For the fourth week running, CBS’ “Face the Nation” was the top-rated Sunday public affairs show on April 7. “Face” topped NBC’s “Meet the Press” by +550,000 total viewers and +91,000 A25-54 viewers.
ABC’s “This Week” and Univision’s “Al Punto” were the only shows to grow in both total viewers and in the A25-54 demographic compared to the same week last year. ABC was up +18% in total viewers and +10% in the demo and Univision was up +18% and 22%, respectively.
CBS and “Fox News Sunday” were up in total viewers and down in the demo, and NBC was up in total viewers and flat in the demo year-over-year.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,921,000 Total Viewers and 413,000 A25-54 viewers.
“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 65% of the country.
The numbers for April 7:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 3.26M | 844K |
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.71M | 753K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.50M | 723K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.09M | 424K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 861K | 396K |