Face the Nation with John Dickerson was the No. 1 Sunday public affairs show on June 11 in total audience, while ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos was No. 1 in the ad-friendly A25-54 demo.
Additionally, This Week’s 3.243 million total viewer count represents the program’s largest audience in 11 weeks. The episode featured an exclusive interview with Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by Pres. Trump after originally refusing to resign.
Fox News Sunday hosted by Chris Wallace posted 1.360 million total viewers, up double digits from the same Sunday last year in both total viewers (+12 percent) and among A25-54 (+21 percent). The trio of cable replays delivered 2.87 million total viewers and 579,000 A25-54. Including the original broadcast, the June 11 edition of FNC posted a combined 4.23 million total viewers and 983,000 from the demo.
Univision’s Al Punto with Jorge Ramos once again posted year-over-year audience growth. The June 11 episode was +27 percent in total viewers, +36 in the ad-friendly A25-54 demo and +47 percent among millennials.
NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd was pre-empted nationally this past Sunday for the network’s coverage of the French Open. The program remains No. 1 across the board, including a slim lead over CBS in total viewers.
Editor’s Note: Face the Nation’s second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 80.6 percent of the CBS affiliates.
The numbers for June 11:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
Face the Nation | 3.441 M | 730,000 |
| ABC | This Week | 3.243 M | 770,000 |
| FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.360 M | 404,000 |
| UNIV | Al Punto | 652,000 | 313,000 |
| NBC | Meet the Press | Pre-empted | Pre-empted |