{"id":1676,"date":"2016-11-22T12:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:36:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:36:51","slug":"meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-in-key-demo-for-november-2016-sweeps-delivering-best-audience-in-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/11\/22\/meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-in-key-demo-for-november-2016-sweeps-delivering-best-audience-in-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d IS #1 IN KEY DEMO FOR NOVEMBER 2016 SWEEPS, DELIVERING BEST AUDIENCE IN EIGHT YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>Beats ABC, CBS by Double-Digits in Key Demo; Tops ABC by Double-Digits Across the Board<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Delivers Best November Sweeps Across the Board in Eight Years <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Marks Double-Digit Growth Across the Board Compared to November 2015 Sweeps<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NOV. 22, 2016 \u2013 \u201cMeet The Press with Chuck Todd\u201d (MTP) is #1 in the key A25-54 demo for the November 2016 Sweeps period, marking its best demo audience in any Sweeps period since November 2008 with an average of 1.179 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing its #1 rank in the key demo season-to-date, MTP topped CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d by +17 percent (+168,000) and ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d by +26 percent (+244,000) in November Sweeps; the network broadcast also grew +24 percent (+226,000) among A25-54 viewers compared to November 2015 Sweeps.<\/p>\n<p>MTP delivered an average of 3.785 million total viewers for Sweeps \u2013 its best November Sweep in eight years (since Nov. 2008). MTP beat ABC by +11 percent (+389,000) and grew +11 percent (+361,000) year-over-year. Just six percent separated MTP from CBS in total viewers, although MTP broadcast for an average of 16 more minutes than CBS this month. CBS only rates for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long program.<\/p>\n<p>With 1.079 million A25-54 viewers this past Sunday, MTP marked its eighth straight week as #1 in the key demo, delivering two percent (+19,000) more than CBS and +22 percent (+192,000) more than ABC. MTP also grew +22 percent in the demo compared to the same Sunday last year.<\/p>\n<p>3.696 million viewers tuned into MTP this past Sunday, eight percent (+284,000) more than ABC and a nine percent increase year-over-year. An additional 641,000 total viewers and 181,000 key demo viewers watched MTP this past Sunday through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in this Sunday for an all-new \u201cMeet the Press with Chuck Todd,\u201d and get the latest from the show <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/cjkknehu\/www.facebook.com\/meetthepress\">on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/cjkknehu\/www.twitter.com\/meetthepress\">on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 2016 SWEEPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"542\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Network<\/td>\n<td>Average Duration (minutes)<\/td>\n<td>Total Viewers<\/td>\n<td>Key A25-54 Viewers<\/td>\n<td>A18-49\u00a0Viewers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MEET THE PRESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NBC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>46.25<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>3785<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1179<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>878<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>4026<\/td>\n<td>1011<\/td>\n<td>728<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>3139<\/td>\n<td>791<\/td>\n<td>565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THIS WEEK<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>42.5<\/td>\n<td>3396<\/td>\n<td>935<\/td>\n<td>676<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td>\n<td>FOX<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>1804<\/td>\n<td>575<\/td>\n<td>455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"557\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Show Name<\/td>\n<td>Net<\/td>\n<td>Duration (minutes)<\/td>\n<td>Total Viewers<\/td>\n<td>A25-54 Demo Viewers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MEET THE PRESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NBC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>47<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>3696<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1079<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>4076<\/td>\n<td>1060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>3176<\/td>\n<td>848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THIS WEEK<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>3411<\/td>\n<td>887<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td>\n<td>FOX<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>1950<\/td>\n<td>568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Petersen<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\no: (202) 885-4159<br \/>\nc: (804) 938-3810<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com\">olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBC NEWS&#8217; &#8220;MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/cjkknehu\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\">\u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a> is where newsmakers come to make news \u2014 setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. \u201cMeet the Press\u201d reaches more than 3 million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, Flipboard, and social media platforms.\u00a0 Chuck Todd is the moderator of &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; and John Reiss is the executive producer.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beats ABC, CBS by Double-Digits in Key Demo; Tops ABC by Double-Digits Across the Board Delivers Best November Sweeps Across the Board in Eight Years Marks Double-Digit Growth Across the Board Compared to November 2015 Sweeps NOV. 22, 2016 \u2013 \u201cMeet The Press with Chuck Todd\u201d (MTP) is #1 in the key A25-54 demo for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/11\/22\/meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-in-key-demo-for-november-2016-sweeps-delivering-best-audience-in-eight-years\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d IS #1 IN KEY DEMO FOR NOVEMBER 2016 SWEEPS, DELIVERING BEST AUDIENCE IN EIGHT YEARS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[4,110,31],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meet-the-press","tag-feature","tag-meet-the-press","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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