Friday 7 November
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, Democrats win big in New Jersey and Virginia, California votes for Proposition 50 to redraw the congressional map. Chas and John discuss the fallout and what it means.
Planet America 2025 final on Monday 24 November - Weekend Edition on Friday 28 November.
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Monday 10 November
The longest government shutdown in US history looks set to end, but not everyone’s happy. Chas and John discuss the fallout and last week’s election backlash against Trump. Plus former Speaker Nancy Pelosi retires.
Something to add to this: from the latest episode of PEP, Chas has hinted that it looks likely they will go back to one weekly episode next year, at least until the cycle ramps up towards the midterm elections.
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Friday 14 November
The US Senate passes a bill to end to the shutdown after 8 Democrats break ranks. The longest shutdown in history sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and impacted air travel. Trump met with Syria’s President.
Probably stick to Mondays where its been rating well lately, perhaps? And return to Friday night’s when there’s more news - especially arpund election time.
Monday 17 November
“Nothing to hide” - Trump backflips on Epstein files and tells House Republicans to vote for their release. Plus Trump’s feud with former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene fuels a new MAGA rift. With special guest Gloria Allred.
Friday 21 November
The US House and Senate approve a bill to release the Epstein files. Plus Donald Trump met with Mohammed bin Salman at the White House where he said the Saudi crown prince knew nothing about Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.
Monday 24 November Season Final
Leaked Ukraine peace plan confuses allies and emboldens Russia. Is this the death knell for Ukraine? Plus as MAGA devotee Marjorie Taylor Greene quits Congress, does Trump have a new bestie in Zohran Mamdani? (Final for 2025)
Edit:
ABC Showcase announced returning with a new season in 2026.
Planet America should have a lot to discuss when it returns Monday 2 February at 9:30pm
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They should be bringing it back sooner as by then Columbia, Cuba, Mexico and even Greenland could be occupied.
MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY 9.45PM
Planet America returns in 2026 as Donald Trump’s presidency steamrolls into its second year and a deeply divided America celebrates its 250ᵗʰ birthday.
US voters will again head to the polls for the midterm elections … will Trump’s Republicans hold on to their majority in Congress? And if not, will Trump face investigations or an impeachment?
Buckle up for another wild ride with Chas Licciardello and John Barron as the long campaign to become America’s 48ᵗʰ President gets underway.
They’ll need a movie length show from all the crap that’s been happening.
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John and Chas have joked in the past that whenever they take holidays, is when something big happens in the world of U.S. Politics. No different this time. lol.
They should have returned earlier than the February start.
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Can you send the ABC the extra bucks to fund that? 
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At the rate things are going they probably need to do a trilogy of movies
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Monday 2 February
Can the federal agents who killed Minnesota protestors Alex Pretti and Renee Good be charged with murder? Plus Trump’s approval rating sinks as he rewrites the rules in Venezuela and threatens an attack on Greenland and Iran.
I notice that the Weekend Edition is not on ABC News Channel’s schedule tonight, so it’s just Mondays now.
Could it be due to budget issues?
Yep, just the Monday editions for now. It was previously discussed on PEP towards the end of last year:
In all likelihood, making two shows a week was probably unsustainable on a consistent basis.
Monday 9 February
Trump calls for Americans to “move on” as Democrats pledge to fight an Epstein files “cover-up”. Also the Trump family crypto scandal the world has hardly noticed, plus the President’s rare backdown on his racist Obama post.
ABC has confirmed this will return in August when mid-term elections ramp up.
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