Editing Hardball with Chris Matthews (section)

{{Short description|American television talk show}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = 
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| caption              = 
| runtime              = 60 minutes (with commercials)
| location             = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| creator              = 
| presenter            = [[Chris Matthews]]
| director             = Ray Herbert
| country              = United States
| language             = 
| channel              = 
| network              = [[America's Talking]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1994}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1996}}
| network2             = [[CNBC]]
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|1997}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|1999}}
| network3             = [[MSNBC]]
| first_aired3         = {{Start date|1999}}
| last_aired3          = {{End date|2020|02|28}}
| network4             = [[Substack]]
| first_aired4         = {{Start date|2025}}
| last_aired4          = present
| num_seasons          = 
| num_episodes         = 
}}

'''''Hardball with Chris Matthews''''' is an American television [[talk show]] hosted by [[Chris Matthews]]. The program premiered on the now-defunct [[America's Talking]] network in 1994 (as ''Politics with Chris Matthews'') before moving to [[CNBC]], and then to [[MSNBC]], where it continued to air until its end in 2020. The show took its name from Matthews's 1988 book: ''Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who Knows the Game''.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} The program primarily featured coverage of political issues and headlines, along with discussion from a panel of analysts and political figures.