Despite a stronger showing in some metered markets, Fox News Sunday remained firmly in fourth place last week out of the Sunday morning shows. Anchor Chris Wallace interviewed Sen. Barack Obama during the program.
NBC’s Meet the Press finished in first place again in Total Viewers, ABC’s This Week came in second and CBS’s Face the Nation finished third.
In the A25-54 demo, NBC finished first, followed by CBS, ABC and FOX.
The Tim Russert-moderated Meet the Press tallied 3,903,000 Total Viewers, compared to This Week with 2,535,000, Face the Nation with 2,486,000 and Fox News Sunday with 1,638,000.
All four programs saw a gain in Total Viewers week-to-week.
Next week, first place MTP and last place FNS switch featured guests, with Russert interviewing Obama and Wallace interviewing Howard Dean. Dean will be on a Fox News program for the first time in 18 months.
> Update: Fox News Sunday was up 33% from last week, and 27% year-to-year. Meet the Press was up 15% year-to-year, with This Week down 4% and Face the Nation down 12%.