CBS's FACE THE NATION Delivers More Than 3.5 Million Viewers

CBS News' FACE THE NATION is 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 is averaging 3.53 million viewers and 0.7/03 in adults 25-54.

FACE THE NATION delivered 3.42 million viewers on Dec. 17 and 0.7/03 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. (Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 59.8% of the CBS affiliates.)

The Dec. 17 broadcast opened with an interview with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, followed by interviews with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). Next, John Dickerson had a tax policy discussion with THE WALL Street Journal's Richard Rubin. The political roundtable featured Slate and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie; The Federalist's Ben Domenech; Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic; and Cook Political Report's Amy Walter.

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.

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