On the final Sunday before Election Day 2016, each of the big 5 Sunday public affairs programs delivered year-over-year gains in all key categories.
CBS’ Face the Nation with John Dickerson ranked No. 1 in total audience for November 6th. FTN grew +14 percent in total viewers and +5 percent in the key A25-54 demo compared to the same Sunday in 2015.
NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd continues to reign supreme in the news demo. Not only did MTP rank No. 1 in A25-54, it grew +15 percent year-over-year in total viewers, and +16 percent in the demo. An additional 816,000 total viewers and 167,000 A25-54 viewers watched the repeat broadcast on MSNBC.
ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos aired at 3 p.m. ET due to the NYC Marathon. The program finished third behind NBC and CBS, both in total viewers and in the key A25-54 demo. Despite a No. 3 ranking, This Week delivered year-over-year gains in total viewers (+3 percent) and A25-54 (+6 percent). The program continues to post its strongest numbers since the 2008-09 seasons.
Fox News Sunday on FOX improved +5 percent in total viewers and +25 percent in the key A25-54 from the same Sunday in 2015. FNS’ duo of cable replays at 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET delivered 2,207,000 total viewers and 606,000 (A25-54) viewers. All together, the Nov. 8 episode hauled in 3,759,000 total viewers with 1,165,000 hailing from the news demo.
It was a huge Sunday for Al Punto, as the program achieved its largest audience of the 2016-2017 season to-date. Sunday’s show was up +32 percent in total viewers and a whopping +73 percent in the key A25-54 demo compared to the same Sunday in 2015. Additionally, the year-over-year performance in A18-34 was strong: +70 percent.
Editor’s Note: Face the Nation is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 57.4 percent of the country.
The numbers for November 8:
Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
---|---|---|---|
CBS | Face the Nation | 3.99 M | 1.01 M |
NBC | Meet the Press | 3.94 M | 1.23 M |
ABC | This Week | 3.19 M | 952,000 |
FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.55 M | 559,000 |
UNIV | Al Punto* | 916,000 | 450,000 |