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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