Reached Most Total Viewers of the Season Last Sunday
Tenth Consecutive Month Winning Key A25-54 Demo
December 5, 2025 — Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in November according to Nielsen.
Meet the Press averaged 440,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +102,000 (+30%) and CBS by +23,000 (+5%). This marks Meet the Press’s tenth consecutive month ranking #1 among key A25-54 demo viewers and fifteenth consecutive month leading ABC. Meet the Press averaged 285,000 A18-49 viewers in November, tied with CBS for the season, which continues to rate for just 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.”
For the Sunday, November 30th show, Meet the Press increased its viewership across-the-board vs. prior week and increased its A25-54 and total viewership vs. prior year. Meet the Press reached its largest A25-54 audience in eleven weeks, its largest A18-49 audience in seven weeks, and its largest total viewer audience of the season. Compared to prior year, Meet the Press reversed its total viewer gap vs. ABC (+70,000 vs. -275,000 prior year).
Meet the Press was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers for the 2024-25 broadcast season and continues to rank #1 in A25-54 demo viewers season-to-date. Meet the Press has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.
November’s broadcasts featured interviews with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and more. It also featured a “Meet the Moment” conversation with “Wicked: For Good” director Jon M. Chu.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – NOVEMBER 2025
| Show Name | Network | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 244 | 2,500 | 440 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 150 | 2,604 | 417 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 156 | 2,377 | 338 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 240 | 1,098 | 256 |
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.
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