It was surprisingly a quiet night on talk shows yesterday: With Lamees El Hadidi, Amr Adib and Ahmed Moussa all having the night off, and Al Hayah Al Youm scaling back its evening show, Ramy Radwan on Masaa DMC and Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer more or less had the airwaves to themselves.

Privatization was the big story at home, though Masaa DMC was the only show to give Madbouly’s presser some airtime last night (watch, runtime: 2:33 | watch, runtime: 1:51). Gehan Saleh, an economic advisor to the PM, phoned into the show, telling Radwan that the state offering program will help to attract more foreign direct investment into the country. “Both ways, whether through strategic investors or the bourse, would empower the private sector participation. It’s all in the hands of hired investment banks and IPO advisors to decide on the size of the stake being offered depending on firms’ financial results,” Saleh said (watch, runtime: 9:14).

The aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria was still getting a lot of attention on the airwaves. Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer spoke with two Egyptians rescued from under the rubble, including an engineering freshman who was rescued in Turkey’s Iskenderun (watch, runtime 8:09). The student recounted horrific scenes from the devastating earthquake after her five-storey building collapsed. Masaa DMC also had coverage (watch, runtime: 2:50 | 1:50).

Al Hayah Al Youm sat down with Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie, who talked about the recent incidents of vessels running aground in the canal, and refuted recent rumors of government plans to sell management rights of the canal to foreign companies (watch, runtime: 13:53).