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| genre = [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|Public affairs]]/[[news|news analysis program]]
| creator = [[Martha Rountree]]<ref name="60th"/><ref name="shemadeit"/><br>[[Lawrence Spivak]]<ref name="60th"/>
| director = Rob Melick<ref name="About Meet the Press">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcumv.com/programming/nbc-news/meet-press/credits |title=Meet the Press
| presenter = [[Kristen Welker]]<br>
| narrated = [[Fred Facey]]<br>Bert Pence<br>[[Dennis Haysbert]]
| theme_music_composer = [[John Williams]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 3,600+
| list_episodes =
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| network = [[NBC]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1947|11|6}}
| last_aired =
| related =
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'''''Meet the Press''''' is a weekly American television [[Sunday morning talk show]] broadcast on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press: Cast & Details|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/meet-press/cast/203044|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Meet The Press|url=
{{cite book
| first1 = Rick
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|publisher= McGraw Hill
|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/meet-press/cast/203044
|pages = 12 (Farley),
|date= 1998
|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>
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The longevity of ''Meet the Press'' is attributable in part to the fact that the program debuted during what was only the second official "network television season" for American television. It was the first [[live television]] [[News broadcasting|network news]] program on which a sitting [[president of the United States]] appeared, this occurred on its broadcast on November 9, 1975, which featured [[Gerald Ford]]. The program has been hosted by 12 [[Discussion moderator|moderators]], beginning with creator [[Martha Rountree]]. The show's current moderator is [[Kristen Welker]], who became moderator in September 2023 following longtime moderator [[Chuck Todd]]’s departure.
==Format==
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==History==
[[File:Meet the Press with Tim Russert Logo 2005.png|thumb|Logo used from 2005 to 2008]]
[[File:meetthepress110975.jpg|right|thumb|''Meet the Press'' set, November 1975. On this broadcast, a sitting American president ([[Gerald Ford]]) was, for the first time, a guest on a live television network news program.]]
[[File:Meet the Press 1988.svg|thumb|Logo used from 1988 to 1990]]
[[File:Meet the Press 1990.svg|thumb|Logo used from 1990 to September 3, 1995]]
''Meet the Press'' began on [[radio]] on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press'',<ref>{{cite web|title=60 Years Ago in News History: America Meets the Press|url=http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f|publisher=[[Newseum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117170923/http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f |archive-date=November 17, 2008 }}</ref> a program to promote ''[[The American Mercury]]'', a magazine that [[Lawrence Spivak]] purchased in 1935.<ref name="NYT Sale 1935">{{cite news |date=January 23, 1935 |title=American Mercury Sold to L. E. Spivak |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00E4D8103FE53ABC4B51DFB766838E629EDE&legacy=true |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2017-08-02 }}</ref> Before the program aired, Spivak had asked journalist [[Martha Rountree]], who had worked in radio and had been employed by Spivak as a roving editor for the magazine, to critique plans for a new radio show. As a result, Rountree created a new radio program that she called ''The American Mercury'', on October 5, 1945.<ref name="shemadeit">{{cite web|title=Martha Rountree: Radio/Television Producer, Writer, Host |url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 |work=shemadeit.org |publisher=[[The Paley Center for Media|Paley Center for Media]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032421/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
On November 6, 1947,<ref>{{cite web |last=Jay |first=Robert |title=WNBT Schedule, Week of November 2nd, 1947 |url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2017/11/wnbt-schedule-week-november-2nd-1947/ |website=TV Obscurities |date=7 November 2017 |publisher=Robert Jay |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> while still on the Mutual Broadcasting System, the television rights to the program were purchased by [[General Foods]]. They began to air the show on the [[NBC]] television network with the title shortened to simply ''Meet the Press''. The radio version then adopted the new name.
Although some sources credit Spivak with the program's creation,<ref name="60th"/><ref name="musebc"/> Rountree developed the idea on her own, and Spivak joined as co-producer and business partner in the enterprise after the show had already debuted.<ref name="shemadeit"/>
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''Meet the Press'' was originally presented as a 30-minute [[press conference]] with a single guest and a panel of questioners. Its first guest was [[James Farley]], who served as [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]], [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman and campaign manager to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] under the first two terms of the [[New Deal]] Administration. Martha Rountree served as its first host, the program's only female moderator until 2023.<ref name="shemadeit"/> She stepped down on November 1, 1953, and was succeeded by [[Ned Brooks]], who remained as moderator until his retirement on December 26, 1965.<ref name="shemadeit"/> Spivak became the moderator on January 1, 1966, moving up from his role as a permanent panelist. He retired on November 9, 1975, on a special one-hour edition that featured a sitting president as guest for the first time, in this case [[Gerald Ford]]. The next week, [[Bill Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe]], previously a weekly panelist like Spivak had been years before, took over as moderator and stayed until June 2, 1984.
