Michael Smerconish is an American radio host and television presenter, newspaper columnist, author, and lawyer. He broadcasts The Michael Smerconish Program (weekdays, 9 am-noon ET) on the POTUS channel, and hosts the CNN and CNN International program Smerconish (Sat, 9 am ET). He is also a Sunday newspaper columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Smerconish has authored seven books, including six nonfiction works and one novel.