Delivers Second Largest Audience In Five Weeks
Posts Strong Year-over-Year Gains Across the Board
Continues Domination In Influential Washington D.C. Market
November 15, 2016— On the Sunday following the election, “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” was the most-watched Sunday show in the key viewer demos of A25-54 and A18-49, topping the competition by double digits, and delivered its second-largest total viewer audience in five weeks.
The #1 rank in the A25-54 demo marks MTP’s second-highest demo audience since January 24, 2016, seventh straight win, and 23rd win out of the last 25 weeks the show has aired.
The NBC program also delivered significant year-over-year gains among the competition, growing by double digits in the A25-54 and A18-49 demos, +32% and +51% respectively, and in total viewers (+8%) versus the same Sunday in 2015.
MTP drew 3.8 million total viewers, its second highest audience in five weeks, and topped “This Week” by 250,000 viewers. In the A25-54 demo, MTP topped ABC by +303,000 viewers and CBS by +209,000.
MTP continues to lead the influential Washington, D.C. market by a wide margin in both total viewers and the key demo, and has ranked #1 in total viewers every Sunday in Washington for nearly two years (since 3/22/2015).
“Meet the Press” drew an additional 716,000 total viewers and 196 ,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Show Name | Net | Duration | Total Viewers | A25-54 Rtg | A25-54 Viewers |
MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 48 | 3792 | 1.05 | 1262 |
FACE THE NATION HALF | CBS | 30 | 4317 | .88 | 1052 |
FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3446 | .68 | 817 |
THIS WEEK | ABC | 38 | 3542 | .80 | 959 |
FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1910 | .50 | 598 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Show Name | Net | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 121 | 52 |
FACE THE NATION HALF | CBS | 43 | 9 |
FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 42 | 7 |
THIS WEEK | ABC | 25 | 13 |
FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 58 | 8 |