For the next seven and a half years, the program then went through a series of hosts as it struggled in the ratings against [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week with David Brinkley]]''. [[Roger Mudd]] and [[Marvin Kalb]], as co-moderators, followed Monroe for a year, followed by [[Chris Wallace]] (who would later go on to a much longer run as host of the rival program ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'') from 1987 to 1988. [[Garrick Utley]], then hosting ''[[Weekend Today]]'', concurrently hosted ''Meet the Press'' from 1989 through December 1, 1991. All this occurred despite the increasing ratings of NBC News' other programs (and those of the network generally) during that period. The program originally aired at noon Eastern Time every Sunday ([[hammocking|leading into]] ''[[The NFL on NBC pregame show|NFL Live]]'' incongruously in the fall) before moving to a 9:00
===Under Russert===
[[File:Tv nbc meet the press with tim russert logo.jpg|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from September 10, 1995 to June 8, 2008
[[File:US Navy 060305-F-0193C-009 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. Peter Pace, responds to a question asked by host Tim Russert during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press.jpg|thumb|Russert interviews [[General (United States)|General]] [[Peter Pace]] in 2006.]]
Network officials, concerned for the show's future, turned to [[Tim Russert]], the network's bureau chief in Washington, D.C. He took over as moderator of ''Meet the Press'' on December 8, 1991, and remained with the program until his death on June 13, 2008, becoming the longest-serving moderator in the program's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast facts about the longest-running program in TV history |url=
Under Russert, the program was expanded to one hour and became less of a televised press conference, focusing more on Russert's questions and comments, Russert also engaged in longer in-depth interviews and hosted panels of experts to discuss the topics featured in that week's broadcast. Russert signed off each edition by saying, "That's all for today. We'll be back next week. If it's Sunday, it's ''Meet the Press''."
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====Interim Brokaw era====
''NBC Nightly News'' anchor [[Brian Williams]] acted as moderator of the first show following the tribute to Russert on June 15, 2008, with the same guests and subject matter that Russert was planning for when he died.<ref>{{cite web|title=June 22: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), political roundtable |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/
Following Russert's death, Tom Brokaw was named the interim moderator through the [[2008 United States elections|2008 general elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBC's Tom Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press' through election|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/
On August 10, 2008, [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] moderated the panel discussion during the second half-hour of the broadcast, while Brokaw anchored the first half-hour from the site of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. The following week on August 17, 2008, he moderated the entire broadcast. On December 1, 2008, it was also reported that the December 7, 2008 broadcast would be Brokaw's last, with Gregory becoming the new permanent host the following Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gregory to host 'Meet the Press' |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16119.html|author=Mike Allen|work=Politico|date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>
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===Under Todd===
[[File:Meet the Press 2010.png|thumb|right|Logo used from May 2, 2010 to August 10, 2014
[[File:Meet The Press August 17-31, 2014.png|thumb|right|Logo used from August 17, 2014 to August 31, 2014
[[File:Meet the Press.png|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from May 2, 2010 (introduced under former moderator David Gregory) to November 5, 2017
[[File:Meet The Press Logo 2017 -.png|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from November
[[File:Chris Murphy on Meet the Press.jpg|thumb|Senator [[Chris Murphy]] on ''Meet the Press'']]
[[File:President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Chuck Todd, new host of NBC's "Meet The Press" in the Cabinet Room of the White House.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] participates in an interview with Todd in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 6, 2014.]]
