MTP Delivers Double-Digit Growth Across-the-Board Year-Over-Year for 5th Straight Week
MTP Tops ABC’s “This Week” in Total Viewers for 6th Consecutive Week
MTP Continues Winning Streak Over CBS’s “Face the Nation” Half-Hour in the Demo Since June
SEPT. 3, 2015 – NBC’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show on August 30 with 3.218 million total viewers, continuing to top ABC’s “This Week” for the sixth consecutive week. MTP has now topped CBS’s “Face the Nation” in the key A25-54 demo for 12 straight weeks.
This coming Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of NBC Political Director Chuck Todd becoming moderator of the flagship Sunday program, and the strong momentum of the program continues. The August 30th broadcast delivered double-digit growth in all categories compared with the same Sunday last year: +32% in total viewers; +18% in the A25-54 demo; and +11% in the A18-49 demo. MTP has now delivered across-the-board double-digit growth compared to the previous year for five consecutive weeks.
“Face the Nation” is rated only 30 minutes, despite airing as a full contiguous hour in more than three-fourths of the country. “This Week” was rated for just 35 minutes of its hour-long broadcast this past Sunday.
MTP continues to be the leading Sunday show in the influential Washington, D.C. market, winning in total viewers for every broadcast since April 19 of this year.
MTP delivered an additional 1.043 million total viewers and 341,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – AUG. 30
| Show Name | Net | Dur | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 45 | 3218 | 810 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3108 | 762 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2542 | 623 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 35 | 3059 | 987 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1477 | 393 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – AUG. 30
| Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | |||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 74 | — | 21 | — |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 27 | 174% | 12 | 75% |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 31 | 139% | 11 | 91% |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 57 | 30% | 20 | 5% |
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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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