“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” IS #1 MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW ACROSS THE BOARD FOR 2ND STRAIGHT BROADCAST

Beats Competition in Key Demo for 9th Straight Broadcast

Only Sunday Show to Deliver More Than One Million A25-54 Viewers, Beating Competition by Double-Digits

Grows by Double-Digits Week Over Week Across the Board

FEBRUARY 6, 2018 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show across the board this past Sunday, February 4, according to Nielsen Media Research data, marking its second consecutive broadcast at #1.

Sunday’s broadcast featured exclusive interviews with former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus who said he “never felt that the president was going to fire” Mueller, former CIA Director John Brennan who made his debut as an NBC News senior national security and intelligence analyst as well as host of HBO’s “Real Sports,” Bryant Gumbel.

4.120 million total viewers tuned into MTP, +41 percent (+1.198 million) more than ABC’s “This Week” and five percent (+195,000) more than CBS’ “Face the Nation.” This marks MTP’s 43rd straight win over ABC and second straight win over CBS. Compared to last year, MTP improved its advantage over ABC by +29 percent (+270,000). Compared to last Sunday, MTP was up +16 percent (+572,000) and its advantage over ABC was four-times higher (+921,000).

MTP also won in the demo most valued by news advertisers for its ninth straight broadcast, topping both ABC and CBS by double-digits. MTP was the only Sunday public affairs program to deliver more than one million demo viewers. 1.197 million A25-54 viewers tuned into the Sunday program: +52 percent (+408,000) more than ABC and +40 percent (+340,000) more than CBS. This was MTP’s biggest demo audience in 45 weeks (since 3/26/2017). Compared to last Sunday, MTP was up +20 percent (+198,000), increased its lead over CBS by six percent (+19,000), and its advantage over ABC was five-times higher (+333,000). Compared to the same Sunday last year, MTP improved its advantage over ABC by nine percent (+35,000) and CBS by five percent (+15,000).

Season-to-date, MTP continues as the #1 most-watched Sunday show in the key demo, beating competition by double-digits: ABC by +16 percent (+133,000) and CBS by +23 percent (+182,000). Just two percent of total viewers separate MTP from CBS, which only rates for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.

MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming its competition across the board and winning every Sunday with total viewers since March 22, 2015.

An additional 407,000 total viewers and 91,000 A25-54 viewers watched the Sunday program through a rebroadcast on MSNBC.

Tune into MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” weekdays at 5 p.m. for more from Todd, and follow the show on Facebook and on Twitter for the latest.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2018

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For more information contact:

Joya Manasseh
NBC News
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e: joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com

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NBC NEWS’ “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD”

“Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” is where newsmakers come to make news — setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on Americans across the country. It is the #1 most-watched Sunday public affairs show across the board for the 2016-2017 season, reaching more than three million viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. “Meet the Press” brings its authority and influencer interviews to MSNBC with “MTP Daily” weekdays at 5 p.m. ET and to the “1947: The Meet the Press Podcast”. It’s the longest-running show in television history, having celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017 with the launch of its first-ever film festival in collaboration with the American Film Institute this November. Chuck Todd is the political director of NBC News and the moderator of “Meet the Press“; John Reiss is the executive producer.

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