Weekend Talk Shows for Nov. 24-25: Carl Levin; John McCain; Richard Gere

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This week’s TV Movies

SATURDAY

The Chris Matthews Show What makes great presidents; President Obama’s study of his greatest predecessors. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC, 5:30 a.m. KNBC

McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

Today Holiday travel; Cyber Monday; airport survival guide. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley Retiring members of Congress look back on their careers: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Kid Rock; Richard Gere; the future of department stores; pencil sharpening with Mo Rocca and David Rees. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Second presidential terms: author Robert Caro, author John Meacham; geography and destiny: author Robert Kaplan. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation New books: Authors David Baldacci, Gillian Flynn, Chris Pavone, Alex Stone; presidential biographers: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham, Evan Thomas. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press President Obama’s second term: former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, commentator Al Sharpton, columnist David Brooks, filmmaker Ken Burns; the “fiscal cliff,” Libya attack, GOP’s future: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.); the economy: Honeywell CEO David Cote. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC, 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Israel-Gaza cease-fire, Libya attacks, the “fiscal cliff”: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.). (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace The Middle East, Israel-Gaza cease-fire: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); the “fiscal cliff” and the holiday shopping season: National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay, Fidelity Investments VP John Sweeney. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV

Reliable Sources “Fiscal cliff” and Petraeus scandal coverage; pundits’ predictions of the presidential election; teens’ racist tweets. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

60 Minutes Free the Children operates in 45 countries; the New York City Ballet; Dereck and Beverly Joubert have been filming lions in Africa for 30 years. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS