MEET THE PRESS Ranks as No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program, 8/18

"Meet the Press" was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs program on August 18, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast drew 2.460 million viewers, topping This Week by +174,000, The Face the Nation hour by +655,000, and Fox News Sunday by +1,571,000.

MTP delivered an additional 960,000 total viewers and 460,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts - 381,000 total viewers and 201,000 A25-54 viewers on the network and 579,000 total viewers and 259,000 A25-54 viewers on MSNBC.

In Washington, DC, MTP averaged 51,000 total viewers (2.0/6 HH), +104% ahead of FOX News Sunday's 25,000 (1.3/4), +155% more than The Face the Nation hour's 20,000 (1.1/3), and +264% ahead of This Week's 14,000 viewers (0.7/2).

Highlights:

- MTP averaged 2.460 million total viewers, +8% (+174,000) more than This Week's 2.286 million, +36% (+655,000) more than The Face The Nation hour's 1.805 million, and +177% (+1,571,000) ahead of FOX News Sunday's 889,000.
- MTP was the only broadcast with week-to-week growth in total viewers (+11%, or +236,000)
- In homes, MTP delivered a 1.9 rating and 5 share, ahead of This Week 's 1.6/5, The Face the Nation hour's 1.3/4, and FOX News Sunday's 0.7/2.
- In rating A25-54, MTP delivered a 0.6 rating, tied with This Week's 0.6, +2 tenths ahead of The Face The Nation hour's 0.4, and +3 tenths more than FOX News Sunday's 0.3.
- MTP averaged 657,000 A25-54 viewers, +3,000 more than This Week's 654,000, +124,000 more than The Face The Nation hour's 533,000, and +349,000 more than FOX News Sunday's 308,000.

Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press" featured a discussion on "stop and frisk" with NY Police Commissioner Ray Kelly; a reaction from Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, the family's lawyer Benjamin Crump, and President and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous; a discussion on the violence in Egypt and America's response with NBC's Richard Engel, Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins Vali Nasr, and Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center Robin Wright; and a political roundtable with Former White House Press Secretary now an NBC News Political Contributor Robert Gibbs, Editor of the National Review Rich Lowry, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd.

David Gregory is the moderator of "Meet the Press." Rob Yarin is the executive producer, Adam Verdugo is the senior producer, Chris Donovan and Ilana Marcus Drimmer are producers.