MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD was the most-watched Sunday show this past Sunday, March 5, according to Nielsen data. Season to date, MTP is the #1 Sunday show across the board, marking the first time the broadcast has held that distinction at this point in the season since 2010-11.
4.128 million viewers tuned into Sunday's broadcast, which featured exclusive interviews with former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and an interview with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). MTP was the only network broadcast to deliver more than four million viewers, topping CBS' "Face the Nation" by +19 percent (+645,000), its highest lead over CBS since November 2015. MTP also topped ABC's "This Week" by +24 percent (+793,000). From last Sunday, MTP grew the most in total viewers out of all the Sunday public affairs shows, increasing by +13 percent. Compared to both CBS and ABC, MTP was the only Sunday public affairs show to grow across-the-board from the same Sunday last year, marking a two percent gain in total viewers and a five percent gain in A25-54 viewers. To note, CBS continues to rate only for the first 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast.Videos