A close split decision for the Sunday public affairs shows the week before Election Day: NBC’s “Meet the Press” won in total viewers, just barely beating out CBS’ “Face the Nation,” and ABC’s “This Week” won in the A25-54 demographic.
The show with the most growth, however, continues to be Univision’s “Al Punto,” which is up +58% in total viewers and +62% in the A25-54 demographic compared to the same week last year. “Al Punto” had its best ratings of the season so far, trailing “Meet the Press” by only -23,000 demo viewers.
All the other shows were down in both total viewers and the demo year-over-year.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 2,346,000 total viewers and 361,000 A25-54 viewers. Cable rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered an additional 1,194,000 total viewers and 586,000 A25-54 viewers.
“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 50% of the country.
The numbers for November 3:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.82M | 624K |
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 2.81M | 733K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.70M | 760K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.32M | 379K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 1.21M | 601K |