MTP Posts Double-Digit Growth Across the Board Year-Over-Year
AUGUST 6, 2015 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd”(MTP) continued its lead over ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for Sunday, Aug. 2, averaging 2.801 million viewers – +48,000 more viewers than ABC. In the A25-54 demo, MTP delivered its eighth straight win over the CBS’s “Face the Nation” (FTN) half-hour with +107,000 more viewers.
FTN is rated only by 30 minutes, despite airing as a full contiguous hour in more than three-fourths of the country. “This Week” was rated for just 35 minutes of its hour-long broadcast on Aug. 2.
MTP’s ratings momentum delivered double-digit growth across the board year-over-year: +32% in total viewers, +39% in the A25-54 demo; +44% in the A18-49 demo.
MTP continues its dominance in the influential Washington, D.C. market, leading competition in total viewers.
MTP delivered an additional 975,000 total viewers and 435,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – AUG. 2
| Show Name | Net | Duration | HH Rtg |
TOTAL VIEWERS | P25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 47 | 2.04 | 2801 | 810 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF HOUR | CBS | 30 | 2.23 | 3160 | 703 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 1.77 | 2471 | 559 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 35 | 2.05 | 2753 | 848 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1.02 | 1422 | 454 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – AUG. 2
| TOTAL VIEWERS | VIEWERS 25-54 | ||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 64 | — | 12 |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HALF HOUR | 39 | 64% | 13 |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 40 | 60% | 13 |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 20 | 220% | 5 |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 47 | 36% | 17 |
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