Sunday Show Ratings: October 26

By Brian Flood 

sunday shows_304CBS’s “Face the Nation” was first among Sunday shows in viewers last week despite being down -15% in total viewers and down -2% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same week last year.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” was down: -16% in viewers and down -32% in the demo vs. the same Sunday last year.

ABC’s “This Week” was slightly down -13% in total viewers -4% in the demo. Univision’s “Al Punto” was also also down -13% in the demo compared to last year.

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Cable rebroadcasts of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 1.95 million total viewers and 372,000 A25-54 viewers. “Fox News Sunday” on broadcast was down -24% overall and and down -11% in the demo, but it should be noted that “FNS” aired at 8 am ET and 5 am PT in several markets due to an early NFL game. The Fox Sunday show had 2.9 million total viewers between broadcast and cable.

“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 55% of the country.

The numbers for October 26:

Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
CBS
“Face the Nation” 3.01M 818,000
ABC
“This Week” 2.47M 701,000
NBC “Meet the Press” 2.35M 508,000
FOX “Fox News Sunday” 970,000 363,000
UNIV “Al Punto” 814,000 402,000

 

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