"We'll be using that in booking guests," Mr. Friedman said.

The only way to slant a program like "One on One," or the others, is by continuously booking guests of a similar political stripe.

That will give Tyra Banks a five-week window to start booking guests.

Her roles on the show included booking guests and participating in the chat room.

NBC is reacting to a series of problems, many surrounding Ms. Kushnick's policies for booking guests.

Griffin received critical acclaim for booking such guests, but was also widely criticized for it.

Highly Competitive With the large number of news and talk shows, booking guests to appear on the programs has become a highly competitive business.

There he booked guests and produced segments for, "Sportstown," as an Associate Producer.

They are furiously competitive in terms of booking guests.

The ratings edge of "Meet the Press" is clearly an advantage in booking guests, network executives said.