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Good morning everyone...let’s see what we have here:

This Week: She’s ba-aack... the Beast, that is. Leave it to a former Clinton operative (Stephanopoulos) to get Senator Clinton come back after pulling a disastrous “Full Ginsburg” a few weeks ago that resulted in what we affectionately call “The Cackle.” Also appearing is John Edwards, who is up big in Iowa and could be the spoiler.

Face the Nation: Also has Edwards.

Meet The Press: Same as last week’s Face the Nation, with Huckabee and Obama. If you thought Chris Wallace grilled Huckabee pretty well, wait until Russert gets his hands on him. I suspect Obama will get his chance to do his “kumbayah” politics but with Hillary trailing... who knows what Russert has up his sleeve.

Fox News Sunday: Another interview with Fred Thompson. He’s inching upward in Iowa and while New Hampshire may be lost he just may be getting back into this thing at just the right time.

Late Edition: A disappointing lineup of Democratic Party also-rans.

No ratings this week because of delays due to the Christmas holiday, so a special analysis coming up...

With last week's ratings delayed due to Christmas I have decided to publish this week some more detailed ratings details.

                    SUNDAY MORNING TELEVISION NIELSEN RATINGS DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
                     COMPILED BY J. MYRLE FULLER, FULLERVISION ENTERPRISES, UNLTD.
                 DATA FROM NOVEMBER 2007 SWEEPS PERIOD (C)2007 NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH.

  LEAD-INS AND OUTS (LIVE ONLY)      WASHINGTON, D.C.                ADULTS 25 TO 54 (+/- 5,000)
 +----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
 | NBC WEEKEND TODAY..... 3,374,000 | WRC  4                        | MSNBC 6PM REPLAY......   86,000 |
N| NBC MEET THE PRESS.... 3,504,000 | NBC MEET THE PRESS.... 79,000 | NBC MEET THE PRESS....1,190,000 |
B|                                  |                               |                       ========= |
C|                                  |                               | TOTAL MEET THE PRESS..1,276,000 |
 +----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
C| CBS SUNDAY MORNING.... 4,950,000 | WUSA 9                        |                                 |
B| CBS FACE THE NATION... 2,532,000 | CBS FACE THE NATION... 35,000 | CBS FACE THE NATION...  850,000 |
S| CBS THE NFL TODAY*.... 3,504,000 |                               |                                 |
 +----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
A| ABC GMA WEEKEND....... 2,625,000 | WJLA 7                        |                                 |
B| ABC THIS WEEK......... 2,780,000 | ABC THIS WEEK......... 24,000 | ABC THIS WEEK.........  990,000 |
C+----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+
 | (LOCAL PROGRAMS)......         0 | WTTG 5                        | FXNWSCH 6PM REPLAY....  139,000 |
F| FOX NEWS SUNDAY....... 1,292,000 | FOX NEWS SUNDAY....... 62,000 | FOX NEWS SUNDAY.......  580,000 |
O| FOX NFL SUNDAY*....... 3,635,000 |                               |                       ========= |
X|                                  |                               | TOTAL FOX NEWS SUNDAY.  719,000 |
 +----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+

The most notable of these is the "lead in." A lot of people wonder why FOX NEWS SUNDAY trails so badly in the Nielsens live. Well, looking at the lead-ins, it's fairly easy to see why. All of the other Big Three networks have lead-ins, programs that air before the Sunday morning talk shows, and Fox does not. Why this is important is because television ratings are measured via the "people meter," which measures whether or not a TV is on and what channel that TV is showing. Note that ABC and NBC have nearly identical viewerships for their morning show and for their Sunday talk show. What's likely going on in these cases is that a lot of people are simply tuning into the show for Today or GMA and just leaving it on through the talk show and may not actually be watching it. Also worth noting is that Meet the Press isn't actually the most popular thing on Sunday morning; that honor goes to CBS News Sunday Morning, a show I watch rather frequently.

I've also provided data from Washington, DC and the "Adults 25-54" demographic just for jollies. Note how well FNS does in Washington, although it has slipped in recent weeks. Fox has a heritage affiliate in DC (WTTG) and thus does better in these situations. (DC ratings are available weekly.) The Adults 25-54 demographic parallels the all adults demo and I think it's pretty much useless for our purposes.