Sunday Shows

This week's Sunday lineup will include Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), California Republican Senate candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Salon's Joan Walsh, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, WaPo's David Ignatius, and Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.

NBC's "Meet the Press" was again the #1 public affairs show in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo last Sunday. ABC's "This Week" was second in Total Viewers while CBS' "Face the Nation" was #2 in younger viewers.

Network	Program	Total Viewers	A25-54
NBC	"Meet the Press"	3.11M	1.0M
ABC	"This Week"	2.82M	778K
CBS	"Face the Nation"	2.62M	919K
FOX	"Fox News Sunday"	1.10M	415K

This week's Sunday lineup will include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, WSJ's Peggy Noonan, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, U.S. Army (Retired) Major General John Hawkins, and U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.

An interesting story is emerging among the Sunday public affairs shows. NBC's "Meet the Press with David Gregory" was #1 last week, but #2 ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" narrowed the Total Viewer gap with "Meet" again last Sunday by 35,000 more viewers than the week before.

And while "Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer" tied "This Week," in Total Viewers, the CBS show was #1 in younger viewers.

Meanwhile, as FOX News Sunday lags on the broadcast network the combined viewings on Fox News Channel brought viewership to 3.74M viewers, ahead of the combined 3.55M first-run and MSNBC re-runs of "Meet." Update: We left out the 2am re-air of "Meet the Press" on NBC (694K Total Viewers). With that showing, the combined total of "Meet" is 4.25M, ahead of FOX News Sunday.

Network	Program	Total Viewers	A25-54
NBC	"Meet the Press"	3.01M	900K
ABC	"This Week"	2.65M	850K
CBS	"Face the Nation"	2.65M	910K
FOX	"Fox News Sunday"	1.09M	380K

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This week's Sunday lineup will include Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, RNC Chairman Michael Steele, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, commentator and author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.

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"Meet the Press" was the number one public affairs show last Sunday, despite being on hours earlier in the nation's #1 market, due to the New York City marathon.

#2 ABC's "This Week" narrowed the Total Viewer gap with "Meet" by 64% versus the same week last year, the 35th time this year that's happened.

And while criticized by some, the FOX News Sunday interview with Rush Limbaugh was a big draw. The FOX broadcast and FOX News replays brought in a combined 3.89M Total Viewers. The combined "Meet the Press" airings on NBC and MSNBC gave that show 3.32M Total Viewers.

Network	Program	Total Viewers	A25-54
NBC	"Meet the Press"	3.14M	1.01K
ABC	"This Week"	2.75M	900K
CBS	"Face the Nation"	2.52M	870k
FOX	"Fox News Sunday"	1.54M	600K

This week's Sunday lineup will include President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager David Plouffe, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), former WaPo Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.

The Sunday show ratings were close this week with NBC's "Meet the Press" in first and ABC's "This Week" in second by approximately 50,000 Total Viewers. CBS' "Face the Nation" tied "This Week" in 25-54 demo viewers.

No one from the White House appeared this Sunday. In Washington, D.C., NBC experienced transmitter issues during the broadcast, affecting viewing numbers, which were its lowest since May 31st. This Sunday, "MTP" will air early in New York due to coverage of the New York City Marathon.

Network	Program	Total Viewers	A25-54
NBC	"Meet the Press"	2.72M	910K
ABC	"This Week"	2.67M	830K
CBS	"Face the Nation"	2.46M	830k
FOX	"Fox News Sunday"	1.09M	400K

There was not much movement among the Sunday shows this week and NBC's "Meet the Press" was the winner again. The NBC program and ABC's "This Week" saw roughly the same Total Viewers as last week, though the A25-54 demo gap between the two shows this week was only 30K, a rating tie (.7).

CBS' "Face the Nation" was down 200K Total Viewers from last week, while FOX's "Fox News Sunday" was up 160K. "FNS" also saw a 120K increase in its demo week-to-week.

Sunday show notes are available here.

Network	Program	Total Viewers	A25-54
NBC	"Meet the Press"	3.02M	850K
ABC	"This Week"	2.65M	820K
CBS	"Face the Nation"	2.23M	650k
FOX	"Fox News Sunday"	1.30M	510K

This week's Sunday lineup will include Maria Shriver, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), ESPN's Michael Wilbon, Dan Rather, and Queen Rania of Jordan.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.