Leads in Demo Season-to-Date, Tops Competition in Demo by Double-Digits
Beats ABC in Total Viewers for 12th Straight Week
Outperforms Competition Combined in Influential Washington, D.C. Market
MARCH 24, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) won the key A25-54 demo for Sunday, March 20, marking its fourth #1 consecutive win with a delivery of 1.143 million viewers.
Outperforming the competition by double-digits this past Sunday – +16 percent more than CBS’ “Face the Nation” half-hour and +23 percent more than ABC’s “This Week” – MTP is the #1 Sunday show in the key demo season-to-date.
With 3.829 million viewers, the show topped ABC for the 12th straight week in total viewers. Despite rating for 15 minutes more than CBS’ half-hour program, MTP came within just one percent of being the most-watched Sunday show: only 25,000 viewers separated the two programs.
MTP showed double-digit growth year-over-year in both total viewers and the key demo: +30 percent and +41 percent, respectively.
The network broadcast also continued its dominance in the influential Washington, D.C. market, outperforming the competition combined both in total viewers and in the key A25-54 demo.
With rebroadcasts on the NBC network and on MSNBC, an additional 2.134 million total viewers and 663,000 A25-54 viewers watched MTP.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 45 | 3829 | 1143 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3854 | 983 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3123 | 762 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 40 | 3687 | 930 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1592 | 443 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016
| Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | ||||
| Stn | Program | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 138 | — | 42 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 47 | 194% | 3 | 1300% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 23 | 500% | 5 | 740% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 42 | 229% | 23 | 83% |
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NBC NEWS’ “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD”
“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, 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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