“MEET THE PRESS” #1 IN KEY DEMO FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK

Leads in Demo Season-to-Date, Tops Competition in Demo by Double-Digits

Beats ABC in Total Viewers for 12th Straight Week

Outperforms Competition Combined in Influential Washington, D.C. Market

MARCH 24, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) won the key A25-54 demo for Sunday, March 20, marking its fourth #1 consecutive win with a delivery of 1.143 million viewers.

Outperforming the competition by double-digits this past Sunday – +16 percent more than CBS’ “Face the Nation” half-hour and +23 percent more than ABC’s “This Week” – MTP is the #1 Sunday show in the key demo season-to-date.

With 3.829 million viewers, the show topped ABC for the 12th straight week in total viewers. Despite rating for 15 minutes more than CBS’ half-hour program, MTP came within just one percent of being the most-watched Sunday show: only 25,000 viewers separated the two programs.

MTP showed double-digit growth year-over-year in both total viewers and the key demo: +30 percent and +41 percent, respectively.

The network broadcast also continued its dominance in the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming the competition combined both in total viewers and in the key A25-54 demo.

With rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC, an additional 2.134 million total viewers and 663,000 A25-54 viewers watched MTP.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016

Show Name Net Duration (minutes) Total Viewers Adults 25-54
MEET THE PRESS NBC 45 3829 1143
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3854 983
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 3123 762
THIS WEEK ABC 40 3687 930
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1592 443

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016

Total Viewers Adults 25-54
Stn Program TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WRC MEET THE PRESS 138 42
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 47 194% 3 1300%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 23 500% 5 740%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 42 229% 23 83%

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Olivia Petersen
NBC News
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c: (804) 938-3810
e: olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com

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NBC NEWS’ “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” 

“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, 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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