MTP Tops CBS’s “Face the Nation” Half-Hour in the Demo for 14th Straight Week, Narrows Gap in Total Viewers by 23k Week-to-Week
Year-over-Year, MTP Posts Double-Digit Growth Across-the-Board
SEPT. 17, 2015 – NBC’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) delivered an eighth straight win in total viewers over ABC’s “This Week” and continued its winning streak over CBS’s “Face the Nation” (FTN) half-hour in the demo – now topping FTN for 14 consecutive weeks.
MTP narrowed the gap in total viewers to just 23,000 with FTN, which is rated for only 30 minutes despite airing in more than three-fourths of the country as a full contiguous hour.
Continuing its strong momentum, MTP delivered double-digit gains across the board year-over-year: +16% in total viewers; +22% in the A25-54 demo; and +24% in the A18-49 demo.
MTP has rated #1 in the influential Washington, D.C. market for every broadcast since April 19 of this year and delivered a three-digit advantage over ABC in the market this past Sunday.
MTP delivered an additional 1.240 million total viewers and 588,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – 9/13/2015
| Show Name | Net | Dur | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 VIEWERS |
A25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 42 | 3001 | 0.69 | 814 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3024 | 0.57 | 677 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 2408 | 0.47 | 564 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 35 | 2992 | 0.76 | 908 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1351 | 0.33 | 396 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – 9/13/2015
| TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 VIEWERS | |||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 77 | — | 18 | — |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 51 | 51% | 13 | 38% |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 29 | 166% | 10 | 80% |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 48 | 60% | 16 | 13% |
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MEET THE PRESS
“Meet the Press” is where newsmakers come to make news — setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. “Meet the Press” reaches more than 3 million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, the #TweetThePress interview series, Flipboard, and social media platforms. Chuck Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press” and John Reiss is the executive producer.
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