Tops ABC’s “This Week” in Total Viewers, Beats CBS’s “Face the Nation” Half-Hour in the Demo in Q3
Best Q3 Demo Delivery Since 2012; Closes Demo Gap with ABC’s “This Week” by 20% Year-Over-Year
Narrows Total Viewer Gap by 84% in Q3 with CBS’s “Face the Nation” Half-Hour
SEPT. 24, 2015 – NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) delivered its biggest third-quarter audience since 2011, outperforming ABC’s “This Week” for the second quarter this year in total viewers. MTP also delivered its best third-quarter in the 25-54 demo since 2012.
Continuing its strong momentum, MTP closed the total viewer gap by 84% with CBS’s “Face the Nation” (FTN) – which is only rated for 30 minutes of its broadcast – and won the demo over FTN in the first quarterly demo win since the Q4’12.
MTP ended the quarter as #2 both in total viewers and the demo, topping both ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour, respectively.
This past Sunday, Sept. 20, MTP beat FTN in the demo for the 15th consecutive broadcast and topped ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for the 9th consecutive week. Week-over-week, MTP closed the demo gap with ABC’s “This Week” by 51%.
For the 2014-2015 season, MTP closed the total viewer gap by 97% with ABC’s “This Week” and closed the demo gap by 49% with CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour compared to the previous season. MTP was up across-the-board season-to-season, +4% in total viewers and +2% in the demo.
This Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will exclusively speak with Chuck Todd in a two-part interview, to air on “Meet the Press” and on Monday’s premiere of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily.” Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will also join Sunday’s “Meet the Press” exclusively.
Q3’15 HIGHLIGHTS
- MTP ranked #2 in total viewers; its best delivery since 2011
- MTP ranked #2 in the 25-54 demo; its best delivery since 2012
- MTP outperformed ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for 2 of the last 3 quarters
- First quarterly demo win over CBS’s “Face the Nation” half-hour since Q4’12
- MTP narrowed the demo gap by 20% with ABC’s “This Week” compared to last year’s Q3
Q3’15 PERFORMANCES
| SHOW | TOTALVIEWERS | 25-54 DEMO |
18-49 DEMO |
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| NBC | MEET THE PRESS | 2930 | 807 | 581 |
| CBS | FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | 3007 | 697 | 462 |
| ABC | THIS WEEK | 2867 | 877 | 605 |
| FOX | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 1323 | 388 | 285 |
2014-2015 SEASON
| SHOW | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
18-49 VIEWERS |
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| NBC | MEET THE PRESS | 2822 | 806 | 583 |
| CBS | FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | 3286 | 848 | 545 |
| ABC | THIS WEEK | 2826 | 873 | 607 |
| FOX | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 1293 | 398 | 290 |
NATIONAL AVERAGES – SEPT. 20, 2015
| SHOW | Net | Dur | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 45 | 2940 | 832 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3189 | 756 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2470 | 621 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 35 | 2898 | 878 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1307 | 353 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SEPT. 20, 2015
| TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS | |||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 108 | — | 41 | — |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | 83 | 30% | 34 | 21% |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 41 | 163% | 13 | 215% |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 75 | 44% | 15 | 173% |
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NBC News
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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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