“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” IS THE #1 MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW ACROSS THE BOARD

Delivers More Than Four Million in Total Viewers, Biggest Audience of All Sunday Shows Since March

Best A25-54, A18-49 Demo Audiences Since January 2012

Biggest Win Against CBS in the Key Demo in More Than Four Years

OCT. 11, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board this past Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

With 4.018 million viewers, MTP delivered the best total viewer audience out of all Sunday public affairs programs since March 6, 2016. The show held a +11 percent advantage over ABC’s “This Week” and +5 percent over CBS’ “Face the Nation,” which only rates for 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast. This marks the biggest total viewer win against CBS in seven months.

The network broadcast grew 71 percent compared to the same Sunday last year: 4.018 million vs. 2.836 million last year.

MTP delivered 1.417 million A25-54 viewers, posting its best key demo audience in more than four years (since January 8, 2012). The program beat ABC by +30 percent and CBS by +37 percent, marking its biggest win against CBS since August 12, 2012.

MTP continued its dominance in the influential Washington, D.C. market, posting its biggest total viewer average since May 1 of this year and its best key demo average since Jan. 24 of this year. MTP has now won every Sunday in total viewers for the past 70 consecutive broadcasts in the market.

An additional 1.132 million total viewers and 264,000 A25-54 viewers watched the program through a rebroadcast on MSNBC.

Sunday’s program featured an interview with Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani and exclusive interviews with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 9, 2016

Show Name Net LS
Stn Cvg
Duration (minutes) Total Viewers A25-54 Viewers
MEET THE PRESS NBC 93 45 4018 1417
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 94 30 3821 1031
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 90 60 3114 843
THIS WEEK ABC 94 41 3694 1088
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 94 60 1546 514

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 9, 2016

Households Total Viewers Adults 25-54
Stn Program Rtg Shr TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WRC MEET THE PRESS 5.08 13 139 53
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 1.58 4 59 136% 17 212%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 1.18 3 37 276% 23 130%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 1.82 5 49 184% 19 179%

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