Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris at 8am ET are: Jeremy Scahill, (@jeremyscahill), national security correspondent for The Nation; Walter Shapiro, (@waltershapiroPD) columnist for Yahoo News and the Columbia Journalism Review. He is currently covering his ninth presidential campaign; Sasha Issenberg, columnist for Slate.com, Washington correspondent for the “Monocle,” and author of “The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns;” Peter Beinart, (@open_zion) senior writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast and founder of the blog Open Zion; Bob Shrum,(@BobShrum) democratic strategist, senior adviser to the 2004 Kerry-Edwards campaign and to the 2000 Gore presidential campaign, senior fellow at NYU’s Graduate School of Public Service; Hawaii Democratic Congressional candidate Tulsi Gabbard, former member of the Honolulu City Council and former Commission Commander and Captain of the Honolulu National Guard; Michelle Goldberg, (@michelleinbklyn) senior contributing writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast and author of “The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World;” Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, founder of Jumo.com, and chief digital organizer of the 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign; and Jacob Hacker, professor of political science at Yale University and co-author of “The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants from America and What We Need in Return.

This Week with George Stephanopolis:  Sunday on “This Week,” in his first talk show appearance since his nomination is  Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).

The  roundtable debates the Republican and Democratic conventions and the latest in the 2012 presidential contest, with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, co-chair of the Democratic platform committee; Sen. Rand Paul, (R-KY), author of the new book “Government Bullies“; ABC News’ George Will; ABC News’ Cokie Roberts; and Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer will feature excerpts of CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley‘s interview with President Barack Obama two days after he formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president; White House Senior adviser David Plouffe; and  former Navy SEAL “Mark Owen,” whose appearance was altered with make-up and voice was disguised. author of “No Easy Day.”

On the political roundtable, the guests are New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, CBS News Political Director John Dickerson, Washington Post Columnist Michael Gerson and Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Dee Dee Myers.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Michael Duffy, TIME Magazine Assistant Managing Editor; Trish Regan, Bloomberg News; Kasie Hunt, Associated Press Political Reporter; and John Harris, Politico Editor-in-Chief.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Om MTP this Sunday is GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

The roundtable guests are San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro; the Wall Street Journal‘s Peggy Noonan; the Washington Post‘s EJ Dionne; Fmr. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett; and NBC’s Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent, Chuck Todd.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA); former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Democratic Convention speaker and the co-founder of CarMax, Austin Ligon, and Former Bush Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez; Peter Baker of The New York Times and A.B Stoddard of “The Hill