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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Olivia Petersen
NBC News
202-885-4159
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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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