NBC News MEET THE PRESS Delivers Biggest Third-Quarter Audience in 4 Years

NBC News' "Meet the Press with Chuck Todd" (MTP) delivered its biggest third-quarter audience since 2011, outperforming ABC's "This Week" for the second quarter this year in total viewers. MTP also delivered its best third-quarter in the 25-54 demo since 2012.

Continuing its strong momentum, MTP closed the total viewer gap by 84% with CBS's "Face the Nation" (FTN) - which is only rated for 30 minutes of its broadcast - and won the demo over FTN in the first quarterly demo win since the Q4'12.

MTP ended the quarter as #2 both in total viewers and the demo, topping both ABC's "This Week" and CBS's "Face the Nation" half-hour, respectively.

This past Sunday, Sept. 20, MTP beat FTN in the demo for the 15th consecutive broadcast and topped ABC's "This Week" in total viewers for the 9th consecutive week. Week-over-week, MTP closed the demo gap with ABC's "This Week" by 51%.

For the 2014-2015 season, MTP closed the total viewer gap by 97% with ABC's "This Week" and closed the demo gap by 49% with CBS's "Face the Nation" half-hour compared to the previous season. MTP was up across-the-board season-to-season, +4% in total viewers and +2% in the demo.

This Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will exclusively speak with Chuck Todd in a two-part interview, to air on "Meet the Press" and on Monday's premiere of MSNBC's "MTP Daily." Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will also join Sunday's "Meet the Press" exclusively.

Q3'15 HIGHLIGHTS

MTP ranked #2 in total viewers; its best delivery since 2011
MTP ranked #2 in the 25-54 demo; its best delivery since 2012
MTP outperformed ABC's "This Week" in total viewers for 2 of the last 3 quarters
First quarterly demo win over CBS's "Face the Nation" half-hour since Q4'12
MTP narrowed the demo gap by 20% with ABC's "This Week" compared to last year's Q3