Tops CBS “Face the Nation” Half-Hour by Nearly 100k Total Viewers
Posts 10th Straight Total Viewer Win over ABC; 16th Straight Demo Win over CBS
Continues Washington, D.C. Market Dominance with Triple-Digit Advantage
OCT. 1, 2015 – NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show on Sept. 27 with 3.235 million total viewers, beating CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour by 99,000 viewers and ABC’s “This Week” by 500,000 viewers.
Week-over-week, MTP was up +10% among total viewers (+295,000) and widened its demo lead over CBS by 68%. The NBC broadcast came within just 35,000 demo viewers of ABC’s “This Week,” which rated for only 33 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.
MTP continues its strong momentum over competition, marking its 10th consecutive week topping ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers and beating CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour in the demo for the 16th consecutive week.
MTP’s dominance in the influential Washington, D.C. market continues to be unparalleled, delivering triple-digit advantages over the competition in both total viewers and the demo.
Sunday’s program featured exclusive interviews with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina. You can watch the full episode here: http://bit.ly/1iOoHNb.
MTP delivered an additional 1.229 million total viewers and 493,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – SEPT. 27, 2015
SHOW | NETWORK | DURATION | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 42 | 3235 | 833 |
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3136 | 705 |
FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2412 | 558 |
THIS WEEK | ABC | 33 | 2735 | 868 |
FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1311 | 398 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SEPT. 27, 2015
TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS | |||||
Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 131 | — | 34 | — |
WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 63 | 108% | 16 | 113% |
WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 44 | 198% | 7 | 386% |
WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 64 | 105% | 16 | 113% |
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