Hits Four-Week High in Total Viewers, Largest Total Viewer Win Over ABC in Five Weeks
Delivers Highest Network Growth Year-Over-Year
DEC. 13, 2016 – “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” (MTP) was #1 in the key demo for the 11thstraight week, delivering 1.070 million viewers this past Sunday.
According to Nielsen data, MTP topped CBS’ “Face the Nation” by nine percent (+89,000) and ABC by +22 percent (+194,000) in the demo. The network broadcast also grew +28 percent with A25-54 viewers compared to the same Sunday last year. MTP continues to hold its #1 place in the demo season-to-date.
With 3.726 million total viewers, MTP led ABC by +18 percent (+575,000) – the largest win over ABC in five weeks. MTP also grew five percent in total viewers week-over-week and +17 percent year-over-year. Only seven and a half percent (-304,000) of viewers separated MTP from CBS, which only rates for 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.
MTP continued its dominance in the influential Washington D.C. market, outperforming the combined deliveries of CBS and ABC in total viewers. MTP has now won every Sunday in the market for 78 consecutive broadcasts (since March 22, 2015) and has won 30 straight broadcasts in the key demo.
An additional 730,000 viewers and 220,000 demo viewers watched MTP through rebroadcasts on MSNBC.
Follow “Meet the Press” on Facebook and on Twitter. For the latest from moderator Chuck Todd, sign up for the “First Read” newsletter and tune into MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” weekdays at 5 p.m. ET.
NATIONAL AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2016
| Show Name | Net | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 46 | 3726 | 1070 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 4030 | 981 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3183 | 760 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 45 | 3151 | 876 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 2291 | 728 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. AVERAGES – SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2016
| Households | Total Viewers | Adults 25-54 | |||||
| Stn | Program | Rtg | Shr | TV(000) | MTP ADV | TV(000) | MTP ADV |
| WRC | MEET THE PRESS | 3.4 | 9 | 97 | — | 28 | — |
| WUSA | FACE THE NATION HOUR | 1.3 | 3 | 32 | 203% | 5 | 460% |
| WJLA | THIS WEEK ABC | 0.9 | 2 | 38 | 155% | 8 | 250% |
| WTTG | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | 2.1 | 6 | 62 | 56% | 19 | 47% |
# # #
