Average audience for network TV Sunday morning political talk shows
Average number of TVs tuning to Sunday morning political talk show news programming for ABC's This Week, CBS's Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday and NBC's Meet the Press
YearABCCBSNBCFOX
20162,770,1062,810,4793,061,6511,438,119
20172,799,8062,759,0822,933,9451,423,701
20182,598,7382,606,9052,729,7101,201,244
20192,779,2162,874,8262,701,8871,315,003
20203,388,2233,425,0603,205,0541,618,505

Note: Numbers represent ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC for the full year and include live viewership only. “Average audience” is the average number of TVs tuned to an entity throughout the selected time frame. It is calculated by dividing the total hours viewed by the length of the time frame (in hours). “National news” is defined as any telecast that has been flagged by Comscore (either by notification from clients or from standard processes) as being a news-based program airing at approximately the same time across a majority of markets. Sunday morning political talk shows include ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday and NBC’s Meet the Press.

Source: Comscore TV Essentials®, 2016-2020 U.S.

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