“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” CONTINUES AS #1 IN KEY DEMO, TOPPING COMPETITION BY DOUBLE-DIGITS

Delivers Biggest Demo Win over CBS’s “Face the Nation” Since Last Presidential Election Cycle

Marks Sixteenth Straight Broadcast Win over CBS in Key Demo

Posts Strong Double-Digit, Year-over-Year Gains Across the Board

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP), which aired a special Democratic National Convention preview edition live from Philadelphia, won the key viewer demo this past Sunday with 1.066 million viewers.

The #1 win in the A25-54 demo is the largest advantage over CBS’s “Face the Nation” in almost four years (since August 12, 2012). It also marks the sixteenth consecutive broadcast in which MTP has topped CBS and the fifteenth straight telecast topping ABC’s “This Week.” MTP beat CBS, which only rates for thirty minutes of its hour-long broadcast, by +44 percent (+326,000) and ABC by +25 percent (+211,000).

MTP’s strong growth continues, as the network broadcast was up +17 percent among total viewers (+501,000) and +29 percent (+242,000) compared to this time last year.

3.384 million total viewers tuned into MTP with an additional 1.786 million total viewers and 429,000 key demo viewers watching rebroadcasts on MSNBC.

Last week’s broadcast featured interviews with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ahead of this week’s Democratic National Convention.

Tune into “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” this coming Sunday for complete analysis of this week’s convention, and check your local listings for programming updates due to NBC Sports Group coverage of the Women’s British Open.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016

Show Name Net Duration (minutes) Total Viewers A25-54 Viewers
MEET THE PRESS NBC 47 3384 1066
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3496 740
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 2949 624
THIS WEEK ABC 41 3044 855
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1200 326

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016

Total Viewers Adults 25-54
Stn Program TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WRC MEET THE PRESS 107 32
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 45 138% 19 68%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 26 312% 11 191%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 33 224% 15 113%

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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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