Inside Washington - Broadcast

Broadcast

In the Washington, D.C. area, Inside Washington airs on WETA Friday nights at 8:30 PM – this broadcast is simulcast on the WETA World PBS cable television channel – on TBD TV Saturday nights at 7:00 PM, and on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM on WJLA. Although the Saturday evening broadcast time is consistent, WETA and WJLA sometimes change the broadcast times on Fridays and Sundays respectively for brief periods, and over the years the regular Sunday time slot for the show on WJLA also has varied.

The tone of Inside Washington is very different from that of The McLaughlin Group, one of its major competitors. Where The McLaughlin Group panelists and John McLaughlin himself are prone to loud voices and direct arguments, the Inside Washington panelists tend to remain at a normal speaking voice and are rarely combative. In addition, Peterson is much less likely to provide his personal opinion on the topic than McLaughlin.

The show's current regular panelists are Colby King, Charles Krauthammer, Mark Shields, Evan Thomas, and Nina Totenberg, four of whom appear on each show. Although it is not common, the fifth regular panelist occasionally will participate in all or part of show via a satellite television feed. When two or more of the regulars are unavailable during the same week, other journalists will participate to keep the number of panelists at four and to substitute for Peterson when he is unavailable.

The theme song for Inside Washington is "Procession of the Nobles" from the ballet Mlada by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.