Delivers Biggest Lead over CBS since March 2016, over ABC since February 2015
Beats Competition by Double-Digits in Key Demo, Continues as #1 in Demo Season-to-Date
Only Sunday Show to Grow in Total Audience Year over Year
FEB. 7, 2017 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show across the board on February 5, 2017, marking its third straight week at #1.
Sunday’s broadcast featured a live interview with Vice President Mike Pence and exclusive interviews with House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Delivering 4.136 million total viewers, MTP beat CBS’ “Face the Nation” by +292,000 viewers (eight percent) and ABC’s “This Week” by 927,000 viewers (+29 percent). This marks MTP’s largest lead over CBS – which only rates for a half-hour of its hour-long program – since March 6 of last year, and MTP’s lead over ABC is its biggest since February 22, 2015. It was also the only show to grow in total audience: compared to the same Sunday last year, MTP grew seven percent in total viewers, while both CBS and ABC saw declines across the board.
MTP continues its dominant streak with A25-54 viewers, the demo most coveted by news advertisers. With 1.236 million demo viewers, MTP topped the competition by double-digits: +325,000 (+36 percent) more than CBS and +373,000 (+43 percent) more than ABC. MTP grew by four percent year over year, and season-to-date, the network broadcast maintains its lead as the #1 Sunday show in the demo.
In the influential Washington, D.C. market, MTP outperformed the competition in total viewers and the key demo. The program has now been the #1 most-watched Sunday show in the market for 84 consecutive broadcasts.
An additional 1.320 million total viewers and 349,000 demo viewers watched MTP through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2017
| Show Name | Net | Duration (Minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 48 | 4136 | 1236 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3844 | 912 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3172 | 757 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 43 | 3208 | 864 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1605 | 529 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2017
| Households | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | |||||
| Stn | Program | Rtg | Shr | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 4.31 | 11 | 120 | — | 39 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 1.68 | 4 | 55 | 118% | 13 | 200% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 1.73 | 5 | 76 | 58% | 35 | 11% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 2.43 | 6 | 66 | 82% | 26 | 50% |
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“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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