CBS's FACE THE NATION is #1 Sunday Morning Public Affairs Program in Viewers for 7/10

CBS News' FACE THE NATION was the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for July 10. FACE THE NATION delivered 3.10 million viewers and 0.7/04 in adults 25-54, the demographic most important to those who advertise in news. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 78.31% of the CBS affiliates.

FACE THE NATION posted double-digit year-to-year percentage growth in viewers (up +12%, from 2.76m) and adults 25-54 (up +17%, from 0.6/03).

FACE THE NATION is also the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers television year-to-date, according to Nielsen most current ratings. Television year-to-date, FACE THE NATION delivered 3.69 million viewers (up +10%, from 3.36m compared to last year).

On the July 10 broadcast, John Dickerson focused the show on discussing policing and race in America, following the shooting of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent shooting of five police officers by a black gunman in Dallas. Among the interviewees/guests were Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Cornell William Brooks, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Dickerson closed the show with a panel discussion that included Sherilynn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; Chief Terrence M. Cunningham, President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Jeff Pegues, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent and author of forthcoming book: "Black and Blue: Aggressive Policing, Racial Tension, and the Crisis in American Law Enforcement;" and the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery.

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.