Ranks #1 in the Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date
Viewers Consume Over Two Million Additional Hours Across Digital Platforms
December 17, 2024 — Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show in the key demo this past Sunday, December 15, according to Nielsen. Meet the Press has ranked #1 in A25-54 for five consecutive weeks for the first time in over two years.
Meet the Press averaged 424,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +91,000 (+27%) and CBS by +43,000 (+11%). Meet the Press has now beaten ABC’s This Week for eight consecutive weeks for the first time in over four years.
The Welker-led program ranks #1 for the current broadcast season among key A25-54 demo viewers. Meet the Press is the only program up versus the same point last season.
Meet the Press also averaged 2.299 million total viewers this past Sunday, leading ABC by +33,000 (+1%),
Meet the Press continues to lead in digital viewership for Sunday public affairs programs, recording 11.6 million video views across digital platforms last week. In addition, viewers consumed over two million hours of content.
Meet the Press was once again #1 in total viewers and the key A25-54 demo for the week in the influential Washington, D.C. market, beating the competition combined in A25-54 viewers. Meet the Press has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.
Sunday’s broadcast featured interviews with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – DECEMBER 15, 2024
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 47 | 2,299 | 424 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 2,609 | 381 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2,306 | 358 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 50 | 2,265 | 333 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1,000 | 219 |
Meet the Press with Kristen Welker is the premiere destination for original political reporting and interviews with the leaders that shape each week’s headlines. Moderated by Kristen Welker, the veteran NBC News chief White House correspondent and the first journalist of color to moderate a Sunday public affairs program, Meet the Press has set the political agenda and highlighted the everyday impact of Washington decision-making on viewers all over the country for more than 75 years. It reaches millions of viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. Meet the Press also brings its signature analysis and newsmaker interviews to streaming audiences with Meet the Press NOW at 4 p.m. on weekdays on NBC News NOW. Kristen Welker is the 13th moderator of Meet the Press, Carrie Budoff Brown is NBC News senior vice president for politics, and David Gelles is executive producer. Melissa Frankel is executive producer of Meet the Press NOW.
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