Editing Hardball with Chris Matthews (section)

==In popular culture==
The show has been spoofed by ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', with [[Darrell Hammond]] portraying Chris Matthews. One of the first instances was during the [[Florida election recount]], following the unclear results of the [[2000 United States presidential election]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

''Hardball'' appeared on the October 9, 2005 episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'', "[[Message of the Week]]" (which was written by frequent ''Hardball'' guest [[Lawrence O'Donnell]]), with Chris Matthews playing himself. He interviews fictional Republican presidential candidate [[Arnold Vinick]] (played by [[Alan Alda]]) and pressures him about his views on immigration. The tough nature of Matthews' questions prompts the character of [[Josh Lyman]], a strategist for Vinick's opponent, to shout: "Yeah! Welcome to ''Hardball'', Arnie!"{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The show was featured in the February 22, 2007 ''[[30 Rock]]'' episode "[[Hard Ball (30 Rock episode)|Hard Ball]]", in which series character [[Jenna Maroney]] came on the show to explain about how she was misquoted in [[Maxim magazine|''Maxim'' magazine]] about US military troops. She humiliated herself even further when she confused Barack Obama with [[Osama bin Laden]], after she mentioned whom she would support for U.S. president in 2008.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The 2008 film ''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'' contains several segments of Chris Matthews delivering commentary on ''Hardball'' that relates to the film's plot line. Matthews received a credited cameo for recording the segments.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027862/fullcredits#cast {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>