“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD SEASON-TO-DATE

#1 in Key Demo This Past Sunday, Topping Competition by Double-Digits

Grows Across the Board Week-Over-Week

Chuck Todd to Anchor “Decision Night in America” Election Coverage Tonight on NBC with Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie

NOV. 8, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) is the most-watched Sunday show across the board season-to-date, with more Americans tuning into the network broadcast ahead of Election Day than any other show, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Delivering 1.230 million viewers in the key demo this past Sunday, Nov. 6, MTP topped its competition by double-digits: +22 percent more than CBS “Face the Nation” and +29 percent more than ABC “This Week.” Not only did MTP increase its A25-54 viewership by +16 percent compared to this time last year, the program was up eight percent week-over-week.

3.938 million Americans tuned into MTP, a seven percent increase compared to the week prior. In total viewers, MTP beat ABC by seven percent. For the second week in a row, just one percent separated MTP from CBS’ half-hour program in total viewers, although the show rated for 16 minutes more and does not benefit from a network-wide lead-in program.

MTP grew +15 percent in total viewers compared to the same Sunday last year, marking the largest year-over-year growth among the networks.

In the influential Washington, D.C. market, MTP continued to dominate its competition, marking its 74th straight broadcast win in total viewers.

An additional 816,000 total viewers and 167,000 A25-54 viewers watched MTP through a rebroadcast on MSNBC.

Check out moderator Chuck Todd’s Election Day analysis on the state of our democracy and the path forward on Nov. 9: http://nbcnews.to/2fdbHmf.

Tune in tonight to NBC at 7 p.m. ET as moderator Chuck Todd anchors “Decision Night in America” election coverage with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt and “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie, joined by special correspondent Tom Brokaw. NBC will also livestream its broadcast on NBCNews.com/election as well as through the NBC News apps and on OTT platforms.

SUNDAY AVERAGES – NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Show Name Net Duration (minutes) Total Viewers A25-54 Viewers
MEET THE PRESS NBC 46 3938 1230
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3989 1011
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 3068 786
THIS WEEK ABC 44 3194 952
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1552 559

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Households Total Viewers Adults 25-54
Stn Program Rtg Shr TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WRC MEET THE PRESS 3.3 9 98 23
WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 2.2 6 63 56% 19 21%
WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 0.9 2 51 92% 23 0%
WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 1.3 3 35 180% 10 130%

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Olivia Petersen
NBC News
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e: olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com

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NBC NEWS’ “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” 

“Meet the Press” is where newsmakers come to make news — setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. “Meet the Press” reaches more than 3 million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, Flipboard, and social media platforms.  Chuck Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press” and John Reiss is the executive producer.

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