitt Romney; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation; Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C.THIS WEEK (ABC): Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Actor Kevin Spacey.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

The Talk Shows February 9th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Chuck U. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio.; Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to RussiaFACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.; Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.THIS WEEK (ABC): Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn..STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte.

The Talk Shows February 2nd, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; Denver Broncos executive John Elway; former NFL quarterback Archie Manning.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; WikiLeaks' Julian Assange. FACE THE NATION (CBS): McDonough; Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.

The Talk Shows January 26th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Dan Pfeiffer, White House senior adviserMEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Billie Jean King and Brian Boitano, U.S. Olympic delegates.THIS WEEK (ABC): Jay Carney, White House press secretary; Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Pfeiffer; Paul; Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md.,...

The Talk Shows January 19th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Michael Hayden, a former head of the CIA and the National Security Agency.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-N.J.; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rogers; Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.; Tom Donilon, former national security adviser to President Barack Obama; Michael Morrell, a former CIA deputy director who served on Obama's intelligence review panel.THIS WEEK (ABC): Russian President...

The Talk Shows January 12th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Reps. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.; New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who's leading an investigation into the traffic scandal involving Gov. Chris Christie's administration; former US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, who safely guided Flight 1549 into a water landing on the Hudson River on Jan. 15,...

The Talk Shows January 5th, 2014 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Mitt Romney; Mark Rienzi, a lawyer for an organization of Catholic nuns challenging a requirement that some religion-affiliated groups provide health insurance that includes birth control; Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.; Gene Sperling, director of the White House's National Economic Council; Dr. John Noseworthy, CEO of the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Delos Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Senate Majority Leader Harry...

The Talk Shows December 29th, 2013 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Democratic former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Gen. Michael Hayden, Former National Security Agency Director; NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake.THIS WEEK (ABC): A look at game changers in 2013 (I can’t help thinking it’s Auburn running back Chris Davis).STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Secretary of State John Kerry. STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Neera Tanden, president and CEO of...

The Talk Shows December 22nd, 2013 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. James Inhofe, R-Okla., Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.; Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Michael Morrell, a former deputy CIA Director and member of an intelligence review panel created by President Barack Obama.THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Reps. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii,...

The Talk Shows December 15th, 2013 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America; Carlee Soto, whose sister was killed in the Newtown, Conn., shooting; former astronaut Mark Kelly, whose wife, ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in a 2011 attack.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Ryan; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis.; Michael Hayden, a former head of the CIA and National Security Agency.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill. THIS WEEK (ABC): Secretary of...