In response to declining viewership, rumors surfaced in August 2014 that Gregory would be replaced as the program's moderator. NBC News President [[Deborah Turness]] apparently had held discussions with [[Jon Stewart]] (then-host of [[Comedy Central]]'s [[News satire|news comedy]] program ''[[The Daily Show]]'') to replace Gregory,<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Wanted to Hire Jon Stewart to Host ''Meet the Press''|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/jon-stewart-might-have-been-meet-the-press-host.html|author=Gabriel Sherman|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] Daily Intelligencer |date=October 8, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> which Stewart later confirmed in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, saying, "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could. I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a [[variety show]]?{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jon Stewart on 'Meet The Press' Offer: 'They Were Casting a Wide and Weird Net'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/jon-stewart-on-meet-the-press-offer-they-were-casting-a-wide-and-weird-net-20141030|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|author=Andy Greene |date=October 30, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref>
On August 14, 2014, Turness announced that Chuck Todd, NBC's chief [[White House Correspondents' Association|White House correspondent]] and Host of MSNBC's [[The Daily Rundown]], would take over the role of moderator on September 7, 2014.<ref name="nbcnews1">{{cite web|title=Chuck Todd Takes Helm of 'Meet the Press'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chuck-todd-takes-helm-meet-press-n180916 |work=NBC News|date=14 August 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> Because of Todd's fanhood, a [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] poster became part of the physical format.
====''Meet the Press Now''====
On September 28, 2015, [[MSNBC]] premiered '''''MTP Daily''''', a weekday spin-off also hosted by Todd. It formally replaced ''[[The Ed Show]]'' as MSNBC's early-evening program after a transitional period following its cancellation. MSNBC explained that the program is meant to "bring the insight and power of ''Meet the Press'' to our air every day of the week.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |title=Chuck Todd's 'MTP Daily' Debut Clocks 483K Viewers|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=September 29, 2015 |work=Deadline |access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615212418/http://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |archive-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> By 2022, the show was airing in the 1:00
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=== Under Welker ===
On June 4, 2023, Todd announced he would be leaving his role as moderator. [[Kristen Welker]] was named as his replacement for the flagship Meet the Press beginning in September, while spin off Meet the Press Now featured rotating guest hosts, with Welker only hosting ''Meet The Press Now'' on Thursdays and Fridays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-04 |title=Chuck Todd will depart 'Meet the Press.' Kristen Welker will be the next host |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/chuck-todd-will-depart-nbcs-meet-press-kristen-welker-become-host-rcna87618 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On June 2, 2024, [[Peter Alexander (journalist)|Peter Alexander]] announced at the end of the broadcast he was filling in for Welker who had welcomed her second child John.
===High-definition broadcasting===
The set utilized from March 17, 1996 to April 25, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press reflects on set change|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/36899514 |publisher=NBCNews.com|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> had been designed as an experimental set for [[high-definition television|high-definition broadcasting]], several editions of the program (including the first broadcast of a regular series on a major television network in HD) had aired in the format in the 1990s over experimental HD station [[WRC-TV|WHD-TV]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert L|last1=Hilliard|first2=Michael C|last2=Keith|title=The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting|publisher=[[Focal Press]]|date=February 18, 2010|isbn=978-0240812366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fcr7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> Despite this, the program continued to be transmitted in [[NTSC]] over the NBC network itself. On May 2, 2010, ''Meet the Press'' became the last NBC News program to convert to high definition, and unveiled a new set consisting of large video screens mostly used to display Washington scenery, satellite interview subjects and moderator and subject talking points, along with graphics produced for the format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday, May 2: 'Meet the Press' to broadcast in HD, debut a new set |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/
In January 2021, production of the program moved from [[WRC-TV]] facilities in [[Tenleytown]] to a ground floor studio in NBC's new Washington, D.C. bureau on [[Capitol Hill]].<ref name="jan2021newstudios" /> The move included a new set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Michael P. |title=New 'Meet the Press' studio pays tribute to heart of democracy, free exchange of ideas |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/01/25/meet-the-press-studio-n1/ |website=NewscastStudio |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
==Moderators== <!-- do not rename section without fixing forward reference in infobox -->
The following is the list of moderators for ''Meet the Press'':<ref name="60th">{{cite web
|title=60th anniversary background information
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121225114/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/
|archive-date=2007-11-21
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| [[Kristen Welker]]
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==Distribution==
In addition to its broadcasts on NBC, ''Meet the Press'' also airs on various other [[NBCUniversal]]-owned channels domestically and internationally, including MSNBC, NBC News Now, [[CNBC Europe]] in [[Europe]] and [[CNBC Asia]] in [[Asia]]. It is also broadcast in Australia on the [[Seven Network
''Meet the Press'' is also available as an audio or video [[podcast]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Free audio and video downloaded to your PC or portable player |url=
==See also==
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[[Category:NBC News]]
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