{"id":8246,"date":"2025-08-12T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:36:28","slug":"meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-wins-1-in-key-demo-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/08\/12\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-wins-1-in-key-demo-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Meet the Press with Kristen Welker&#8221; Wins #1 in Key Demo on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Also Ranks #1 in the Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 12, 2025 \u2014 <em>Meet the Press with Kristen Welker <\/em>is the <strong>#1<\/strong> Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, August 10, according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meet the Press<\/em> averaged <strong>399,000 key A25-54 demo viewers<\/strong>, leading ABC by +105,000 (+36%) and CBS by +80,000 (+25%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Welker-led program ranks #1 for the current broadcast season among key A25-54 demo viewers, beating ABC by +45,000 and CBS by +11,000.<\/strong> <em>Meet the Press&nbsp;<\/em>has delivered the largest growth among all Sunday affairs programs versus the same point last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meet the Press<\/em> averaged 2.034 million total viewers this past Sunday.&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>&nbsp;has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meet the Press <\/em>also continues to garner significant digital viewership for Sunday public affairs programs, with viewers consuming hundreds of thousands of hours of content weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s broadcast featured exclusive interviews with Gov. 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Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and former Attorney General Eric Holder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 AUGUST 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Show Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Net<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Duration (minutes)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Total Viewers<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>A25-54 Viewers<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>MEET THE PRESS<\/strong><\/td><td>NBC<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>2,034<\/td><td>399<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FACE THE NATION<\/td><td>CBS<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>2,270<\/td><td>320<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FACE THE NATION HOUR<\/td><td>CBS<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>1,967<\/td><td>280<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>THIS WEEK<\/td><td>ABC<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>2,126<\/td><td>294<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td><td>FOX<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>117<\/td><td>189<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\"><em>Meet the Press with Kristen Welker<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;is the premiere destination for original political reporting and interviews with the leaders that shape each week\u2019s headlines. Moderated by Kristen Welker, the veteran NBC News chief White House correspondent and the first journalist of color to moderate a Sunday public affairs program,&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>&nbsp;has set the political agenda and highlighted the everyday impact of Washington decision-making on viewers all over the country for more than 75 years. It reaches millions of viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms.&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>&nbsp;also brings its signature analysis and newsmaker interviews to streaming audiences with&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press NOW<\/em>&nbsp;at 4 p.m. on weekdays on NBC News NOW. Kristen Welker is the 13th moderator of&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>, David P.&nbsp;Gelles&nbsp;is executive producer of&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>, and Melissa Frankel is executive producer of&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press NOW.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catherine Morris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Catherine.Morris@nbcuni.com\">Catherine.Morris@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also Ranks #1 in the Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date August 12, 2025 \u2014 Meet the Press with Kristen Welker is the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, August 10, according to Nielsen. 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