John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to offer their first post-election TV interviews this week.

While the former Republican presidential candidate will show up for NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday, a week after being defeated by Democrat Barack Obama in the elections, his ex-running mate is due to appear on Fox News’ “On the Record With Greta Van Susteren,” which will air today at 10 p.m.

John McCain has been a usual guest on the show hosted by Jay Leno, as he stopped by frequently before and throughout his presidential campaign, so it comes as no surprise that he chose to offer his first interview following the elections during the NBC program, which is scheduled to run on Veterans Day.

On the other hand, Sarah Palin’s appearance on the Fox News show will surely draw attention and an impressive number of viewers, since she has been trailed recently by rumors with regard to her conduct and intellectual deficiencies pointed out by unnamed staffers of John McCain’s campaign.

In spite of the fact that Sarah Palin rejected accusations claiming her wasteful spending on outfits and called the leakers “jerks,” the Monday night interview should be interesting enough, as a particular report by Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron asserted that campaign staffers had informed the media that the former vice presidential candidate believed that Africa was a country rather than a continent. Ouch!