{"id":8590,"date":"2026-04-01T19:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:33:46","slug":"meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-is-1-in-march-in-key-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/04\/01\/meet-the-press-with-kristen-welker-is-1-in-march-in-key-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER IS #1 IN MARCH IN KEY DEMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Ranks #1 in Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 1, 2026 \u2014 <em>Meet the Press with Kristen Welker <\/em>was the <strong>#1<\/strong> Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in March according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meet the Press<\/em> averaged <strong>432,000 key A25-54 demo viewers<\/strong> in March, leading ABC by +52,000 (+14%) and CBS by +56,000 (+15%). This marks <em>Meet the Press\u2019s <\/em>nineteenth consecutive month beating ABC among key demo viewers. <em>Meet the Press <\/em>has outperformed CBS among key demo viewers for thirteen of the last fourteen months, which continues to rate for just 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast. Compared to prior year, <em>Meet the Press <\/em>improved its A25-54 demo lead vs. CBS&nbsp; (+57,000 vs. +7,000 prior year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, March 29, 2026, <em>Meet the Press <\/em>ranked <strong>#1 <\/strong>among A25-54 demo viewers and was the only Sunday public affairs show up vs. the prior week in both key demo viewers and total viewers. In addition, <em>Meet the Press <\/em>scored <strong>2.471 million total viewers<\/strong>, its largest audience in four weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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 ranks #1 in key 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>March\u2019s broadcasts featured exclusive interviews with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/cuban-deputy-fm-reacts-to-trump-s-threats-to-take-over-cuba-full-interview-259825733583\">Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/iran-foreign-minister-reacts-to-trump-saying-he-ll-pick-the-next-leader-of-iran-full-interview-258930757652\">Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/scott-bessent-says-the-u-s-needs-to-escalate-to-de-escalate-in-iran-full-interview-259827269945\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/hakeem-jeffries-insists-american-people-deserve-answers-on-iran-full-interview-258930757592\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)<\/a>, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NATIONAL AVERAGES \u2013 MARCH 2026<\/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>196<\/td><td>2,517<\/td><td>432<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR<\/td><td>CBS<\/td><td>150<\/td><td>3,015<br><\/td><td>376<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>THIS WEEK<\/td><td>ABC<\/td><td>272<\/td><td>2,796<\/td><td>380<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOX NEWS SUNDAY<\/td><td>FOX<\/td><td>300<\/td><td>1,084<\/td><td>232<\/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>Ranks #1 in Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date&nbsp; April 1, 2026 \u2014 Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers in March according to Nielsen. Meet the Press averaged 432,000 key A25-54 demo viewers in March, leading ABC by +52,000 (+14%) and CBS by +56,000 (+15%). 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