CBS’ “Face the Nation” was the top-rated Sunday public affairs show on May 19, besting NBC’s “Meet the Press” by +210,000 Total Viewers and +181,000 A25-54 viewers.
Compared to the same week last year, every show except “Meet the Press” is up in both ratings measurements. “Fox News Sunday” grew the most in Total Viewers (+31%) and Univision’s “Al Punto” was up the most in A25-54 viewers (+46%). “Meet the Press” is flat in Total Viewers and down -13% in the demo.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,908,000 Total Viewers and 312,000 viewers in the demo. Rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered 993,000 Total Viewers and 518,000 A25-54 viewers.
“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 May 19:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 2.93M | 939K |
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.72M | 758K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.59M | 700K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.22M | 453K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 732K | 371K |