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SUNDAY TALK SHOW RATINGS ANALYSIS

Nielsen Media Research ratings composite for Sunday, December 2, 2007

PROGRAM	VIEWERS	CHG
NBC MEET THE PRESS	4,390,000	+338,000
CBS FACE THE NATION	2,562,000	+206,000
ABC THIS WEEK	2,905,000	+250,000
FOX NEWS SUNDAY	2,015,000	-241,000
CNN LATE EDITION	476,000	-101,000

All in all, last week's batch of numbers was a decidedly "up" week for the Sunday shows, which means it's probably a blip on the Nielsen measuring system and will likely return down again for this week's shows. Meet the Press continues a completely inexplicable rally and has risen over a million viewers in a month and a half. Face the Nation and This Week both saw significant gains as well. The big loser this week is Fox News Sunday, who lost about 10% of its audience after the "Fred bump" last week. Given that this is an "up week" and that the MSM claims Fred is losing ground, I have reason to believe given the performance on Fox, that they're incorrect.
Data derived from Nielsen Media Research ratings for live broadcasts as publicized by numerous Web resources. Numbers for Fox News Sunday and Meet the Press include numbers from prime time replays on Fox News Channel and MSNBC, respectively. All numbers (c)2007 Nielsen Media Research.