Delivers Largest Key Demo Lead vs. CBS In Over Five Years
Scores Millions of Views on YouTube and TikTok
March 11, 2026 – Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was ranked the #1 Sunday public affairs show for A25-54 key demo viewers this past Sunday, March 8, according to Nielsen.
Meet the Press averaged 491,000 key A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, leading ABC by +108,000 (+28%) and CBS by +187,000 (+61%). Meet the Press was the only Sunday public affairs show to increase in the key demo vs. the prior week and prior year. In addition, this marked Meet the Press’s largest key demo lead vs. CBS in over five years, which continues to rate for just 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.
Meet the Press averaged 2.436 million total viewers this past Sunday. Meet the Press was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers for the 2024-25 broadcast season and ranks #1 season-to-date for the 2025-26 season. Meet the Press has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.
In addition to Nielsen-tracked viewers, on NBC News’ TikTok account, Sunday’s interviews scored nearly 6.8 million views, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s exclusive interview garnering 6.1 million views. Sunday’s interviews, also including an exclusive with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and an interview with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, resulted in nearly 1.9 million views on NBC News’ YouTube account.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – MARCH 8, 2026
| Show Name | Network | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 52 | 2,436 | 491 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 2,797 | 304 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2,475 | 270 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 60 | 2,660 | 383 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1,039 | 209 |
MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER
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, David P. Gelles is executive producer of Meet the Press, and Melissa Frankel is executive producer of Meet the Press NOW.
