Sunday Show Ratings: October 27

By Merrill Knox 

CBS’ “Face the Nation” won in both total viewers and A25-54 viewers for the third week straight on October 27. ABC’s “This Week” was second in total viewers and NBC’s “Meet the Press” was second in the demo.

Only Univision’s “Al Punto,” which beat “Fox News Sunday” in the demo this week, is posting year-over-year growth in both ratings measurements, up +8% in total viewers and +11% in the demo. “This Week” is flat in total viewers and down -16% in the demo, while CBS (-6% / -23%), NBC (-17% / -35%) and Fox (-14% / -30%) were down across the board.

Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,785,000 total viewers and 256,000 A25-54 viewers. Cable rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered an additional 889,000 total viewers and 368,000 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 50% of the country.

The numbers for October 27:

Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
CBS
“Face the Nation” 3.55M 838K
ABC
“This Week” 2.84M 733K
NBC “Meet the Press” 2.80M 750K
Fox “Fox News Sunday” 1.27M 408K
Univision “Al Punto” 848K 461K

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