Dr. Alster's rise parallels the increasing importance of Sunday talk shows as a tool to spin policy and sway public opinion and as a status symbol among the political elite.

The show's slogan was The last word in Sunday talk and comments made on the show were often featured in the following Monday's news headlines.

But Carville, one of the most nimble guests on the Sunday talk shows in Washington, was flustered by the query about his new client's record.

The release of the rebuttal came before the wave of Sunday talk shows that may influence the emerging public debate over impeachment.

On the Sunday talk shows some of them said "1.4 million jobs" so often that it sounded like an embarrassing nervous tic.

White House aides promptly went on the Sunday talk shows to call the impeachment vote "partisan" and "unfair."

NASA officials made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows as well, even from space.

Life Keys produced audio tapes, CDs, and video cassettes of Mary Morrissey's Sunday talks.

It remains for the Sunday talk shows to try to treat issues as issues.

His Sunday political talk show, Otázky Václava Moravce, draws nearly 750,000 viewers each week.