ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos finished the second quarter of 2015 as the top-rated Sunday public affairs program among the key A25-54 demo. It marks the first demo win during a second quarter in 21 years. However, CBS’ Face the Nation with John Dickerson finished first in total viewers, averaging an audience of 3.21 million, up +11 percent compared to Q2 last year.
This Week finished second in total viewers, while NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd finished third in viewers but second in the demo for the quarter. Fox News Sunday finished Q2 fourth in both categories.
As for June 28, This Week dominated the key demo, averaging 946,000 A25-54 viewers. Face the Nation finished first in total viewers, while NBC’s Meet the Press second in both categories. Fox News Sunday combined with cable replays for 2.23 million viewers on June 28. Replays on FNC averaged a combined 1.07 million total viewers and 232,000 in the demo.
Face the Nation is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour aired in just 76.3% of the country.
Q2 2015:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
Face the Nation | 3.21M | 810,000 |
| ABC | This Week | 2.68M | 875,000 |
| NBC | Meet the Press | 2.62M | 814,000 |
| FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.24M | 367,000 |
| UNIV | Al Punto* |
June 28:
| Network | Program | Total Viewers | A25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS |
Face the Nation | 2.96M | 622,000 |
| ABC | This Week | 2.73M | 946,000 |
| NBC | Meet the Press | 2.87M | 847,000 |
| FOX | Fox News Sunday | 1.16M | 360,000 |
| UNIV | Al Punto* |
*Al Punto ratings will be added when they become available.