‘Face the Nation’ wins second quarter viewers
July 4, 2016
CBS’s “Face the Nation” won the Sunday morning news race among total viewers in the second quarter, while NBC’s “Meet the Press” finished first in the news demo, adults 25-54.
“Face the Nation” averaged 3.58 million total viewers in second quarter, according to Nielsen, edging out the 3.47 million viewers averaged by “Meet the Press.” For “MTP” it was the most-watched second quarter in eight years.
ABC’s “This Week” was third during the quarter with 3.12 million, followed by “Fox News Sunday” at 1.48 million.
Meanwhile, NBC led the quarter among 25-54s with 1.04 million, followed by ABC at 885,000, CBS at 872,000 and Fox at 435,000. “MTP” held its largest quarterly lead over CBS in nearly five years, as well as its largest over ABC in more than three years.
During the week ended June 26, “Meet the Press” averaged 3.28 million total viewers and 1.02 million 25-54s, No. 1 for the week by both measures. “Face the Nation” was No. 2 for the week among total viewers at 3.21 million, “This Week” third at 3.06 million and “Fox News Sunday” fourth at 1.41 million.
Among 25-54s, ABC was second with 889,000 viewers, with CBS third at 796,000 and Fox fourth at 385,000.
EVENING NETWORK NEWS RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
25-54s |
People 2+ |
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Rtg% |
Total viewers (millions) |
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ABC |
1.4 |
7.791 |
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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt |
NBC |
1.6 |
7.696 |
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CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley |
CBS |
1.2 |
6.417 |
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Source: Nielsen |
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SUNDAY MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
Viewers 25-54 (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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Meet the Press
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NBC
|
1.018
|
3.284
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Face the Nation |
CBS |
0.796 |
3.213
|
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This Week
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ABC
|
0.889
|
3.058
|
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News Sunday |
Fox |
0.385 |
1.406 |
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Source: Nielsen
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LATE-NIGHT RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
People 2+ |
Adults 18-49 |
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Total viewers (millions) |
Rtg% |
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Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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NBC
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2.966 |
0.77
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Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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CBS
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2.234
|
0.46
|
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Jimmy Kimmel Live |
ABC |
2.106
|
0.45 |
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Nightline
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ABC
|
1.452
|
0.32
|
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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NBC
|
1.299 |
0.37 |
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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CBS
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1.180
|
0.31
|
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Last Call with Carson Daly |
NBC |
0.720 |
0.21 |
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* “Last Call” and Friday’s “Kimmel,” “Late Night” and “Late Late Show” were encores.. Source: Nielsen |
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MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
Households |
People 2+ |
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Rtg% |
Shr |
Total viewers (millions) |
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Good Morning America |
ABC |
3.3 |
13 |
4.384 |
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Today |
NBC |
3.0 |
13 |
4.187 |
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This Morning |
CBS |
2.6 |
11 |
3.448 |
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Source: Nielsen |
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SYNDICATION
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# |
PROGRAMS |
Syndicator |
HH Rating |
Total Viewers (000) |
|
1
|
FAMILY FEUD (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
6.6
|
10123
|
|
2
|
JUDGE JUDY (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
5.9
|
8333
|
|
3
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
5.5
|
8688
|
|
4
|
JEOPARDY (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
5.4
|
8274
|
|
5
|
BIG BANG-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
4.7
|
7277
|
|
6
|
LAW & ORDER:SVU-WKL (AT)
|
NBC UNIVERSAL
|
4.2
|
5892
|
|
7
|
BIG BANG WKND (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
3.2
|
4914
|
|
8
|
CLOSER (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
3.1
|
4304
|
|
9
|
FAMILY FEUD-WK (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.9
|
4495
|
|
9
|
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.9
|
4157
|
|
11
|
LIVE WITH KELLY
|
DISNEY ABC DOMEST TV
|
2.7
|
3677
|
|
11
|
INSIDE EDITION (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.7
|
3817
|
|
13
|
MODERN FAMILY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.6
|
3887
|
|
13
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.6
|
3998
|
|
15
|
DR. PHIL SHOW (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.5
|
3364
|
|
15
|
FAMILY GUY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.5
|
3719
|
|
15
|
BOBS BURGERS-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.5
|
3818
|
|
18
|
TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.4
|
3373
|
|
18
|
HOT BENCH (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.4
|
3216
|
|
20
|
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.2
|
2966
|
|
21
|
FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.1
|
3233
|
|
22
|
BLUE BLOODS (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.0
|
2855
|
|
23
|
2 BROKE GIRLS-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
1.9
|
2752
|
|
23
|
MIKE AND MOLLY (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
1.9
|
2761
|
|
25
|
PEOPLE’S COURT (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
1.8
|
2507
|
|
25
|
CASTLE (AT)
|
DISNEY ABC DOMEST TV
|
1.8
|
2620
|
|
25
|
SCANDAL(AT)
|
DISNEY ABC DOMEST TV
|
1.8
|
2638
|
|
25
|
MODERN FAMILY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
1.8
|
2682
|
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Source: Nielsen |
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Tags: abc, cbs, daypart ratings, dayparts, face the nation, Fox News Sunday, meet the press, nbc, this week
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