Ed Schultz

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news.

The Ed Show is an hour-long weekday news commentary program on MSNBC. The program is hosted by Ed Schultz, who also hosts the nationally syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show. Debuting as a weeknight program on MSNBC on April 6, 2009, at 6 PM ET, it has aired in a variety of timeslots. It later moved to 10 PM ET, filling the time slot previously occupied by The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell when that show took over the 8 PM ET after Countdown with Keith Olbermann was cancelled. In October 2011, it swapped spots with The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. On March 13, 2013, Schultz revealed that he would be moving to a new expanded weekend lineup at the network. His last weeknight show aired on March 14, and the show returned as a weekend show on May 11 at 5 PM ET. The Ed Show returned to weeknights on August 26 of the same year, taking the 5 PM ET slot previously held by one airing of Hardball with Chris Matthews.

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.