Meet The Press Is No.1 Among Younger Audiences for Another Month

Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was ranked the #1 Sunday public affairs show among younger audiences in August, winning both key A25-54 and A18-49 demo viewers, according to Nielsen.

In addition to the month’s win, Meet the Press ranked #1 among total viewers and in the key A25-54 demo for this past Sunday, August 30. Meet the Press averaged 2.612 million total viewers, leading ABC by +114,000 (+5%). Also this Sunday, Meet the Press averaged 404,000 A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +56,000 (+16%) and outperforming ABC for five of the last six weeks.

In August, Meet the Press averaged 372,000 key A25-54 demo viewers, leading ABC by +43,000 (+13%) and CBS by +104,000 (+39%). Meet the Press has outperformed ABC for 24 consecutive months and has led CBS—which continues to rate for just 30 minutes of its hour-long broadcast—for seven of the last eight months, with the largest August lead vs. CBS in five years. Compared to last month, Meet the Press significantly improved its A25-54 lead vs. ABC (+43,000 vs. +2,000 prior month) and more than doubled its A25-54 lead vs. CBS (+104,000 vs. +48,000 prior month).

Meet the Press was the only show to increase A18-49 viewership compared to last month, averaging 253,000 A18-49 viewers in August, leading ABC by +5,000 (+2%) and CBS by +52,000 (+26%). Meet the Press has outperformed ABC for three of the last four months. This is also Meet the Press’ third consecutive month leading CBS, and compared to last month, Meet the Press improved its A18-49 lead vs. CBS by more than 6x (+52,000 vs. +8,000 prior month).

In August, Meet the Press averaged 2.466 million total viewers. Meet the Press was the only Sunday public affairs show to increase total viewership vs. last month and vs. last year.