Delivers Biggest Audience Since December 2012
Marks First Back-to-Back #1 Win Since February 2014
Tops ABC in Total Viewers for 11th Consecutive Week
OCT. 8, 2015 – NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was the most-watched Sunday show for the second straight week with 3.919 million total viewers on Oct. 4, outperforming ABC’s “This Week” by +189,000 viewers.
The show continues its strong momentum under the reins of Todd, delivering its first back-to-back win since February 2014 and drawing the largest audience in nearly four years (since 12/30/12). Year-over-year, MTP has grown +56% (+1.407 million) in total viewers and +35% (+233,000) in the 25-54 demo.
MTP has now topped ABC’s “This Week” in total viewers for 11 consecutive weeks, despite consistently being rated for more minutes – 43 to 33 minutes this past Sunday, respectively.
MTP’s dominance of the influential Washington, D.C. market is uncontested: it has ranked #1 in total viewers for every broadcast since April 14, 2015. This past Sunday, MTP more than tripled both ABC and FOX among total viewers and delivered its biggest audience in the market in more than 5 years.
MTP delivered an additional 1.310 million total viewers and 520,000 25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.
Note: CBS’s “Face the Nation” was pre-empted on Sunday, Oct. 4.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2015
| Show Name | Net | Dur | TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 43 | 3919 | 896 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | — | — | — |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | — | — | — |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 33 | 3730 | 1065 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1398 | 402 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2015
| TOTAL VIEWERS | 25-54 VIEWERS | |||||
| Market | Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WASHINGTON | WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 167 | — | 39 | — |
| WASHINGTON | WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | — | — | — | — |
| WASHINGTON | WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 53 | 215% | 6 | 550% |
| WASHINGTON | WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 50 | 234% | 17 | 129% |
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Olivia Petersen
NBC News
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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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