CBS’ “Face the Nation” was on top again December 9, besting NBC’s “Meet the Press” by +240,000 Total Viewers and +61,000 A25-54 viewers.
ABC’s “This Week” was third, “Fox News Sunday” was fourth and Univision’s “Al Punto” was fifth.
Compared to the same week last year, CBS, ABC, Fox and Univision are all up across the board. Univision is up the most (+14%) in Total Viewers and Fox is up the most (+27%) in the A25-54 demographic. NBC’s “Meet the Press” is down in both ratings measurements, -8% in Total Viewers and -16% in A25-54 viewers.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,581,000 Total Viewers and 229,000 A25-54 viewers. Rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered 1,251,000 Total Viewers and 546,000 A25-54 viewers.
“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 45% of the country.
The numbers for December 9:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 3.26M | 842K |
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 3.02M | 781K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.65M | 736K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.22M | 467K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 1.02M | 464K |