Tops Competition by Double Digits in Key Demo
Ranks #1 Across the Board Season to Date
December 17, 2019 – Meet the Press with Chuck Todd (MTP) won this past Sunday, December 15 as the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Sunday’s broadcast featured interviews with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and averaged 2.965 million total viewers, topping ABC’s This Week by +13 percent (+351,000) and CBS’s Face the Nation by one percent (+36,000).
MTP also won in the demo most valued by news advertisers, topping both ABC and CBS by double-digits. 645,000 A25-54 key demo viewers tuned into the Sunday program: +13 percent (+75,000) more than ABC and +10 percent (+56,000) more than CBS.
Season-to-date, MTP is the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board, delivering its best total viewer lead over ABC in eight years and CBS in nine years.
MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming its competition combined among A25-54 key demo viewers and winning every Sunday with total viewers for more than four straight years (since March 22, 2015).
An additional 840,000 total viewers and 232,000 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, DECEMBER 15, 2019
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 50 | 2,965 | 645 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 2,929 | 589 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2,452 | 487 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 38 | 2,614 | 569 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1,391 | 410 |
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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.
