SPECIAL EDITION OF “MEET THE PRESS” LIVE FROM IOWA IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD

Ranks #1 Across the Board Season to Date

Wins Every Sunday with Total Viewers in Washington in Almost Five Years

February 4, 2020 – Meet the Press with Chuck Todd (MTP) won again this past Sunday, February 2 as the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Sunday’s special edition show from Iowa featured interviews with Sen. Lamar Alexander and Pete Buttigieg, and averaged 3.080 million total viewers. MTP topped ABC’s This Week by +14 percent (+381,000) and CBS’s Face the Nation by three percent (+79,000).

MTP also won in the demo most valued by news advertisers. 673,000 A25-54 key demo viewers tuned into the Sunday program: four percent (+28,000) more than ABC and five percent (+34,000) more than CBS. Compared to last Sunday, MTP was up three percent in the key demo (+22,000).

Season-to-date, MTP is the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board.

MTP continues to dominate the influential Washington, D.C. market, winning every Sunday with total viewers in almost five years (since March 22, 2015).

An additional 594,000 total viewers and 145,000 A25-54 viewers watched the Sunday program through rebroadcasts on NBC and MSNBC.

Tune in to MSNBC’s MTP Daily weekdays at 5 p.m. for more from moderator Chuck Todd, and follow the broadcast on Facebook and on Twitter for the latest.

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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Show Name  Net  Duration (minutes)  Total Viewers  A25-54 Viewers 
MEET THE PRESS  NBC  48 3,080 673
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR CBS 30 3,001 639
FACE THE NATION HOUR CBS 60 2,454 507
THIS WEEK ABC 32 2,700 645
FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX 60 1,218 314

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For more information, contact:

Richard Hudock
NBC News
o: (202) 885-4159
e: Richard.Hudock@nbcuni.com

Joya Manasseh
NBC News
o: (212) 664-2498
e: joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com

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MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd is where newsmakers come to make news — 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 for the 2018-2019 season, reaching more than three million viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. Meet the Press brings its authority and influencer interviews to MSNBC with MTP Daily weekdays at 5 p.m. ET and to The Chuck ToddCast. It’s the longest-running show in television history, recently expanding its brand to include a political short-documentary film festival in collaboration with the American Film Institute. Chuck Todd is the political director of NBC News and the moderator of Meet the Press; John Reiss is the executive producer.

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