CBS's FACE THE NATION Delivers 4 Million Viewers on 1/17

CBS News' FACE THE NATION was the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers and second in adults 25-54- the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Jan. 17. FACE THE NATION delivered 4 million viewers and 0.9/04 in adults 25-54. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 77.65% of the CBS affiliates.

Season-to-date, FACE THE NATION is first in viewers (3.67m). Compared to last season, FACE THE NATION is up +6% in viewers (from 3.47m).

The Jan. 17 broadcast featured interviews with Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Host John Dickerson also spoke with CBS News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Brennan and Robin Wright, a fellow at the Wilson Center, on the American HOSTAGES released from Iran last week. This week's political panel included Tavis Smiley, author of The Covenant with Black America: Ten Years Later; Michael Gerson of The Washington Post; Gerry Seib of The Wall Street Journal; and Molly Ball of The Atlantic.

Mary Hager is the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning FACE THE NATION, one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television.

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