‘Meet the Press’ starts strong in November
November 8, 2015
With political season already heating up ahead of next year’s presidential election, NBC’s “Meet the Press” is getting hot at the right time.
The Sunday morning new show averaged 3.35 million total viewers on Nov. 1, according to Nielsen, up 23 percent from the same Sunday a year ago and beating ABC’s “This Week” for the 15th straight week.
“This Week” was second in total viewers at 2.93 million, with CBS’s “Face the Nation” third at 2.67 million. “Fox News Sunday” was preempted due to NFL football coverage.
Further, “Meet the Press” averaged 919,000 viewers in the news demo adults 25-54, versus 772,000 for ABC and 556,000 for CBS.
In fact, it was NBC’s largest lead in the demo over CBS in more than two years, since January 2013.
The Chuck Todd-hosted show was also No. that day in Washington, D.C., averaging 86,000 viewers. CBS was second at 60,000 and ABC third at 22,000.
EVENING NETWORK NEWS RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
25-54s |
People 2+ |
|
Rtg% |
Total viewers (millions) |
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|
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt |
NBC |
1.7 |
8.506 |
|
World News Tonight with David Muir |
ABC |
1.6 |
8.489 |
|
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley |
CBS |
1.4 |
7.248 |
|
Source: Nielsen |
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SUNDAY MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
Viewers 25-54 |
|
|
|
Rating |
Viewers (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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|
Meet the Press
|
NBC
|
- |
0.919
|
3.345
|
|
This Week
|
ABC
|
-
|
0.772
|
2.930
|
|
Face the Nation
|
CBS
|
-
|
0.556
|
2.673
|
|
News Sunday* |
Fox |
-
|
- |
- |
|
* ‘Fox News Sunday’ was preempted by NFL football. Also, 25-54 ratings weren’t immediately available. Source: Nielsen |
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LATE-NIGHT RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
People 2+ |
Adults 18-49 |
|
Total viewers (millions) |
Rtg% |
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|
Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
|
NBC
|
3.756 |
0.97
|
|
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
|
CBS
|
2.621
|
0.61
|
|
Jimmy Kimmel Live |
ABC |
2.395
|
0.57 |
|
Late Night with Seth Meyers
|
NBC
|
1.607 |
0.45 |
|
Nightline
|
ABC
|
1.628
|
0.39
|
|
The Late Late Show with James Corden
|
CBS
|
1.159
|
0.31
|
|
Last Call with Carson Daly |
NBC |
0.910 |
0.27 |
|
* Friday’s “Kimmel,” “Late Night,” “Late Late Show” and “Last Call” were encores. Thursday’s “Late Show” and “Late Late Show” were delayed by an NFL overrun. Source: Nielsen |
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MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
Households |
People 2+ |
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Rtg% |
Shr |
Total viewers (millions) |
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Good Morning America |
ABC |
3.6 |
14 |
4.879 |
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Today |
NBC |
3.2 |
13 |
4.384 |
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This Morning |
CBS |
2.4 |
9 |
3.350 |
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Source: Nielsen |
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SYNDICATION
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# |
PROGRAMS |
Syndicator |
HH Rating |
Total Viewers (000) |
|
1
|
ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON
|
ESP
|
9.3
|
15021
|
|
2
|
JUDGE JUDY (AT)
|
CTD
|
6.9
|
9550
|
|
3
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
|
CTD
|
6.6
|
10591
|
|
4
|
FAMILY FEUD (AT)
|
2/T
|
6.4
|
9245
|
|
5
|
JEOPARDY (AT)
|
CTD
|
6.2
|
9635
|
|
6
|
BIG BANG-SYN (AT)
|
WB
|
5.3
|
8034
|
|
7
|
LAW & ORDER:SVU-WKL (AT)
|
NBU
|
4.7
|
6235
|
|
8
|
BIG BANG WKND (AT)
|
WB
|
3.7
|
5997
|
|
9
|
MODERN FAMILY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
2/T
|
3.4
|
5005
|
|
10
|
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
|
CTD
|
3.0
|
4271
|
|
11
|
INSIDE EDITION (AT)
|
CTD
|
2.9
|
4221
|
|
11
|
DR. PHIL SHOW (AT)
|
CTD
|
2.9
|
3894
|
|
13
|
MODERN FAMILY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
2/T
|
2.8
|
4047
|
|
14
|
FAMILY FEUD-WK (AT)
|
2/T
|
2.7
|
4002
|
|
14
|
LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL
|
DAD
|
2.7
|
3666
|
|
16
|
TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT)
|
WB
|
2.6
|
3743
|
|
17
|
CLOSER (AT)
|
WB
|
2.5
|
3523
|
|
18
|
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW
|
WB
|
2.3
|
3137
|
|
19
|
FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
2/T
|
2.2
|
3177
|
|
19
|
BLUE BLOODS (AT)
|
CTD
|
2.2
|
3061
|
|
19
|
HOT BENCH (AT)
|
CTD
|
2.2
|
2944
|
|
22
|
FAMILY GUY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
2/T
|
2.1
|
3035
|
|
23
|
SEINFELD (AT)
|
SPT
|
2.0
|
2885
|
|
23
|
MIKE AND MOLLY (AT)
|
WB
|
2.0
|
2967
|
|
23
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND
|
CTD
|
2.0
|
3232
|
|
Source: Nielsen |
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