TV Talk Shows: Dec. 18-19

SATURDAY

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET

The Chris Matthews Show Howard Fineman, Huffington Post; Norah O’Donnell, NBC; Joe Klein, Time; and Katty Kay, BBC. (N) 5:30 a.m. KNBC

SUNDAY

Today Rockettes; Norah O’Donnell. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union With Candy Crowley The GOP agenda: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The U.S. Postal System: Fredric Rolando, National Assn, of Letter Carriers. 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Matt Damon; profile of David Sedaris. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Remembering Richard C. Holbrooke: Leslie Gelb, Council on Foreign Relations; Vali Nasr, Tufts University; Joe Klein, Time. 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Meet the Press Vice President Joe Biden; Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory A. Booker; political advisor Mark McKinnon; Andrea Mitchell; Joe Scarborough. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

This Week With Christiane Amanpour Unfinished business in the lame-duck Congress: Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.); Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.). Infant nutrition: Rajiv Shah, USAID administrator. Panel: Chrystia Freeland; Rajiv Chandrasekaran; Donna Brazile; George Will. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Lame duck legislation: START treaty; “don’t ask, don’t tell� repeal: Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.); Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.); Virginia’s legal challenge to health care bill: Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.). Panel: Kevin Madden; William Kristol; Mara Liasson. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV

Reliable Sources Coverage of the tax cut cmpromise; Sarah Palin on television; Boehner’s emotional interviews: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, the Nation; Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review; Alex Wagner, Politics Daily. Race and journalism: Soledad O’Brien, CNN. Facebook and journalism: Ian Shapira, the Washington Post. 8 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Afghanistan; 2011: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.); Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). (N) 8:30 a.m. KCBS

60 Minutes Extraordinary memory. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS