Todd’s Hard-Hitting Interview with Conway Continues to Drive News Cycle
Delivers Largest Total Audience in Eight Years
Wins Key Demo, Topping Competition by Double-Digits
Dominates Influential Washington, D.C. Market, Outperforming Competition
JAN. 24, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the #1 most-watched Sunday show on January 22, according to Nielsen data. The network broadcast featured a hard-hitting interview with Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, in which she defended Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s Saturday comments and said he “gave alternative facts.”
MTP delivered 4.554 million viewers — its largest total audience in more than eight years (since Jan. 4, 2009). It topped CBS’ Face the Nation by +109,000 viewers and ABC’s This Week by +656,000 viewers. The win marks a +11 percent gain compared to the same Sunday last year and a +17 percent gain from the previous Sunday. To note, CBS continues to rate only for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.
MTP continues its #1 streak in the demo most coveted by news advertisers, delivering 1.360 million A25-54 viewers. MTP beat CBS by +207,000 demo viewers and ABC by +251,000 demo viewers. MTP grew by three percent year-over-year and had a gain of +31 percent week-over-week.
The show continues its dominance in the influential Washington, D.C., outperforming the competition in total viewers and marking its 82nd consecutive broadcast win.
An additional 1.785 million total viewers and 417,000 A25-54 watched MTP through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.
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SUNDAY SHOW AVERAGES – JAN. 22, 2016
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 46 | 4554 | 1360 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 4445 | 1153 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3829 | 948 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 44 | 3897 | 1109 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1839 | 604 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – JAN. 22, 2016
| Households | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | |||||
| Stn | Program | Rtg | Shr | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 4.8 | 12 | 133 | — | 50 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 2.3 | 6 | 72 | 85% | 16 | 213% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 1.7 | 4 | 81 | 64% | 31 | 61% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 2 | 5 | 61 | 118% | 21 | 138% |
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