Sunday Show Ratings: July 8

By A.J. Katz 

If it’s Sunday, it’s usually a ratings win for Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.

Per Nielsen, the NBC Sunday public affairs show was No. 1 across the board for marking its 5th consecutive broadcast. Not only has MTP won in total viewers for 5 straight weeks, but it has now won the key A25-54 demo (the one preferred by news advertisers) for a whopping 27 consecutive broadcasts. Season-to-date, MTP continues as the No. 1 Sunday show across the board, delivering its biggest total viewer win over ABC in six years (since 2011-12) and CBS in seven years (since 2010-11).

Compared to the same Sunday last year, the broadcast posted +2 percent year-over-year total viewer growth. But it was down double digits from last year among adults 25-54 (-19 percent, to be exact). Not so good.

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But the same has been true for its competitors.

CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan finished No. 2 in total viewers, and No. 3 among adults 25-54. The broadcast was down -3 percent in total viewers, and -10 percent among adults 25-54. But the network decided to re-title the broadcast, meaning the numbers below won’t count towards FTN’s season averages.

ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos finished No. 3 in total viewers, and was -7 percent in the category from last year. It finished No. 2 in the key A25-54 demo, but was -13 percent in the category from last year. The ABC Sunday public affairs show beat its CBS rival in the key demo for the 15th straight week, and increasing its lead compared to its lead last season (63,000 vs. 14,000) to its largest in 18 years—since the 1999-2000 season.

With Dana Perino filling in for Chris Wallace, Fox News Sunday on Fox Broadcast was -8 percent in total viewers, and -19 percent in the news demo from last year. The trio of cable replays delivered 2.86 million total viewers and 310,000 A25-54 viewers. Altogether, that’s nearly 4 million total viewers and 839,000 demo viewers on July 8.

The numbers for July 8:

Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
NBC Meet the Press 3.013M  771k
CBS Face the Nation (retitled)  2.884M  608k
ABC This Week  2.556M  611k
FOX Fox News Sunday  1.121M  310K

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