A day before the Iowa Caucus, CBS’s Face the Nation was the most-watched Sunday public affairs show, while NBC’s Meet the Press was No. 1 in the A25-54 demo. Compared to the same Sunday last year only Fox News Sunday saw growth in both viewers and the demo. Chris Wallace had a sit-down interview with Donald Trump, Trump’s first on FNC following his snub of the Fox News GOP debate a few days earlier.
A cable replay of Fox News Sunday on Fox News Channel averaged 686,000 total viewers and 156,000 in the demo.
Face the Nation is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 58 percent of the country.
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The numbers for January 31:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS | Face the Nation | 3.682M | 1.009M |
| NBC | Meet the Press | 3.561M | 1.022M |
| ABC | This Week | 3.362M | 955,000 |
| FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.621M | 497,000 |
| UNIV | Al Punto | 933,000 | 407,000 |