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Wins 2016-2017 Season Across the Board for First Time in Five Years<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Only Sunday Show to Deliver Across-the-Board Viewer Growth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

#1 Most-Watched in Key Demo for Second Straight Season <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Launches First-Ever Documentary Film Festival This November for Broadcast\u2019s 70th Anniversary\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

SEPT. 26, 2017 \u2013 Meet the Press with Chuck Todd<\/em> (MTP) is the #1 most-watched Sunday show for the 2016-2017 season, winning across the board for the first time in five years.<\/p>\n

Three years ago, when Todd became moderator, the broadcast was #3 in both total viewers and the key A25-54 demo. Now, MTP is #1 in both categories, as Todd simultaneously expanded the brand into a 360 presence to include \u201cMTP Daily”<\/a> on MSNBC and \u201c1947: The Meet the Press Podcast.\u201d<\/a> This November, \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d the longest-running television show in history, will mark its 70th anniversary and launches its first-ever political documentary film festival<\/a> in collaboration with the American Film Institute.<\/p>\n

During the 2016-2017 broadcast season, an average of 3.608 million viewers tuned into the broadcast \u2013 the show\u2019s biggest viewership in eight years (since 2008-2009). MTP beat CBS\u2019 Face the Nation,<\/em> which continues to rate for only 30 minutes of its hour-long program, by +16,000 (+0.5 percent) and ABC\u2019s This Week <\/em>by +414,000 (+13 percent), its biggest advantage in five years. MTP grew two percent (+84,000) in total viewers compared to last season.<\/p>\n

MTP continues its dominance in the all-important key demo, winning the season with an average of 1.081 million A25-54 viewers. It is the only Sunday show to deliver more than one million demo viewers, topping ABC by +22 percent (+195,000) and CBS by +27 percent (+230,000). The network broadcast has now doubled its advantages over both ABC and CBS by +112 percent and +111 percent, respectively, compared to last season. MTP has also grown among A25-54 viewers by +70,000 (seven percent) since last season.<\/p>\n

Averaging 800,000 A18-49 viewers for the season, MTP grew its demo viewership by +11 percent (+81 percent) and delivered its biggest lead over CBS in eight seasons (+202,000) and over ABC in six seasons (+22 percent). Compared to last season, MTP grew its advantage over CBS by +92 percent and over ABC by +95 percent. This is the second straight season win for MTP among A18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n

For the third quarter of 2017, MTP was also the #1 most-watched Sunday broadcast, winning two of the last three quarters across the board. Averaging 3.172 million viewers for Q3\u201917, MTP beat ABC by +178,000 (six percent) and CBS by +26,000 (one percent). The network broadcast also topped its competition by double-digits in the key demo with an average of 943,000 viewers: +87,000 (ten percent) more than ABC and +202,000 (+31 percent) more than CBS. This is MTP\u2019s seventh consecutive quarter win in the key demo. Among A18-49 viewers, MTP delivered its biggest Q3 audience in nine years with an average of 689,000 viewers: +99,000 (+17 percent more than ABC and +202,000 (+42 percent) more than CBS.<\/p>\n

This past Sunday, Sept. 24<\/a>, MTP featured exclusive interviews with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as well as White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short. It was the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board, with 3.385 million total viewers tuning into the broadcast: +343,000 (+11 percent) more than ABC. MTP continued its dominance in the demo most valued by news advertisers, winning its tenth consecutive broadcast among A25-54 viewers. With 1.035 million demo viewers tuning into the program, MTP outperformed ABC by double-digits: +13 percent (+119,000). Compared to the same Sunday last year, MTP delivered across-the-board growth, gaining +11 percent (+338,000) in total viewers, +16 percent (+144,000) in the key A25-54 demo and +22 percent (+141,000) among A18-49 viewers. To note, an additional 1.380 million viewers and 264,000 key demo viewers watched Sunday\u2019s program through rebroadcasts on MSNBC. On the last Sunday of the 2016-2017 season, CBS retitled its broadcast.<\/p>\n

Tune in this Sunday, and follow the show on Facebook<\/a> and on Twitter<\/a> for the latest.<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

2016-2017 Season (Sept. 19, 2016 \u2013 Sept. 24, 2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nHH<\/td>\nTotal Viewers<\/td>\nA25-54 Viewers<\/td>\nA18-49 Viewers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEET THE PRESS<\/strong><\/td>\n2.52<\/strong><\/td>\n3,608<\/strong><\/td>\n1,081<\/strong><\/td>\n800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td>\n2.46<\/td>\n3,592<\/td>\n851<\/td>\n598<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td>\n2.06<\/td>\n2,977<\/td>\n702<\/td>\n495<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THIS WEEK<\/td>\n2.25<\/td>\n3,194<\/td>\n886<\/td>\n621<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td>\n1.06<\/td>\n1,520<\/td>\n471<\/td>\n346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olivia Petersen
\nNBC News
\no: (202) 885-4159
\ne: olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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NBC NEWS’ <\/strong>MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>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. Meet the Press<\/em> reaches more than three million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, OTT platforms and social media. Meet the Press<\/em> brings its authority and influencer interviews to MSNBC with \u201cMTP Daily\u201d<\/a> weekdays at 5 p.m. ET and to the \u201c1947: The Meet the Press Podcast\u201d<\/a>. Chuck Todd is the political director of NBC News and the moderator of Meet the Press<\/em>; John Reiss is the executive producer.<\/p>\n

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