NBC‘s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd was the most-watched Sunday show across the board for the month of October, according to Nielsen Media Research.
This marks Meet the Press’ third consecutive monthly win across the board. An average of 3.261 million total viewers tuned into Meet the Press in October: +19 percent (+523,000) more than ABC’s This Week and eight percent (+247,000) more than CBS’ Face the Nation. Compared to the prior month, MTP was up +10 percent.
MTP also won in the demo most valued by news advertisers in October and topped both ABC and CBS by double-digits. 779,000 A25-54 viewers tuned in for the month: +22 percent (+139,000) more than ABC and +22 percent (+141,000) more than CBS. This marks MTP’s fourth straight October win. Compared to the prior month, MTP was up +14 percent.
This past Sunday featured interviews with White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. MTP was re-titled this past Sunday, October 27 due to significant pre-emptions for special report coverage.
Meet the Press was interrupted last weekend by the news that US Forces had conducted a mission in Syria which killed ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Season-to-date, MTP is the most-watched Sunday show across the board, delivering its best total viewer lead over ABC in eight years and CBS in ten years.