CBS's FACE THE NATION Posts Largest First Quarter Audience Since '91

CBS News' FACE THE NATION was first in viewers (3.24m) and tied for first in adults 25-54 (0.7/04) - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 29. FACE THE NATION beat its closest competitor by +370,000 viewers and is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 57% of the CBS affiliates.

In first quarter 2015 most current, FACE THE NATION delivered 3.55m viewers and 0.8/04 in adults 25-54. FACE THE NATION was first in viewers and tied for first in adults 25-54 in first quarter 2015 among the Sunday morning public affairs programs. FACE THE NATION was first in these measures for the third consecutive first quarter. FACE THE NATION was up +6% in viewers (from 3.35m) and even in adults 25-54 compared to first quarter 2014. FACE THE NATION posted its largest first quarter audience since 1991. FACE THE NATION posted viewer gains in each first quarter since 2011.

Season-to-date, FACE THE NATION is up +3% in viewers (3.46m from 3.35m) and even in adults 25-54 (0.8/04). FACE THE NATION is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers and adults 25-54.

The March 29 broadcast of FACE THE NATION featured interviews with Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). Host Bob Schieffer also spoke to longtime friends and colleagues of Ted Kennedy to discuss his legacy on the eve of the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Face the Nation's panel of analysts included Dan Balz of The Washington Post, Scott Conroy of The Huffington Post, CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes and Manu Raju of Politico.

FACE THE NATION is broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 AM, ET (check local listings) on the CBS Television Network. Mary Hager is the Executive Producer. The Emmy-winning program, FACE THE NATION is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television. It premiered on CBS on Nov. 7, 1954. The program broadcasts from Washington, D.C., where Schieffer has spent more than 40 years covering government and politics. He has anchored FACE THE NATION since 1991. Guests include government leaders, politicians and global figures in the news.

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