Um, I think your math is off. 2,82 million for Meet The beats 2.42 million for This Week. Clearly you’re talking about the “demo” totals which is who the networks covet but, that’s not the overall total.

No one watches Fox News… man that was fun!

I think the first paragraph on Mediabistro says it all.

“Summer surprise? NBC’s “Meet The Press” was the most watched Sunday show during another Summer weekend, but while ABC and its interim hosts have mostly slipped back to third place among the public affairs shows since George Stephanopoulos’ departure, “This Week” topped “MTP” and finished first in the A25-54 demo on Sunday.”

I’m guessing that because MTP’s entire show was devoted to Afghanistan, the younger viewers fled. Despite attempts to make people care about the war, they clearly don’t.

Jack,thanks for your service, but ABC must in August turn the show over to the terrorist sympathizer.

“It was Jake Tapper’s first victory as permanent guest host – about two months before ABC hands the show over to Christiane Amanpour.”

Way to go ABC! Good luck hanging on to your audience after the handover.

roxsteady said:
Um, I think your math is off. 2,82 million for Meet The beats 2.42 million for This Week. Clearly you’re talking about the “demo” totals which is who the networks covet but, that’s not the overall total.

Jesus , Box of Rox you couldn’t even read the first paragraph of the article ?

This may be a novel concept , but writers have been known to continue their thoughts after the headline ( see smaller words below big print ).
To top it off you go running over to another source and bring a quote back to “prove” Steve Krakauer wrong.

Your stupidity is staggering !

Steve asks the right question: Can the show maintain ratings when Christianne takes over?

I’ll give you a prediction: NO

When Christianne takes over the show, the rankings will tank. Don’t be surprised to see this show fall into fourth place behind FNS. Christianne brings nothing of interest to the table for American viewers.

The day she takes over is the day I stop watching this show and I’ve been watching since David Brinkley helmed it. ABC has made some of the dumbest moves in their news division over the last year, but this one tops them all. I hope she falls flat on her face.

Taking Tapper off and putting Amanpour on will be the Sunday talk show equivalent of the Leno to Prime Time/Conan debacle. I give her until the November elections TOPS before they send her on “special assignment” and bring back the Tap.

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ABC is nuts not to give Tapper a permanent gig. He is one of the few members of the MSM who has any credibility.

These ratings are inaccurate because unlike This Week (and the Fox and CBS shows), Meet the Press airs multiple times. I, for example, watch the McLaughlin Group on CBS, where it airs during the second half of MTP. So instead of watching just half of MTP, I wait until a repeat airing to watch. In addition to its NBC slot (10:30am in NYC), MTP airs 3 times on MSNBC (2p, 2a, 4a) and once on NSTOP (9p). I believe it’s also archived on NBC’s webpage.

The total viewership (even without web viewership) is then probably WAY higher than This Week,