‘Meet The Press’ Tops Sunday News Shows Among Young Viewers

NBC News’ Meet The Press has become the #1 Sunday show among young viewers within the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.

According to ratings from Nielsen, Meet The Press on Sunday outperformed its rival ABC’s This Week for the 10th consecutive week in the key 25-54 age demographic. The show averaged 473,000 in the 25-54 age range while Face The Nation remained in 2nd at 468,000 and This Week fell to fourth at 363,000 viewers in the demo.

The program, which is led by anchor Kristen Welker, overall remains #1 for the current broadcast season among the key demographic. However, Meet The Press also leads in digital viewership for all Sunday public affairs programs with 2.2 million recorded views across multiple platforms.

In total viewers, however, Face The Nation led on Sunday by a slim margin, 2.39 million viewers to Meet the Press’s 2.3 million. This week averaged 2.36 million total viewers.

Nielsen recorded over 383,000 hours of digital content for Meet The Press

. The show also remains the only program to grow its audience over last year in the 25-54 demo. Last Sunday’s episode featured interviews with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Meanwhile, Fox News Sunday fell to fourth place with the 25-54 age demographic with 266,000 viewers and a total viewership of 1.2 million.