MEET THE PRESS is Sunday's Most-Watched Public Affairs Hour, 4/14

"Meet the Press" was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs hour on April 14, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast drew 2.760 million viewers, topping This Week by +349,000, The Face the Nation hour by +364,000, and FOX News Sunday by +1,739,000.

MTP delivered an additional 971,000 total viewers and 375,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts - 430,000 total viewers and 170,000 viewers A25-54 on the network, and 541,000 total viewers and 205,000 viewers A25-54 on MSNBC.

In Washington, DC, MTP averaged 83,000 total viewers (3.1/9 HH), +93% more than The Face the Nation hour's 43,000 (2.0/6), +219% ahead of FOX News Sunday's 26,000 viewers (0.8/2), and +361% ahead of This Week's 18,000 (0.6/2).

Highlights:

MTP averaged 2.760 million total viewers, +14% (+349,000) ahead of This Week's 2.411 million, +15% (+364,000) ahead of The Face the Nation hour's 2.396 million, and +170% (+1,739,000) ahead of FOX News Sunday's 1.021 million.
In homes, MTP delivered a 2.0 rating and 6 share, ahead of This Week 's 1.7/5, The Face the Nation hour's 1.7/5, and FOX News Sunday's 0.8/2.
In rating A25-54, MTP delivered a 0.6 rating, tied with The Face the Nation hour, +1 tenth more than This Week, and +3 tenths more than FOX News Sunday.
MTP averaged 684,000 A25-54 viewers, +12% (+75,000) ahead of This Week and +106% (+352,000) ahead of FOX News Sunday.

Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press" featured an interview with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL); a conversation with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mike Lee (R-UT), New York Times columnist David Brooks, the BBC's Katty Kay, and NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd; as well as a special discussion about the legacy of Jackie Robinson with documentary filmmaker Ken Burn, Jackie Robinson's wife, Rachel Robinson, and actor Harrison Ford, who has a starring role in the new Robinson film "42."

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

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