Last weekend NBC’s “Meet the Press” held firmly its long run as number one Sunday show but Christiane Amanpour and ABC’s “This Week” pulled into a solid second in both total viewers and demo. CBS was bumped to third across the board, trailed only by Fox’s “Fox News Sunday.” Here are the ratings for Sunday, September 5, 2010.

TOTAL VIEWERS:

NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,890,000
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,140,000
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1,860,000
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 1,170,000

A25-54 MM/Rtg:

NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 970,000/.8
ABC “THIS WEEK” 620,000/.5
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 530,000/.4
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 360,000/.3

*CBS was pre-empted in several markets due to the U.S. Open.