The back-and-forth continues on the Sunday public affairs shows. CBS’ “Face the Nation” is back on top this week, beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” by +510,000 Total Viewers and +99,000 A25-54 viewers.
Compared to the same week last year, only Univision’s “Al Punto” is showing growth in both ratings measurements, up +25% in Total Viewers and +21% among younger viewers. “Fox News Sunday” is up +5% in Total Viewers but down -21% in the demo, while “Face the Nation” is up +1% and down -1%, respectively. NBC’s “Meet the Press” (-14%/-6%) and ABC’s “This Week” (-5%/-23%) were down across the board.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 2,277,000 Total Viewers and 395,000 A25-54 viewers. Rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” added 1,010,000 Total Viewers and 498,000 A25-54 viewers.
“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 56% of the country.
The numbers for March 10:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 3.17M | 904K |
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.66M | 805K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.37M | 646K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.20M | 389K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 832K | 419K |