Absolutely crushed it. Jackie thinks every girl should grow up and be president even if theyre liar liar pants suit on fire. 18 Million Viewers for the debut. I got my game on yeah, i got my game on brian americas past time and thats a young child. He represents every child in america who will be celebrating because Major League Baseball has opening day today. And so far the mets are undefeated. Ainsley who says thats americas past time. Who announces that . Brian the nation. Ainsley i would say maybe like reading or shopping or spending time with your kids, right . [laughter] brian yeah, reading is Americas National past time. Pete nobody ever. Put the kid in a batting cage. Hopeful for everybody. Everybody is undefeated right now. Ainsley true. Brian with some of the problems the nfl is having i think there is a resurgence in baseball. More resurgence in baseball u it also helps america if the yankees are good and young. Because you have somebody to hate. And you also have somebody t
and i bring out the tv and watch homeland. that s damian lewis, not the only actor to attend that dinner. also downton abbey s mcgovern. overall it seems like the president doesn t spend a lot of time watching come disunless he s with his family. breaking bad was also on the list. what is the president s taste in television tell us about him. do the shows he watch have any influence on him and what kind of impact they have on us in the political culture of our country? for that, i want to introduce our panel, we have culture writer with the new york times, david isikoff, liz winstead, john fuguelesang is
these days snl has more competition than ever when it comes to political satire. we thought we would commemorate the start of the new season by talking about why the show s political humor has been so enduring and where it is going from here. for that, i want to bring in david isikoff with the new york times who last month chronicle an oral history of snl auditions for the paper, back with us, lynn sweet for the chicago sun times, also joining us is steve battaglia, the business editor with tv guide magazine and still with us, the very funny richard wolffe, on the receiving end of an snl parody himself. i can t tell who is who there. one is fred armisen, one is richard wolffe. richard wolffe has gotten the treatment. he can tell us a little bit about that. let s start by looking at sort of where this all started. and, dave, you looked back at the history of snl. we mentioned chevy chase and gerald ford. how did it become that snl
cartel got fring. you sure? that s right. now, say my name. eisenberg. you re [ bleep ] right. over the course of five seasons, we ve watched him steal, blackmail, maim, even kill or poison a child, and yet shockingly, there are many of us who still root for him. what is it about characters like walter white, not to mention tony soprano and others that make us want to forgive their evil? david isikoff, a culture
now, i am the one who knocks. that was a great line. hey, dr. puri, is part of the attraction of someone like david isikoff not only that he wants to break bad but still wants to see if walter in the next eight episodes is going to turn it around and somehow get back on the straight and narrow? absolutely. i think with all of these guys there s always been something redeeming about them from the everywhere beginning that hooks us and once we are connected, it s is a hard for us to disconnect or give up on them. the same reason that a person has trouble letting two of an abusive family member or someone with a drug addiction, it s hard for us to be able to let go on the possibility of them redeeming themselves. david, i came to your times talk seminar. i stood up to ask a question and they cut off the microphone before i could ask it which is the real reason you ve been summoned to hardball. i m going to ask you what i would have asked vince gilligan. i ll answer in his voic