Saturday, November 8, 2025

NBC's MTP Delivers Largest Key Demo Audience


Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, November 2, according to Nielsen.

Meet the Press averaged 458,000 key A25-54 demo viewers this past Sunday, leading CBS by +14,000 (+3%), and delivering the most key demo viewers of any program season-to-date. This marks Meet the Press’s seventh time in the last eight weeks ranking #1 among key A25-54 demo viewers.

In addition, Meet the Press averaged 301,000 A18-49 demo viewers, tied with CBS. Compared to the prior week, MTP was up +15% vs. CBS up +7%.

Meet the Press averaged 2.554 million total viewers this past Sunday, reaching its largest total viewership in seven weeks. Season-to-date, Meet the Press is leading ABC among total viewers for the first time in five seasons.

In addition to Nielsen-tracked viewers, on NBC News’ TikTok account, Sunday’s exclusive interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) scored nearly five million views and NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki’s breakdown of a new NBC News poll resulted in over 700,000 views. Clips of Sunday’s show garnered over one million views on NBC News’ YouTube account.

Meet the Press was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers for the 2024-25 broadcast season. Meet the Press has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.