CBS News' FACE THE NATION was first in viewers (3.18m) among the Sunday morning public affairs programs - according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 8. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 57% of the CBS affiliates.
Compared to the same day last year, FACE THE NATION was up +10% in viewers (from 2.90m). Season-to-date, FACE THE NATION is up +6% in viewers (3.50m from 3.29m) and even in adults 25-54 (0.8/04). Season-to-date, FACE THE NATION is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers and adults 25-54. The March 8 broadcast of FACE THE NATION featured interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and an excerpt of CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante's interview with President Obama. Host Bob Schieffer also spoke to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump. FACE THE NATION's panel of analysts included Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post; April Ryan of the American Urban Radio Networks and author of The Presidency in Black and White; CBS News State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan; and Gerry Seib of the Wall Street Journal.Videos