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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=httphttps://www.msnbc.msnnbcnews.com/id/3403008/wbna3403008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203034332/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/|url-status=deadlive|archive-date=February 3, 2004|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref> It is the [[List of longest-running television shows by category|longest-running]] program on American television, though its format has changed since the debut episode on November 6, 1947.<ref name="musebc">{{cite web|title=Meet the Press: U.S. Public Affairs/Interview |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/meetthepres/meetthepress.htm |publisher=Museum of Broadcast Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925203233/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/meetthepres/meetthepress.htm |archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-31 |title=About 'Meet the Press' – Meet the Press – About us {{!}} NBC News |url=httphttps://www.msnbc.msnnbcnews.com/id/3403008/ns/meet_the_press-about_us/wbna3403008 |access-date=2023-10-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231174208/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/ns/meet_the_press-about_us/ |archive-date=2012-12-31 }}</ref> ''Meet the Press'' specializes in interviews with leaders in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the world on issues of [[politics]], [[economics]], [[foreign policy]], and other [[public policy|public affairs]], along with panel discussions that provide opinions and analysis. In January 2021, production moved to NBC's bureau on [[Capitol Hill]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="jan2021newstudios">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=NBCU Debuts New Washington Bureau And Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/nbc-news-washington-bureau-meet-the-press-1234679611/ |website=Deadline |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=FiftyYears>
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[[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=httphttps://www.msnbc.msnnbcnews.com/id/21872087/wbna21872087|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121225114/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21872087/|url-status=deadlive|archive-date=2007-11-21|work=MSNBC.com}}</ref>
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''."
The following is the list of moderators for ''Meet the Press'':<ref name="60th">{{cite web
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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=httphttps://www.msnbc.msnnbcnews.com/id/8132577/wbna8132577 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050714031627/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/ |url-status=deadlive |archive-date=2005-07-14 |work=[[msnbc.com]]}}</ref> and is [[simulcast]] on radio stations by [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] (which also handles distribution of all other NBC-produced radio programming, including [[NBC News|NBC News Radio]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press |url=http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |work=Dial Global |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315094745/http://www.dial-global.com/index.php/programming/talk-radio/weekend-talk/meet-the-press |archive-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref>
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