“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” WINS KEY DEMO FOR 11TH STRAIGHT WEEK

Hits Four-Week High in Total Viewers, Largest Total Viewer Win Over ABC in Five Weeks

Delivers Highest Network Growth Year-Over-Year 

DEC. 13, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was #1 in the key demo for the 11thstraight week, delivering 1.070 million viewers this past Sunday.

According to Nielsen data, MTP topped CBS’ “Face the Nation” by nine percent (+89,000) and ABC by +22 percent (+194,000) in the demo. The network broadcast also grew +28 percent with A25-54 viewers compared to the same Sunday last year. MTP continues to hold its #1 place in the demo season-to-date.

With 3.726 million total viewers, MTP led ABC by +18 percent (+575,000) – the largest win over ABC in five weeks. MTP also grew five percent in total viewers week-over-week and +17 percent year-over-year. Only seven and a half percent (-304,000) of viewers separated MTP from CBS, which only rates for 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.

MTP continued its dominance in the influential Washington D.C. market, outperforming the combined deliveries of CBS and ABC in total viewers. MTP has now won every Sunday in the market for 78 consecutive broadcasts (since March 22, 2015) and has won 30 straight broadcasts in the key demo.

An additional 730,000 viewers and 220,000 demo viewers watched MTP through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2016

Show Name Net Duration (minutes) Total Viewers A25-54 Viewers
MEET THE PRESS NBC 46 3726 1070
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 4030 981
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 3183 760
THIS WEEK ABC 45 3151 876
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 2291 728

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2016

Households Total Viewers Adults 25-54
Stn Program Rtg Shr TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WRC MEET THE PRESS 3.4 9 97 28
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 1.3 3 32 203% 5 460%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 0.9 2 38 155% 8 250%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 2.1 6 62 56% 19 47%

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