ON THE SUNDAY CHAT SHOWS

ABC / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will discuss the scathing Congressional report about his department's response to Hurricane Katrina (read it for yourself; .pdf file / Adobe Acrobat required). The report's author, Congressman Tom Davis (R - VA), will appear with Senator Joe Lieberman (D - CT) to discuss how to do better in the future. Miami Heat star Shaquille O'Neal, a reserve deputy sheriff in Miami-Dade County when he's not slammin' jams, will discuss protecting children on the Internet. The roundtable will feature George Will, NPR and ABC News' Cokie Roberts, and Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation.

CBS / Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer: U.S. Senators Dr. Bill Frist (R - TN) and Barbara Boxer (D - CA / Foreign Relations Committee), and New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller.

CNN / Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff will also appear here to discuss the Katrina report and preperation for future situations. Also, Select Committee on Intelligence members Senator Saxby Chambliss (R - GA) and Congresswoman Jane Harman (D - CA). Three ambassadors to the U.S. will also appear: David Manning of the U.K., Wolfgang Ischinger of Germany, and Jean-David Levitte of France. And discussing Iraq will be retired Major General Paul Eaton, former commander of Iraqi Troop Training.

FOX / Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: Discussing the Katrina report and fallout from last weekend's shooting incident with Vice President Cheney will be U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R - SC) and Evan Bayh (D -IN). And former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson (D-WY) will talk about the Cheney media flurry.

NBC / Meet the Press with Tim Russert: Here, too, will be Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff discussing the Katrina report. And a roundtable on the Cheney shooting incident featuring former Cheney counselor and Republican strategist Mary Matalin, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory, and Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal.

A couple of other notes: Due to NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympic Games, MTP may be seen at a different time than normal in your area. Consult your local listings. And noting David Gregory's appearance, I should mention that he had a great insight into the media frenzy over the Cheney shooting incident on the NBC Nightly News blog, one feature you should visit on a regular basis. There, reporters, producers, and anchor/managing editor Brian Williams post almost daily not only about what to look for on the broadcast, but also some occasional behind-the-scenes peeps. Most of the posts are during the early/mid afternoon.