If it’s Friday, it’s ‘Meet the Press’ tweets

One of the Washington parlor games on Friday afternoons is chatting about the coming Sunday’s lineup on the talk show circuit.

The news of which show had landed which guests would usually be sent out in releases Friday, or, more recently, posted on FishbowlDC.

The new game in town comes from the shows and networks themselves, though, who detail their lineups on their Twitter pages.

Longtime “Meet the Press” producer Betsy Fischer has taken to tweeting the lineups on Friday, with this week being no exception.

She tweeted:

In their first Sunday Showdown … RNC Chairman Michael Steele vs. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine – this Sunday on MTP!

MTP Roundtable: Richard Haass of CFR, Jon Meacham of Newsweek, Ron Brownstein of Nat’l Journal and Peggy Noonan of the Wall St. Journal.

Check out profile & cover art drawing of Newsweek Editor “young geezer” (and good friend) Jon Meacham in the NY Observer. http://tr.im/lr1k

Of course, all’s fair in TV ratings wars. ABC News’s PR department tweeted Thursday:

For the 15th Straight week “This Week” closes total viewing gap with “Meet.” “This Week” cuts total viewing gap with “Meet” by 79%