Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests on Sunday’s “This Week” are: Retired Gen. John Allen; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX); and former Sen. Rick Santorum and his wife Karen.

The roundtable guests are: Daily Beast contributor Kristen Soltis Anderson; CNN political commentator Van Jones; and Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are:  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Tom Donilon, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor; CBS News senior security contributor Michael Morell; Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief of infectious disease at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Jon LaPook, CBS News chief medical correspondent.

His panel guests are: Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post; David Sanger, The New York Times; Nancy Youssef, The Daily Beast; and John Harris, Politico.

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd: The exclusive guest on Sunday’s “MTP” is Secretary of State John Kerry.

The rest is an unknown quantity and probably not worth watching.

State of the Union: Dana Bash is this Sunday’s host. The guests are: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX); Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA);  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI); and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI).

If you can put up with the rest of content on these programs, “Melissa Harris-Perry” will air a taped interview with outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) will appear on “Up with Steve Kornacki.”