NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS” POSTS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN OVER ABC’S “THIS WEEK” IN TOTAL VIEWERS, WIDENS LEAD WEEK-TO-WEEK

For 9th Consecutive Week, MTP Tops CBS’s “Face the Nation” Half-Hour in Demo

MTP Momentum Delivers Double-Digit Growth Year-Over-Year; Biggest Audience in More Than Five Months 

AUGUST 13, 2015 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) delivered its third consecutive win over ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for Sunday, Aug. 9, averaging 3.226 million viewers: +99,000 more viewers than ABC. In the A25-54 demo, MTP topped CBS’s “Face the Nation” (FTN) half-hour in its ninth straight win with +49,000 more viewers.

This marks MTP’s largest total viewer audience in over five months (since March 1) and largest demo audience in three months (since May 10).

FTN continues to claim ratings on its first half-hour, despite airing as a full contiguous hour in more than three-fourths of the country. “This Week” was rated for only 34 minutes of its hour-long broadcast on Aug. 9.

The MTP audience continues to grow with double-digit gains across the board year-over-year: +33% in total viewers, +16% in the A25-54 demo; +11% in the A18-49 demo. MTP also grew week-over-week: +15% in total viewers and +7% in the A25-54 demo.

MTP also continues to dominate the airwaves in the influential Washington, D.C. market, leading competition in total viewers.

MTP delivered an additional 1.055 million total viewers and 383,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.

NATIONAL AVERAGES – AUG. 9

Show Name Net Dur TOTAL VIEWERS P25-54
VIEWERS
MEET THE PRESS NBC 42 3226 869
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3536 820
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 2900 698
THIS WEEK ABC 34 3127 1006
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1368 385

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – AUG. 9

TOTAL VIEWERS VIEWERS 25-54
Market Stn Program TV(000) MTP Advantage TV(000)
WASHINGTON WRC MEET THE PRESS 79 15
WASHINGTON WUSA FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR 50 58% 10
WASHINGTON WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR 46 72% 7
WASHINGTON WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 17 365% 3
WASHINGTON WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 49 61% 32

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Olivia Petersen

NBC News

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olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com

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MEET THE PRESS

“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, the #TweetThePress interview series, 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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