Referenced in
"The West Wing: The Lame Duck Congress (#2.6)" (2000)
- A reporter asks C.J. a question about Senator Mitchel appearing on the show.
"Saturday Night Live: Brittany Murphy/Nelly (#28.6)" (2002)
- Mentioned on Donahue
"The West Wing: Message of the Week (#7.3)" (2005)
- Josh watches Arnie Vinick appearing on "Hardball", with host Chris Matthews (playing himself).
"Boston Legal: Shock and Oww! (#2.18)" (2006)
- Candy Springtime mentions the show in dialog with Denny and Denise.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-07)" (2008)
- Bernie Goldberg references this show.
Featured in
"30 Rock: Hard Ball (#1.15)" (2007)
- Jenna appears on it to do damage control on being misquoted as hating the military
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-03)" (2008)
- Clips of an undated show are featured.
Swing Vote (2008)
- Airs on TV. Matthews comments on Bud's situation.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-05-21)" (2008)
- Clips of an undated show were featured.
Spoofed in
"Saturday Night Live: Tom Green/David Gray (#26.6)" (2000)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Sean Hayes/Shaggy (#26.12)" (2001)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Renée Zellweger/Eve (#26.17)" (2001)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken/Weezer (#26.20)" (2001)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: The Rock/Andrew W.K. (#27.17)" (2002)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Senator John McCain/The White Stripes (#28.3)" (2002)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Al Gore/Phish (#28.8)" (2002)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (2003) (TV)
- Spoofed in Hardball 'clip'
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters (#28.13)" (2003)
- Spoofed during the cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce (#28.20)" (2003)
- Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Elijah Wood/Jet (#29.8)" (2003)
- Spoofed during the cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Christina Aguilera/Maroon 5 (#29.13)" (2004)
- Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen/J-Kwon (#29.20)" (2004)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan (2004) (V)
- Spoofed in Hardball with Chris Matthews
"Saturday Night Live: Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson (#30.3)" (2004)
- Darrell Hammond plays Chris Matthews
"Saturday Night Live: Topher Grace/The Killers (#30.9)" (2005)
- Darrell Hammond plays Chris Matthews
"Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani (#30.15)" (2005)
- Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Lindsay Lohan/Coldplay (#30.20)" (2005)
- Spoofed during cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Jason Lee/Foo Fighters (#31.5)" (2005)
- spoofed in the cold opening
"Saturday Night Live: Hugh Laurie/Beck (#32.4)" (2006)
- Spoofed in Hardball skit
"Saturday Night Live: Jeremy Piven/AFI (#32.11)" (2007)
- spoofed in cold opening
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