Sunday Show Ratings: July 21

By Merrill Knox 

Although CBS’ “Face the Nation” took the top spot in Total Viewers on July 21, the show came in third — behind NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week” — in the A25-54 demographic.

Compared to the same week last year, “Face the Nation,” “This Week” and “Al Punto” are down across the board: CBS is down -10% in Total Viewers and -40% in A25-54 viewers, ABC is down -10% in Total Viewers and -20% in the demo, and Univision is down -37% and -36%, respectively. “Meet the Press” (+7%/ -17%) and “Fox News Sunday” (+4% / -5%) were both up in Total Viewers and down in the demo.

Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 2,461,000 Total Viewers and 465,000 A25-54 viewers. Rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered an additional 1,170,000 Total Viewers and 514,000 A25-54 viewers.

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“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 66% of the country.

The numbers for July 21:

Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
CBS
“Face the Nation” 2.55M 612K
NBC
“Meet the Press” 2.46M 680K
ABC “This Week” 2.23M 636K
Fox “Fox News Sunday” 1.07M 408K
Univision “Al Punto” 610K 314K

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