Biggest Total Viewer Audience in More Than 3 Years, Fourth Straight Total Viewer Win Over ABC

Tops Competition in Demo by Double-Digits

Largest D.C. Audience Since January ’09; Continues Dominance in Influential Market

JAN. 28, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) delivered its second back-to-back win in the key A25-54 demo with more 1.316 million viewers for Sunday, January 24.

With a double-digit advantage over competition (+14 percent over CBS’ half-hour and +18 percent over ABC), this marks MTP’s best demo performance since January 8, 2012. Week over week, MTP has grown by 10% among A25-54 viewers.

Delivering 4.104 million total viewers, MTP had its biggest audience since December 30, 2012: a +28 percent increase compared to the same time last year. Despite rating for 17 minutes more than CBS’ half-hour, only 6 percent of viewers separated MTP from a total viewer win.

In the influential market of Washington, D.C., 178,000 viewers and 59,000 A25-54 viewers tuned into MTP – more than double both viewerships of ABC and CBS. This marks the show’s biggest audience in the market since the Sunday before President Obama’s inauguration (Jan. 11, 2009).

An additional 1.252 million total viewers and 454,000 A25-54 viewers watched MTP with rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC.

Watch last week’s show, and tune in this Sunday for a special “Meet the Press” live from Iowa to mark the first nominating contest of Decision 2016. Join the conversation online with hashtag #MTP.

NATIONAL AVERAGES – Sunday, January 24, 2016

Show Name	Net	Dur	TOTAL VIEWERS	A25-54 VIEWERS
MEET THE PRESS	NBC	47	4104	1316
FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR	CBS	30	4371	1159
FACE THE NATION HOUR	CBS	60	3340	907
THIS WEEK	ABC	36	3642	1117
FOX NEWS SUNDAY	FOX	60	1656	503

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – Sunday, January 24, 2016

		TOTAL VIEWERS		A25-54 VIEWERS
Stn	Program	TV(000)	MTP ADV	TV(000)	MTP ADV
WRC	MEET THE PRESS	178	—	59	—
WUSA	FACE THE NATION	74	141%	23	157%
WJLA	THIS WEEK ABC	74	141%	24	146%
WTTG	FOX NEWS SUNDAY	89	100%	41	44%