“MEET THE PRESS” DELIVERS BIGGEST AUDIENCE SINCE CHUCK TODD’S DEBUT SHOW AND BIGGEST DEMO AUDIENCE SINCE MARCH

MTP Posts Significant Growth Week-to Week, Quarter-to Date, and Year-to-Year

NBC Broadcast is Dominant #1 in Washington, DC

JANUARY 6, 2015– “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” continues to post significant ratings growth in all metrics and drive the political conversation week after week.

The December 22, 2014 edition marked MTP’s best total viewer audience since Chuck’s debut on 9/7/14 and highest A25-54 viewer audience since 3/2/14, according to Nielsen Media Research data.

Week over week, MTP was up +6% among total viewers and +13% up in A25-54 viewers.  Compared to its 4Q’14-to-date levels, MTP saw growth of +8% in total viewers and +23% in A25-54 viewers.  Versus the same broadcast last season, MTP delivered gains of +6% in total viewers and +16% among A25-54 viewers.

Nationally, MTP was the #2 Sunday morning public affairs program in demo rating A25-54. In Washington, DC, Meet the Press solidly topped the competition in total viewers and beat the competition combined in the demo.

MTP delivered an additional 1.025 million total viewers and 470,000 viewers A25-54 with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and MSNBC.

NATIONAL AVERAGES- 12/22/14

WASHINGTON, DC- 12/22/14

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For more information contact:
Maggie Steenland
NBC News
212-664-7874
maggie.steenland@nbcuni.com

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MEET THE PRESS

“Meet the Press” is where newsmakers come to make news—setting the political agenda, and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. “Meet the Press” reaches more than 3 million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, the #TweetThePress interview series, Flipboard, and social media platforms.  Chuck Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press” and John Reiss is the acting executive producer.

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