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Meet the Press
| Meet the Press | |
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| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | Sunday news program |
| Website: | Official website |
Meet the Press is an hourlong Sunday news program that airs on NBC each week. The show is hosted and moderated by Kristen Welker, who facilitates roundtable discussions, interviews political figures, and analyzes the week's political news.
Background
Meet the Press began as a radio show in 1945 and was reworked for television in 1947. It is the longest-running show on TV and has had 13 moderators in its history.[1][2] Originally, it was a press conference-style show in which a newsmaker would take questions from a panel of journalists for 30 minutes.[3] The show regularly topped the Sunday ratings when Tim Russert moderated; Variety noted that Russert's "pointed questioning had set the standard for the format" of Sunday news shows.[4]
In 2023, former host Chuck Todd announced he would step down from his role. Kristen Welker, who was previously NBC's chief White House correspondent, took over as host in September 2023.[5]
Work and activities
Format of Meet the Press
Traditionally, Meet the Press would spend one or more segments with a newsmaker. When Russert moderated the show, The Washington Post said he "would spend multiple segments grilling a single newsmaker."[6] The show also features roundtable discussions of the week's news from national journalists and media personalities.[7] In August 2025, guests included Vice President J.D. Vance, U.S. Sens. Adam Schiff and Chris Murphy, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.[8][9]
Salon called Meet the Press "an icon of insider D.C. culture."[10] Todd said "“(Viewers) are looking for somebody to weed out the nonsense. I feel like one of my missions each week is to focus on what mattered and let people know what didn’t matter."[11]
Viewership
In June 2025, Meet the Press was the top Sunday show among viewers ages 25-54. Among total viewers the show was in third place, behind CBS' Face the Nation and ABC's This Week. [12]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ "National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, "Meet the Press," accessed August 27, 2025
- ↑ NBC, "Meet The Press Hosts," July 10, 2024
- ↑ Archive of American Television, "Meet the Press," accessed August 27, 2025
- ↑ Variety, "Chuck Todd Inaugurates New Look On 'Meet the Press,'" September 7, 2014
- ↑ NPR, "Chuck Todd, host and moderator of NBC's 'Meet the Press', will step down," June 4, 2023
- ↑ The Washington Post, "As ‘Meet the Press’ struggles in the ratings, plenty of questions for host David Gregory," April 20, 2014
- ↑ Today, "About 'Meet the Press,'" accessed September 9, 2015
- ↑ NBC News, "Sec. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy," August 17, 2025
- ↑ NBC News, "August 24 — Vice Pres. JD Vance, Sergey Lavrov and Sen. Adam Schiff," August 24,2025
- ↑ Salon, "Cancel 'Meet the Press': Why this icon of Beltway insiderism has to go," July 25, 2014
- ↑ Poynter, "Behind the scenes at NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’," November 7, 2022
- ↑ Forbes, "NBC’s ‘Meet The Press’ Extends Its Lead Among Younger Viewers," June 10, 2025
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