Sunday Show Ratings: April 28

By A.J. Katz 

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd keeps on winning the Sunday politics show ratings race. Not only did it win April 28, but it won the month of April as well.

MTP averaged roughly 3.2 million total viewers than April, which is +23% more than ABC, and +13% more than Face the Nation. Compared to last year, the program increased its lead over ABC by +293,000 total viewers but by only +37,000 over CBS.

Meet the Press won its 19th consecutive month among A24-54 viewers. The NBC morning show outperformed ABC among adults 25-54 by +30% (+184,000), and outperformed CBS in the demo by +26%(+167,000). April marks the 19th straight month that MTP has beaten ABC and the 39th straight month MTP has beaten CBS in the key demo.

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MTP was also No. 1 across the board this past Sunday, April 28, marking the show’s 11th straight win in total viewers and 64th straight win in the A25-54 key demo. An additional 756,000 total viewers and 168,000 A25-54 viewers watched the Sunday program through re-runs on NBC and MSNBC. Andrea Mitchell filled in for Chuck Todd on MTP.

On April 28, ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos moved past CBS’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan among adults 25-54, while FTN remained ahead of This Week in total viewers.

Fox News Sunday hosted by Chris Wallace averaged 1.2 million total viewers and 335,000 A25-54 viewers on Fox. The re-runs delivered a combined 2.5 million total viewers and 412,000 A25-54 viewers. All together, that’s 3.7 million total viewers and 747,000 demo viewers on April 27. The program was pre-empted in the San Francisco and Monterey, Ca., markets due to NASCAR coverage on Fox.

Compared to the final Sunday of April 2018, NBC was flat in total viewers, CBS was -5% in total viewers, ABC was +1%, and Fox was -3%. In the A25-54 demo, NBC was -10, CBS was -15%, ABC was -24%, and Fox was -9% vs. the comparable week last year.

Below are the numbers for April 28:

Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
NBC Meet the Press 3,212,000 764,000
CBS Face the Nation (1/2 hr) 2,750,000 556,000
ABC This Week 2,669,000 577,000
FOX Fox News Sunday 1,204,000 335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 4/28/19, 4/21/19 and 4/29/18 or as dated. Season to date: Most Current: 2018 -2019 Season (9/24/18 – 4/28/19) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 – 4/29/18). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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