FACE THE NATION Rated the Top Sunday Morning Public Affairs Show

CBS News' FACE THE NATION posted 3.39m viewers and 1.0/04 in adults 25-54 - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Nov. 30. Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 55% of the CBS affiliates.

On Nov. 30, FACE THE NATION was first in viewers and first in adults 25-54 among the Sundaymorning public affairs programs. FACE THE NATION posted its best adults 25-54 rating since March 23, 2014, and beat its closest competitor by more than half a million viewers.

Compared to the same day last year, FACE THE NATION was up +15% in viewers (from 2.94m) and +67% in adults 25-54 (from 0.6/03)

Season-to-date, FACE THE NATION is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers and adults 25-54.

The Nov. 30 broadcast of FACE THE NATION featured interviews with Benjamin Crump, attorney for Michael Brown's family, James Peterson of Lehigh University, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, Senators-elect Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Gary Peters (D-MI), and the Archdiocese of Chicago, Archbishop Blase Cupich. Guest host Norah O'Donnell also spoke to CBS News Political Director John Dickerson, Michael Crowley of Politico, and John Heilemann of Bloomberg Politics.

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. The Emmy-winning program, FACE THE NATION is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, now celebrating its 60thyear 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.