CBS’ “Face the Nation” won in both total viewers and A25-54 viewers for the second week straight October 20. CBS is also up the most compared to the same week last year, +12% in total viewers and +10% in the demo.
Univision’s “Al Punto” is also up across the board year-over-year, +5% in total viewers and +10% in A25-54 viewers. NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week” are both flat in total viewers and down in the demo, while “Fox News Sunday” is down in both ratings measurements.
Cable replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1,807,000 total viewers and 287,000 A25-54 viewers. Cable rebroadcasts of “Meet the Press” delivered an additional 1,274,000 total viewers and 620,000 A25-54 viewers.
“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 50% of the country.
The numbers for October 20:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
“Face the Nation” | 3.30M | 892K |
| NBC |
“Meet the Press” | 2.82M | 770K |
| ABC | “This Week” | 2.58M | 678K |
| Fox | “Fox News Sunday” | 1.27M | 382K |
| Univision | “Al Punto” | 731K | 291K |