Hardball with Chris Matthews is an American television
talk show on
MSNBC, broadcast weekdays at 7 PM ET hosted by
Chris Matthews. It originally aired on now-defunct
America's Talking (as
Politics with Chris Matthews) and later
CNBC. The current title was derived from a book Matthews wrote in 1988,
Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who Knows the Game. Hardball is a
talking-head style
cable news show where the moderator advances opinions on a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on current political issues. These issues are discussed with a panel of guests that usually consists of political analysts and sometimes include politicians.