Face the Nation: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Face the Nation is a news interview program which airs every Sunday morning, live from the CBS studio in Washington D.C. It is dedicated to interviewing newsmakers on the latest issues. Guests include government leaders, politicians, and international figures in the news. CBS News… More correspondents engage the guests in a lively roundtable discussion focusing on current topics. The show started on November 7th, 1954, and was originally broadcast on both CBS Television and Radio Networks. After close to two decades, the program was taken off CBS radio.

Series details

• Title: Face the Nation
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1954-11-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 8834
• IMDb ID: tt0361178
• TVDB ID: 75204

Cast and credited roles

• Margaret Brennan — Host & Moderator
• Ed O'Keefe — Host & Moderator
• John Dickerson — Host & Moderator
• Major Garrett — Host & Moderator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1954-11-07; final listed air date 1954-11-07.
• Season 58: premiered 2012-04-22; final listed air date 2012-04-22.
• Season 60: premiered 2014-05-11; final listed air date 2014-12-28.
• Season 61: premiered 2015-01-04; final listed air date 2015-12-27.
• Season 62: premiered 2016-01-03; final listed air date 2016-04-17.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-04-24; final listed air date 2016-12-25.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-01; final listed air date 2017-12-31; episode order: 53.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-07; final listed air date 2018-12-30.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-01-06; final listed air date 2019-12-29.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-05; final listed air date 2020-12-27.
• Season 2021: premiered 2020-01-24; final listed air date 2021-12-26.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-01-02; final listed air date 2022-12-25.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-01; final listed air date 2023-12-31; episode order: 52.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-07; final listed air date 2024-12-29; episode order: 52.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-05; final listed air date 2025-12-28; episode order: 52.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-04; final listed air date 2026-10-04.

Source and licence

Adapted from Face the Nation on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.