“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” IS #1 IN THE KEY DEMO

Grown Across the Board Year Over Year

Ranks #1 Across the Board Season to Date

Wins Every Sunday with Total Viewers in Washington for Over Four Straight Years

October 8, 2019 – Meet the Press with Chuck Todd (MTP) won this past Sunday, October 6 as the #1 most-watched Sunday show in the A25-54 key demo, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Sunday’s broadcast featured exclusive interviews with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and averaged 3.253 million total viewers. MTP topped ABC’s This Week by double-digits: +15 percent (+426,000). Only one percent separated MTP from CBS, which only rates for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast. Compared to the same Sunday last year MTP was up +10 percent (+295,000) among total viewers. 

MTP won in the demo most valued by news advertisers. 798,000 A25-54 key demo viewers tuned in to the Sunday program: +21 percent (+137,000) more than ABC and five percent (+37,000) more than CBS. Compared to last week, MTP was up five percent (+36,000), and compared to the same Sunday last year, MTP was up +10 percent (+74,000).

Season-to-date, MTP is the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board.

MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming its competition combined across the board and winning every Sunday with total viewers for more than four straight years (since March 22, 2015).

An additional 1.058 million total viewers and 282,000 A25-54 viewers watched the Sunday program through rebroadcasts on NBC and MSNBC.

Tune in to MSNBC’s MTP Daily weekdays at 5 p.m. for more from moderator Chuck Todd, and follow the broadcast on Facebook and on Twitter for the latest.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019

Show Name Net Duration (minutes) Total Viewers A25-54 Viewers
MEET THE PRESS NBC 48 3253 798
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3283 761
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 2617 588
THIS WEEK ABC 31 2827 661
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1277 362

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For more information, contact:

Richard Hudock
NBC News
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e: Richard.Hudock@nbcuni.com

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

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 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 for the 2018-2019 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 Chuck ToddCast. It’s the longest-running show in television history, recently expanding its brand to include a political short-documentary film festival in collaboration with the American Film Institute. Chuck Todd is the political director of NBC News and the moderator of Meet the Press; John Reiss is the executive producer.