“MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” #1 SUNDAY SHOW FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK

Delivers Biggest Audience Since December 2012

Marks First Back-to-Back #1 Win Since February 2014

Tops ABC in Total Viewers for 11th Consecutive Week

OCT. 8, 2015 – NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show for the second straight week with 3.919 million total viewers on Oct. 4, outperforming ABC’s “This Week” by +189,000 viewers.

The show continues its strong momentum under the reins of Todd, delivering its first back-to-back win since February 2014 and drawing the largest audience in nearly four years (since 12/30/12). Year-over-year, MTP has grown +56% (+1.407 million) in total viewers and +35% (+233,000) in the 25-54 demo.

MTP has now topped ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for 11 consecutive weeks, despite consistently being rated for more minutes – 43 to 33 minutes this past Sunday, respectively.

MTP’s dominance of the influential Washington, D.C. market is uncontested: it has ranked #1 in total viewers for every broadcast since April 14, 2015. This past Sunday, MTP more than tripled both ABC and FOX among total viewers and delivered its biggest audience in the market in more than 5 years.

MTP delivered an additional 1.310 million total viewers and 520,000 25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.

Note: CBS’s “Face the Nation” was pre-empted on Sunday, Oct. 4.

NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2015

Show Name Net Dur TOTAL VIEWERS 25-54
VIEWERS
MEET THE PRESS NBC 43 3919 896
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS
THIS WEEK ABC 33 3730 1065
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1398 402

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2015

TOTAL VIEWERS 25-54 VIEWERS
Market Stn Program TV(000) MTP ADV TV(000) MTP ADV
WASHINGTON WRC MEET THE PRESS 167 39
WASHINGTON WUSA FACE THE NATION HOUR
WASHINGTON WJLA THIS WEEK ABC 53 215% 6 550%
WASHINGTON WTTG FOX NEWS SUNDAY 50 234% 17 129%

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For more information, please contact:

Olivia Petersen

NBC News

202-885-4159

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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