CBS’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.
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 |