Ranks #1 in the Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date
May 6, 2026 – Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was ranked the#1 Sunday public affairs show for A25-54 key demo viewers this past Sunday, May 3, according to Nielsen.
Meet the Press averaged 346,000 key A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, leading ABC +60,000 (+21%) and CBS by +13,000 (+4%). Meet the Press has ranked #1 in the key A25-54 demo for five of the last six weeks.
Meet the Press averaged 2.242 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.
Sunday’s broadcast featured exclusive interviews with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – MAY 3, 2026
| Show Name | Network | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 52 | 2,242 | 346 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 2,734 | 333 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2,442 | 319 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 52 | 2,569 | 286 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 873 | 171 |
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.
