{"id":8446,"date":"2025-12-05T21:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:40:36","slug":"meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Reached Most Total Viewers of the Season Last Sunday&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Tenth Consecutive Month Winning Key A25-54 Demo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 5, 2025 \u2014 <em>Meet the Press with Kristen Welker <\/em>was the <strong>#1<\/strong> Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in November according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meet the Press<\/em> averaged <strong>440,000 key A25-54 demo viewers<\/strong>, leading ABC by +102,000 (+30%) and CBS by +23,000 (+5%). This marks <em>Meet the Press\u2019s <\/em>tenth consecutive month ranking #1 among key A25-54 demo viewers and fifteenth consecutive month leading ABC. <em>Meet the Press<\/em> averaged <strong>285,000 A18-49 viewers<\/strong> in November, tied with CBS for the season, which continues to rate for just 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Sunday, November 30th show, <em>Meet the Press<\/em> increased its viewership across-the-board vs. prior week and increased its A25-54 and total viewership vs. prior year. <em>Meet the Press<\/em> reached its largest A25-54 audience in eleven weeks, its largest A18-49 audience in seven weeks, and its largest total viewer audience of the season.&nbsp; Compared to prior year, <em>Meet the Press<\/em> reversed its total viewer gap vs. ABC (+70,000 vs. -275,000 prior year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meet the Press <\/em>was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/09\/23\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welkeris-1-in-key-demo-for-2024-25-broadcast-season\/\">2024-25 broadcast season<\/a> and continues to rank #1 in A25-54 demo viewers season-to-date. <em>Meet the Press<\/em> has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November\u2019s broadcasts featured interviews with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/bessent-says-inflation-has-nothing-to-do-with-tariffs-as-u-s-rolls-them-back-full-interview-252749893525\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/kristi-noem-blames-biden-afghanistan-abandonment-for-national-guard-shooting-full-interview-253308485652\">Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/tim-walz-says-trump-slurs-demonize-our-children-full-interview-253308485831\">Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/zohran-mamdani-says-he-still-believes-trump-a-fascist-after-meeting-full-interview-252747845835\">New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/hakeem-jeffries-says-i-hope-shutdown-ends-before-thanksgiving-full-interview-251638341587\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) <\/a>and more. It also featured a \u201cMeet the Moment\u201d conversation with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/wicked-good-director-jon-m-chu-discusses-importance-identity-films-rcna242766\"> \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d director Jon M. Chu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 NOVEMBER 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>Network<\/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>244<\/td><td>2,500<\/td><td>440<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td><td>CBS<\/td><td>150<\/td><td>2,604<br><\/td><td>417<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>THIS WEEK<\/td><td>ABC<\/td><td>156<\/td><td>2,377<\/td><td>338<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td><td>FOX<\/td><td>240<\/td><td>1,098<\/td><td>256<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\"><em>Meet the Press with Kristen Welker<\/em><\/a> 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, <em>Meet the Press<\/em> 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. <em>Meet the Press<\/em> also brings its signature analysis and newsmaker interviews to streaming audiences with <em>Meet the Press NOW<\/em> at 4 p.m. on weekdays on NBC News NOW. Kristen Welker is the 13th moderator of <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, David P. Gelles is executive producer of <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, and Melissa Frankel is executive producer of <em>Meet the Press NOW.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emma Dulaney&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Emma.Dulaney@nbcuni.com\">Emma.Dulaney@nbcuni.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reached Most Total Viewers of the Season Last Sunday&nbsp; Tenth Consecutive Month Winning Key A25-54 Demo December 5, 2025 \u2014 Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in November according to Nielsen. Meet the Press averaged 440,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +102,000 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":8247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[170,9],"tags":[34,110],"class_list":["post-8446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-meet-the-press","tag-featured","tag-meet-the-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reached Most Total Viewers of the Season Last Sunday&nbsp; Tenth Consecutive Month Winning Key A25-54 Demo December 5, 2025 \u2014 Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in November according to Nielsen. Meet the Press averaged 440,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +102,000 [...]Read More... from MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emma Dulaney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emma Dulaney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emma Dulaney\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f830679586cc5ea48e98911e87dc508\"},\"headline\":\"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":492,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Featured\",\"Meet the Press\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Meet the Press\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/05\\\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"description\":\"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\\\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"width\":2076,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"NBC News Press Releases\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NBCNewsPR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nbcnewspr\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threads.net\\\/@nbcnewspr\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f830679586cc5ea48e98911e87dc508\",\"name\":\"Emma Dulaney\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emma Dulaney\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/author\\\/emmad\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases","og_description":"Reached Most Total Viewers of the Season Last Sunday&nbsp; Tenth Consecutive Month Winning Key A25-54 Demo December 5, 2025 \u2014 Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in November according to Nielsen. Meet the Press averaged 440,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +102,000 [...]Read More... from MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO","og_url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/","og_site_name":"NBC News Press Releases","article_published_time":"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Emma Dulaney","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_site":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emma Dulaney","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/"},"author":{"name":"Emma Dulaney","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/3f830679586cc5ea48e98911e87dc508"},"headline":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO","datePublished":"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/"},"wordCount":492,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","keywords":["Featured","Meet the Press"],"articleSection":["Featured","Meet the Press"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/","name":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO - NBC News Press Releases","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-12-05T21:01:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-02T19:40:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","width":1600,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/05\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-was-the-1-sunday-public-affairs-show-among-a25-54-demo-viewers-in-november-according-to-nielsen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN NOVEMBER IN KEY DEMO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","name":"NBC News Press Releases","description":"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Friends, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization","name":"NBC News Press Releases","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","width":2076,"height":1152,"caption":"NBC News Press Releases"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNewsPR","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbcnewspr\/","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nbcnewspr"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/3f830679586cc5ea48e98911e87dc508","name":"Emma Dulaney","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f1675aca5f58886f1c5fe7a641e75527044d4e0334464d777d1a86661893833?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emma Dulaney"},"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/author\/emmad\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/MTP-key-demo-header.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}