“MEET THE PRESS” DELIVERS BIGGEST AUDIENCE IN THREE MONTHS

Widest Win Over “This Week” and Closest Gap with “Face the Nation” Half-Hour Since March

Posts Double-Digit Gains in Both Total Viewers & Demo in Q2 Year-Over-Year

Best Q2 Demo Delivery in 3 Years; Best in Q2 Total Viewers in 2 Years

Narrows Total Viewer Gap by 71% in Q2 with ABC’s “This Week”

JULY 2, 2015 – NBC’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) delivered record-high second quarter numbers, averaging its biggest total viewer audience in two years (2.602 million) and best A25-54 viewers in three years (808,000). MTP also narrowed the total viewer gap with ABC’s “This Week” by 71% year-to-year this quarter.

The June 28th edition of MTP delivered the NBC program’s largest audience since March 22 of this year and posted strong momentum week-to-week and year-over-year, according to Nielsen Media Research Live+Same Day data.

Sunday’s MTP beat ABC’s “This Week” by +143,000 total viewers, the widest gap in three months (since 3/29/15). The ABC broadcast was rated for just 33 minutes.

Compared to CBS’s “Face the Nation,” which continues to claim ratings based on a 30-minute average, “Meet the Press” posted the biggest demo win since January 2013 (+225,000 viewers) and cut the total viewer gap to just 90,000, the narrowest in three months (since 3/22/15).  Compared to the full FTN hour, MTP led by +512,000 total viewers and +364,000 viewers A25-54.

MTP posted double-digit gains week-over-week in both total viewers (+16%) and the A25-54 news demo (+11%) and continues to deliver year-over-year audience gains, both +13% in total viewers and +3% viewers A25-54.  Compared to 2Q15-to-date levels, Sunday’s MTP was +12% ahead in total viewers, and up +5% in the demo.

Continuing its dominance as #1 in the influential Washington, D.C. market, MTP outperformed the competition combined in the A25-54 demo, winning all ten Sundays it has aired this quarter in total viewers.

MTP drew an additional 1.058 million total viewers and 442,000 A25-54 demo viewers with rebroadcasts on the network and MSNBC.

 

Q215 HIGHLIGHTS

  • Year over year, MTP saw a +10% gain in 2ndquarter among P2+ and was +17% up in A25-54 viewers.
  • MTP had the best 2Q demo delivery in 3 years (best in 2 years for P2+).
  • Compared to ABC’s “This Week,” the total viewer gap narrowed by 71% year-to-year.
  • Duration: MTP aired 48 minutes longer than “This Week” with 442 total minutes in 2Q15.
  • On a weekly basis, “This Week” averages about 36 minutes each episode, while MTP averages about 44 minutes.

 

2Q15 PERFORMANCES 

Show Name Dur TOTAL VIEWERS P25-54 VIEWERS
MEET THE PRESS 442 2602 808
FACE THE NATION HALF HOUR 360 3197 808
FACE THE NATION HOUR 360 2577 649
THIS WEEK 394 2671 872
FOX NEWS SUNDAY 780 1234 367

NATIONAL AVERAGES – JUNE 28, 2015

Show Name Net Dur    TOTAL VIEWERS  P25-54
RATINGS   
P25-54
VIEWERS 
MEET THE PRESS NBC   48 2869 0.71 847
FACE THE NATION HALF HOUR CBS 30 2959 0.52 622
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 2357 0.40 483
THIS WEEK ABC 33 2726 0.79 946
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1163 0.30 360

 

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – JUNE 28, 2015

HOUSEHOLDS       Total Viewers ADULTS 25-54
Stn Program Rtg Shr TV(000)       MTP ADV    TV(000)   MTP ADV    
WRC MEET THE PRESS 3.38 12 87 28
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 1.68 6 59 47% 9 211%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 0.77 3 13 569% 6 367%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 1.59 5 36 142% 8 250%

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For more information, contact:

Olivia Petersen

NBC News

202-885-4159

olivia.petersen@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 executive producer.

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