NBC’s Meet the Press was the No. 1 Sunday public affairs show last week, topping 4.2 million viewers nationally.
Compared to the same Sunday last year NBC was up +5 percent in viewers but down -2 percent in the demo. CBS’s Face the Nation was down -7 percent in viewers and down -22 percent in the demo; ABC’s This Week was down -20 percent in viewers and down -18 percent in the demo, but it should be noted that this Sunday last year featured an interview with Pres. Obama. Fox News Sunday was down -4 percent in viewers but up +12 percent in the demo.
The Sunday landscape will see a host change in the coming weeks as John Dickerson moves off Face the Nation. He began his new role as co-anchor of CBS This Morning today.
Editor’s Note: Face the Nation’s second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 59.8% of the CBS affiliates.
The numbers for January 7:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBC | Meet the Press | 4.276M |
1.158M |
| CBS | Face the Nation (1/2 hr) | 3.683M | 725,000 |
| ABC | This Week | 3.442M | 982,000 |
| FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.619M | 550,000 |
| UNI | Al Punto | n/a | n/a |
*Al Punto ratings will be added when made available.