Posts 13th Straight Win Over ABC in Total Viewers
Marks One-Year as Most-Watched Sunday Show in Influential Washington, D.C. Market
Delivers Biggest Total Viewer Lead Over ABC in D.C. Market in More Than Seven Years
APRIL 7, 2016 – After winning the first quarter of 2016 in the key A25-54 demo, “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) continued its dominance with the audience this past Sunday, delivering a win with 1.104 million viewers and holding its #1 lead with the audience season-to-date.
With 3.699 million total viewers this past Sunday, MTP posted its 13thstraight win over ABC’s “This Week” and trailed CBS’ “Face the Nation” half-hour by only seven percent, despite being rated for fifteen minutes more.
MTP has now dominated the influential Washington, D.C. market as the most-watched Sunday show for more than a year (since 3/22/2015). This past Sunday, the show posted its biggest lead in viewers over ABC in the market in more than seven years – since Tom Brokaw’s interview with then President-elect Barack Obama (12/7/2008).
Nationally, MTP saw improvement over season-to-date levels, gaining two percent in total viewers and nine percent in the key demo.
The show has now averaged more than one million viewers in the key A25-54 demo for 12 consecutive broadcasts – the longest streak among Sundays shows since MTP accomplished this between late 2010 and early 2011.
An additional 1.883 million total viewers and 595,000 A25-54 viewers watched MTP with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 45 | 3699 | 1104 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3993 | 939 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3284 | 741 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 38 | 3108 | 925 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1644 | 512 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016
| Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | ||||
| Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 162 | — | 33 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 62 | 161% | 10 | 230% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 20 | 710% | 4 | 725% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 48 | 238% | 20 | 65% |
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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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