CBS's FACE THE NATION Posts Largest First Quarter Audience Since '91
By: Caryn Robbins Apr. 02, 2015
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.Videos