Meet the Press Guests This Sunday: Who's On With Kristen Welker
Quick answer: For Sunday, Oct. 11, NBC lists Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and author Michael Lewis on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. NBC News announced the lineup on Friday, Oct. 9. Lineups are subject to change for breaking news.
The names on this page come from the release NBC News sends out before each broadcast. TVmaze's episode listing carries the same three names, but it repeats NBC's release, so it counts here as a copy and not as a second confirmation. For Sundays that have already aired, a guest is described as having appeared only where NBC News has posted the interview on its Meet the Press page. Everyone else is "listed."
Who is on Meet the Press on Sunday, Oct. 11?
| Guest | Title as NBC lists it | Segment |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) | U.S. Senate nominee | Interview, billed as exclusive |
| Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) | U.S. senator | Interview, billed as exclusive |
| Michael Lewis | Author, "Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State" | Meet the Moment |
| Tom Costello | NBC News senior correspondent; co-host of the PBS documentary "The First: Free Speech at the Crossroads" | Not specified |
| Stephen Hayes | Editor and CEO, The Dispatch; NBC News contributor | Roundtable |
| Jeh Johnson | Former secretary of homeland security | Roundtable |
| Amna Nawaz | Co-anchor, PBS NewsHour | Roundtable |
NBC's release gives names, titles and segment labels. It does not give an order or the topics of the interviews. Lewis is making a second network stop for the same book: CBS listed him on CBS Mornings on Monday, Oct. 5, and the CBS Mornings guest page records that interview as aired.
Who was on Meet the Press on Sunday, Oct. 4?
Rahm Emanuel and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) were the two interviews, and both aired. NBC News has each full interview on its Meet the Press page, and the complete broadcast there is dated Oct. 4. NBC's release for that Sunday titled Emanuel "Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D)," while the network's video page for the broadcast calls him "Amb. Rahm Emanuel." The same release listed Steve Kornacki with an NBC News and Telemundo poll of Latino voters. Kornacki was on TODAY two days later, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, as the TODAY Show guest page shows.
Who was on Meet the Press on recent Sundays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 4?
| Sunday | Interviews NBC listed | Roundtable NBC listed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 4 | Rahm Emanuel; Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.); Steve Kornacki (poll) | Ashley Etienne, Matt Gorman, Jonathan Martin, Julio Vaqueiro | Emanuel and Kennedy appeared |
| Sept. 27 | U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz; Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Bill Gates | Adrienne Elrod, Ryan Nobles, Marc Short | Waltz, Araghchi and Khanna appeared; Gates listed |
| Sept. 20 | Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Hasan Minhaj; Steve Kornacki (poll) | Yamiche Alcindor, Jamelle Bouie, Sara Fagen | Barrasso and Booker appeared; Minhaj listed |
| Sept. 13 | House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.); former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Jacob Coxon, whom NBC titles "AI whistleblower" | Ashley Etienne, Jonathan Martin, Marc Short | All three appeared |
"Appeared" means NBC News has the interview as a video on its Meet the Press page, and the videos checked for each week are dated on the Sunday of the broadcast. "Listed" means the name was in NBC's release and a separate interview clip was not on that page when it was read on Saturday, Oct. 10. It does not mean the guest was dropped.
Who is moderating Meet the Press?
Kristen Welker. NBC's release describes her as the 13th moderator of the program, and the show's full title is "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker." The release names David P. Gelles as executive producer. This page reports a substitute moderator only after NBC or two news outlets have confirmed one, the same rule used on the TODAY Show anchors page.
What time is Meet the Press on?
NBC's own show page calls it "the Sunday morning public affairs program" and the description there gives no national air time. TVmaze lists the broadcast at 9 a.m. ET, but NBC stations schedule it at different hours on Sunday morning, so check your local listings. NBC says episodes can be watched afterward on NBC.com and the NBC App.
When does NBC announce the Meet the Press guests?
On Fridays, going by the last five weeks. The releases for the Sept. 13, Sept. 20, Sept. 27, Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 broadcasts are dated Sept. 11, Sept. 18, Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9, each one the Friday before the show. The weekday bookings for the three network morning shows are compared on the morning show guests this week page.
FAQ
Who are the Meet the Press guests for Sunday, Oct. 11?
NBC lists Abdul El-Sayed, Sen. Thom Tillis and Michael Lewis, with Stephen Hayes, Jeh Johnson and Amna Nawaz on the roundtable.
Is there a weekday version of Meet the Press?
Yes. NBC's release says "Meet the Press NOW" runs on weekdays on NBC News NOW, the network's streaming channel. Kristen Welker moderates the Sunday broadcast.
Sources
- NBC News press release, Oct. 9, 2026: this Sunday on "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker"
- NBC News press releases: Meet the Press (the weekly releases dated Sept. 11, Sept. 18, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2)
- NBC News: Meet the Press (full interviews and complete broadcasts posted after they air)
- NBC: Meet the Press show page (program description and where episodes are available)
- TVmaze: Meet the Press (same guest names as NBC's release; listed air time)
This page is filed in the Sunday Shows section, and every show is on the Morning Shows On Air home page.