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SUNDAY TALK SHOW RATINGS ANALYSIS

Weekend of January 27, 2008

NBC MEET THE PRESS.... 4,905,000 (32%) (-  291,000)
CBS FACE THE NATION... 2,975,000 (19%) (-   37,000)
ABC THIS WEEK......... 3,312,000 (21%) (+  336,000)
FOX NEWS SUNDAY....... 3,504,000 (23%) (+1,319,000)
CNN LATE EDITION......   873,000 ( 6%) (+  248,000)

Fox jumps to second! That's the big news out of this week's ratings. Buoyed by two back-to-back replays of Fox News Sunday on Fox News Channel last week (instead of the usual one), both with strong numbers, Fox News Sunday propelled past CBS and ABC to take second place in the talk show ratings this week for the first time since I've monitored the ratings.

Please note: This week is the beginning of the "February sweeps" month, which means Nielsen will likely release some more detailed information on TV ratings at the end of the month.

Data derived from Nielsen Media Research data from a collection of publicly available sources. All data (c)2008 Nielsen Media Research, no ownership implied. Data includes information from cable replays.

I noticed that Fox had added another time slot for the Wallace show. It was a good move on their part. That way they can push McCain even harder. However, Fox and Friends had someone on this AM and they claimed Romney was either ahead or catching up to McCain in CA.