{"id":1876,"date":"2017-04-25T11:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:26:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:26:24","slug":"meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-most-watched-sunday-show-across-the-board-for-seventh-week-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/04\/25\/meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-most-watched-sunday-show-across-the-board-for-seventh-week-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d IS #1 MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SEVENTH WEEK IN A ROW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Seven Week Streak Marks First in Almost Six Years<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Continues as #1 Sunday Show Season-to-Date for First Time since 2010-2011 Season<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tops Competition by Double-Digits in Key Demo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>APRIL 25, 2017 \u2013 \u201cMeet the Press with Chuck Todd\u201d (MTP) was the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board on April 23, 2017, winning its seventh consecutive week \u2013 the first time in almost six years (since July 31, 2011 \u2013 Sept. 18, 2011).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/jnsneibx\/bit.ly\/2pvSsu5\">Sunday\u2019s program<\/a> featured exclusive interviews with Reince Priebus, chief of staff to President Donald Trump, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as well as an interview with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).<\/p>\n<p>MTP continues as the #1 Sunday show across the board season-to-date \u2013 the first time since the 2010-2011 season.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering 3.369 million total viewers, MTP beat ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week by +12 percent (+364,000) and CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation\u201d by one percent (+34,000). Note: CBS continues to claim ratings for only the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>With 984,000 A25-54 viewers, MTP topped ABC by +25 percent (+196,000) and CBS by +26 percent (+201,000). MTP has now won 42 out of the last 45 weeks in the key demo most valued by news advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>In the influential Washington, D.C. market, MTP continues to outperform the competition in both total viewers and the key demo. The network program has now won every Sunday for more than two years (since March 22, 2015).<\/p>\n<p>An additional 1.241 million total viewers and 300,000 key demo viewers watched the broadcast through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Follow \u201cMeet the Press\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/jnsneibx\/www.twitter.com\/meetthepress\">on Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/jnsneibx\/www.facebook.com\/meetthepress\">on Facebook<\/a> for the latest, and tune in to MSNBC weekdays at 5 p.m. for more from moderator Chuck Todd.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2017<\/p>\n<table>\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>49<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>3369<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>984<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>3335<\/td>\n<td>782<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>2828<\/td>\n<td>665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THIS WEEK<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>3005<\/td>\n<td>788<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td>\n<td>FOX<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>1327<\/td>\n<td>403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. 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