TVNewser has received more ratings information on the Sunday morning shows. Based on the available household data for Indianapolis, Meet the Press delivered 91,000 homes (8.5 rating/21 share), up 94% versus the prior week. ABC’s This Week delivered 14,000 homes (1.3 rating/4 share), down 26% versus the prior week.
The Russert-Obama hour on NBC affiliate WTHR beat the Stephanopoulos-Clinton hour on ABC affiliate WRTV by +550%.
This was the best homes delivery for Meet the Press on WTHR in at least 14 years (Feb. 1994), when Indianapolis became a metered market.
This all makes this line from the NYTimes Saturday story about the Sunday morning face-off very interesting.
Aides said Mrs. Clinton was attracted to his one-hour format and ABC-TV’s high ratings in Indiana and North Carolina…
North Carolina, perhaps. We’ll be getting the full national ratings picture later this week.
> More: While MTP finished first in Indianapolis, This Week finished in first place in four of the top 10 markets: Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta; all four markets have very strong ABC stations. The Stephanopoulos show was also #1 in Charlotte, NC (TW — 3.2 / 8 / MTP — 3.1 / 9).
Click continued for the Top 10 market breakdown…
NEW YORK
Meet the Press = 2.7 / 8
This Week = 2.6 / 7
Face the Nation = 1.5 / 4
Fox News Sunday = .7
LOS ANGELES
Meet the Press = 2.9 / 10
This Week = 2.6 / 9
Face the Nation = 1.2 / 4
Fox News Sunday = 1.1
CHICAGO
This Week = 3.7 / 10
Meet the Press = 3.5 / 10
Face the Nation = 1.8 / 5
Fox News Sunday = 0.8
PHILADELPHIA
This Week = 3.1 / 8
Meet the Press = 2.5 / 7
Face the Nation = 2.2 / 6
Fox News Sunday = 1.2
DALLAS-FT WORTH
Meet the Press = 2.9 / 9
Face the Nation = 2.3 / 7
This Week = 1.9 / 6
Fox News Sunday = 0.6
SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND
Meet the Press = 1.9 / 8
This Week = 1.5 / 6
Face the Nation = 1.2 / 5
Fox News Sunday = 0.7
BOSTON
Meet the Press = 3.9 / 11
This Week = 2.7 / 8 (WCVB) & 1.1 / 3 (WMUR)
Face the Nation = 2.5 / 7
Fox News Sunday = 0.5
ATLANTA
This Week = 4.8 / 13
Meet the Press = 3.2 / 8
Fox News Sunday = 2.3
Face the Nation = 0.7 / 2
WASHINGTON
Meet the Press = 4.4 / 12
Face the Nation = 2.0 / 5
Fox News Sunday = 1.9 / 5
This Week = 1.4 / 4
HOUSTON
This Week = 4.6 / 12
Meet the Press = 2.9 / 8
Face the Nation = 2.2 / 6
Fox News Sunday = 1.2
DETROIT
Fox News Sunday = 3.6 (came in #1 in this market)