Wins January Across the Board as #1 Sunday Show, Best Monthly Audiences in Eight Years
Delivers Biggest Demo Audience in Three Months, Only Sunday Show to Grow in the Demo Week Over Week
Kicks Off Yearlong 70th Anniversary Celebration as the Longest-Running Television Show in History
JAN. 31, 2017 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show on January 29, according to Nielsen data, marking the network broadcast’s second straight week at #1 across the board.
Sunday’s program kicked off MTP’s yearlong celebration of its 70th anniversary, featuring interviews with Reince Priebus, chief of staff to the president, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and former moderator Tom Brokaw.
With 4.366 million total viewers, MTP beat CBS’ “Face the Nation” by +60,000 viewers and ABC’s “This Week” by +722,000 viewers. This is the show’s second biggest audience in eight years (since January 18, 2009).
MTP was also the #1 Sunday show in the demo most coveted by news advertisers; 1.387 million viewers aged 25-54 tuned into the program. MTP was the only Sunday show to grow in the demo week over week, topping CBS by +264,000 demo viewers and ABC by +304,000 demo viewers. To note, CBS continues to rate only for the first half-hour of its hour-long program.
Compared to the same Sunday last year, MTP grew +22 percent in total viewers and +35 percent in the key demo – gaining the most out of all Sunday shows across the board.
For the month of January, MTP was the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board and had its best monthly audiences in eight years. MTP averaged 4.216 million viewers, beating CBS by +25,000 viewers and ABC by +404,000 viewers. In the key demo, MTP averaged 1.240 million viewers: +191,000 more than CBS and +164,000 more than ABC. January marked the 12thstraight month in which MTP led the competition in the demo.
MTP continued its streak as the #1 Sunday show in the influential Washington, D.C. market, winning its 83rd consecutive broadcast.
For more from moderator Chuck Todd throughout the week, tune into MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” weekdays at 5 p.m. ET, and subscribe to “1947: The Meet The Press Podcast” for additional interviews.
SUNDAY SHOW AVERAGES – JANUARY 29, 2017
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 48 | 4366 | 1387 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 4305 | 1123 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3553 | 911 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 50 | 3644 | 1083 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1841 | 587 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – JANUARY 29, 2017
| Households | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | |||||
| Stn | Program | Rtg | Shr | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 4.54 | 11 | 134 | — | 52 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 1.67 | 4 | 50 | 168% | 26 | 100% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 1.17 | 3 | 36 | 272% | 9 | 478% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 1.67 | 4 | 48 | 179% | 22 | 136% |
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