MTP Tops ABC’s “This Week” in Total Viewers for 5th Consecutive Week
MTP Marks 11th Consecutive Demo Win Over “Face the Nation” Half-Hour
Quarter-to-Date, MTP Has Narrowed Total Viewer Gap with “Face the Nation” by 81% Compared to Last Year
AUGUST 27, 2015 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was #1 with A24-54 viewers on August 23 for the second week in a row, marking its first back-to-back win in the demo since the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. The NBC broadcast has now topped “Face the Nation” in the demo for 11 straight weeks and beat “This Week” in total viewers for five straight weeks.
Sunday’s “Meet the Press” ratings are based on a 42-minute average, compared to just 35 minutes for ABC and 30 minutes for CBS.
Versus the same Sunday last year, MTP posted double-digit gains across-the-board in total viewers (+32% or +779,000), A25-54 (+35%, or +247,000), and A18-49 (+36%, or +187,000). MTP has delivered across-the-board double-digit growth compared to the previous year for four consecutive weeks.
In the third quarter to date, MTP has narrowed the total viewer gap with CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour by 81% compared to the same period in 2014: -90,000 this year vs. -475,000 last year. MTP now leads the CBS half hour by 117,000 A25-54 viewers in the quarter to date, a 277% turnaround from the -66,000 demo deficit in the same period last year.
MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market in total viewers, leading with three-digit advantages over its network competition.
MTP delivered an additional 1.039 million total viewers and 373,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – AUG. 23
| Show Name | Net | Dur | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 42 | 3,226 | 959 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3,498 | 793 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2,833 | 653 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 35 | 3,194 | 941 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1,453 | 433 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – AUG. 23
| TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS | ||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 86 | — | 12 |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 35 | 146% | 10 |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 15 | 473% | 2 |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 44 | 95% | 13 |
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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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