On the one-year anniversary of its expansion to a full hour, CBS’ “Face the Nation” was the number one Sunday public affairs show. But “Face,” which is still rated only on the first half-hour, is down -7% in Total Viewers and -11% in A25-54 viewers year-over-year.
ABC’s “This Week” is also down across the board, -11% in Total Viewers and -10% in A25-54 viewers, compared to the same week last year. NBC’s “Meet the Press” is flat in Total Viewers and up +7% in A25-54 viewers.
Both “Fox News Sunday” and Univision’s “Al Punto” are up double digits in both ratings measurements year-over year: Fox is up +11% in Total Viewers and +41% in A25-54 viewers and Univision is up +12% and +17%, respectively.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,524,000 Total Viewers and 357,000 A25-54 viewers. Rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” added 971,000 Total Viewers and 465,000 A25-54 viewers.
Note: The public affairs shows were labeled as specials March 31 due to the Easter holiday.
“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 March 31:
Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
---|---|---|---|
CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 2.93M | 868K |
NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.61M | 846K |
ABC | “This Week” | 2.34M | 770K |
FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.18M | 573K |
Univision | “Al Punto” | 735K | 358K |
As for the first quarter of 2013:
“Face the Nation” comes out on top by a slim margin for the quarter, averaging +140,000 Total Viewers and +6,000 A25-54 viewers more than “Meet the Press.” And as NBC continues to compete for the top spot with CBS, ABC is gaining on NBC: compared to the year-ago quarter, “This Week” slashed its margins with “Meet the Press” by -42% in Total Viewers and -26% in A25-54 viewers, its closest Q1 performance in 16 years.
The numbers for Q1 2013:
Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
---|---|---|---|
CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 3.18M | 900K |
NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 3.04M | 894K |
ABC | “This Week” | 2.59M | 744K |
FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.19M | 469K |
Univision | “Al Punto” | 876K | 417K |