CBS News' Face The Nation posted a 2.1/06 with 3.03m viewers and 0.7/04 in adults 25-54 - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for April 13. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 50% of the CBS affiliates.
FACE THE NATION was first for the week in viewers and in adults 25-54 among the Sunday morning public affairs programs.
FACE THE NATION, season-to-date, is up +3% in viewers (3.32m from 3.23m) and even in adults 25-54 (0.8/04) compared to last year. Season-to-date,
Face The Nation is first in viewers (3.32m) and adults 25-54 (0.8/04) among the Sunday morning public affairs programs.
The April 13 broadcast of
Face The Nation began with a conversation with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on the latest developments in Ukraine. Bob Schieffer then spoke to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) about how the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius could impact Obamacare. Switching gears,
Face The Nation recognized the 50-year anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act with a panel featuring Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University, Nikole Hannah-Jones of ProPublica and The Atlantic, Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and
Tavis Smiley of PBS. Finally, Schieffer talked politics with Peter Baker of The New York Times, Leigh Gallagher of Fortune, Michael Gerson of The Washington Post and Frank Rich of New York Magazine.
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.
Face The Nation is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, now celebrating its 60th year on air. 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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