MEET THE PRESS is Sunday's Most-Watched Public Affairs Hour, 6/16

By: Jun. 20, 2013
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"Meet the Press" was the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs hour on June 16, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast drew 2.380 million viewers, topping This Week by +336,000, The Face the Nation hour by +353,000, and Fox News Sunday by +1,318,000.

MTP delivered an additional 1,196,000 total viewers and 620,000 A25-54 viewers with rebroadcasts - 379,000 total viewers and 140,000 viewers A25-54 on the network, and 817,000 total viewers and 480,000 viewers A25-54 on MSNBC.

In Washington, DC, MTP averaged 88,000 total viewers (2.6/8 HH), +167% more than The Face the Nation hour's 33,000 (1.1/4), +226% ahead of FOX News Sunday's 27,000 (1.1/4), and +529% ahead of This Week's 14,000 viewers (0.7/2).
Highlights:

· MTP averaged 2.380 million total viewers, +16% (+336,000) more than This Week's 2.044 million, +17% (+353,000) more than The Face The Nation hour's 2.027 million, and +124% (+1,318,000) ahead of FOX News Sunday's 1.062 million.
· In homes, MTP delivered a 1.8 rating and 5 share, ahead of This Week 's 1.4/4, The Face the Nation hour's 1.5/4, and FOX News Sunday's 0.8/2.
· In rating A25-54, MTP delivered a 0.7 rating, +1 tenth more than This Week, +3 tenths more than The Face The Nation hour, and +4 tenths more than FOX News Sunday.
· MTP averaged 801,000 A25-54 viewers, +131,000 more than This Week's 670,000, +354,000 more than The Face The Nation hour's 447,000, and +428,000 more than FOX News Sunday's 373,000.
· Compared to its 2Q'13 average, MTP was up +1 tenth in rating Adults 25-54.

Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press" featured interviews with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senate Intelligence Committee vice-chair Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), and Mark Udall (D-CO), and a roundtable discussion with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), former Director of the NSA and CIA Gen. Michael Hayden, Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius, New York Times national security reporter James Risen, and NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

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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