The Sunday public affairs shows had a solid showing May 15, with almost all up compared to the same week last year.
As usual NBC’s “Meet the Press” led the way in both total viewers and the core adults 25-54 demo. CBS’ “Face the Nation” placed second in both categories, followed by ABC’s “This Week.” Fox’s “Fox News Sunday placed fourth.
“MTP featured the first installment of its “meet the candidates” series, with Newt Gingrich.
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Cable replays of FOX News Sunday on FNC averaged a combined 2,254,000 total viewers and 509,000 A25-54 viewers. “MTP” added 1,152,000 total viewers on replays.
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBC | “Meet the Press” | 3.17M | 1.01M |
| CBS | “Face the Nation” | 2.28M | 650K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 1.99M | 638K |
| FOX | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.36M | 558K |