{"id":2301,"date":"2018-03-13T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2018-03-13T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:52:23","slug":"meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-most-watched-sunday-show-across-the-board-for-seventh-straight-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/03\/13\/meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-most-watched-sunday-show-across-the-board-for-seventh-straight-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d IS #1 MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Only Sunday Show to Deliver More Than Three Million Total Viewers and One Million A25-54 Viewers <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Only Sunday Show to Grow Week Over Week, Up Double-Digits Across-the-Board <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Continues as #1 Across the Board Season-to-Date<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>MARCH 13, 2018 \u2013 \u201cMeet the Press with Chuck Todd\u201d (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show across the board this past Sunday, March 11, according to Nielsen Media Research data, marking its seventh straight week at #1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/www.nbc.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/meet-the-press-311\/3681851\">Sunday\u2019s broadcast<\/a> featured an exclusive interview with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who defended the president\u2019s insults at Saturday\u2019s rally, including about Todd himself: \u201cHe\u2019s using these vulgarities in the context of a campaign rally, and obviously there were a lot of funny moments on that rally\u201d; as well as interviews with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).<\/p>\n<p>3.733 million total viewers tuned into MTP, beating both ABC and CBS by double-digits: +37 percent (+1.001 million) more than ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d and +27 percent (+800,000) more than CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d which only rates for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast. This is MTP\u2019s 48th straight win over ABC and seventh straight win over CBS in total viewers, and best total viewer lead over ABC in over five years (since 12\/30\/2012, excluding Super Bowl Sunday and the Olympics) and CBS in over six years (since 1\/8\/2012). MTP was the only Sunday show to grow week over week in total viewers (+10 percent, +323,000), and compared to last year, MTP improved its advantage over CBS by +153 percent (+484,000).<\/p>\n<p>MTP was also the most-watched broadcast in the demo most valued by news advertisers for its fourteenth straight broadcast, beating both ABC and CBS by double-digits. 1.069 million demo viewers tuned into the Sunday program: +55 percent (+379,000) more than ABC and +66 percent (+426,000) more than CBS. MTP was the only Sunday show to grow week over week in the key demo (+12 percent, +113,000), tripling its lead over ABC (+245,000) and improving its advantage over CBS by +75% (+183,000). Compared to last year, MTP improved its advantage over CBS by +33 percent (+106,000).<\/p>\n<p>Season-to-date, MTP is the #1 most-watched Sunday show across-the-board and posts its largest advantage over ABC and CBS in total viewers in six years.<\/p>\n<p>MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming its competition across the board. Next week, MTP will mark its third straight year winning every Sunday in total viewers (since March 22, 2015).<\/p>\n<p>An additional 995,000 total viewers and 257,000 A25-54 viewers watched the Sunday program through rebroadcasts on NBC and MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Tune into MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMTP Daily\u201d weekdays at 5 p.m. for more, and follow the show <a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/www.facebook.com\/MeetThePress\">on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/twitter.com\/meetthepress\">on Twitter<\/a> for the latest.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Show Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Net<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Duration (minutes)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Viewers<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A25-54 Viewers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MEET THE PRESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NBC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>51<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>3,733<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,069<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>2,933<\/td>\n<td>644<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>2,419<\/td>\n<td>544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THIS WEEK<\/td>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>2,732<\/td>\n<td>691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td>\n<td>FOX<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>1,318<\/td>\n<td>414<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact:<\/p>\n<p>Joya Manasseh<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\no: (212) 664-2498<br \/>\nc: (917) 587-1284<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com\">joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBC NEWS&#8217; &#8220;MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/flwkertw\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\">Meet the Press with Chuck Todd<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0is where newsmakers come to make news \u2014 setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on Americans across the country. It is the #1 most-watched Sunday public affairs show across the board for the 2016-2017 season, reaching more than three million viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; brings its authority and influencer interviews to MSNBC with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/flwkertw\/www.msnbc.com\/mtp-daily\">\u201cMTP Daily\u201d<\/a> weekdays at 5 p.m. ET and to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/thkujpky\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/flwkertw\/apple.co\/2jzvrmX\">\u201c1947: The Meet the Press Podcast\u201d<\/a>. It\u2019s the longest-running show in television history, having celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017 with the launch of its first-ever film festival in collaboration with the American Film Institute this November. Chuck Todd is the political director of NBC News and the moderator of &#8220;Meet the Press<em>&#8220;<\/em>; John Reiss is the executive producer.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only Sunday Show to Deliver More Than Three Million Total Viewers and One Million A25-54 Viewers Only Sunday Show to Grow Week Over Week, Up Double-Digits Across-the-Board Continues as #1 Across the Board Season-to-Date MARCH 13, 2018 \u2013 \u201cMeet the Press with Chuck Todd\u201d (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show across the board this past [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/03\/13\/meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-is-1-most-watched-sunday-show-across-the-board-for-seventh-straight-week\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d IS #1 MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WEEK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2194,"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":[4,31],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meet-the-press","tag-feature","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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