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Meet the Press
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American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC
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★ 4.6Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program airing on NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. Meet the Press is the highest-rated of the American television Sunday morning talk shows. It has been hosted by 11 moderators, beginning with Martha Rountree. Meet the Press and similar shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy and other public affairs.
- Aired
- 1947–2025
- Seasons
- 79 · 3241 episodes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Created by
- Martha Rountree, Lawrence E. Spivak
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- News, Talk
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Key facts
- Genre
- Public affairs , News analysis
- Created by
- Martha Rountree , Lawrence Spivak
- Directed by
- Rob Melick
- Presented by
- Kristen Welker , (for past moderators, see section )
- Narrated by
- Fred Facey , Bert Pence, Dennis Haysbert
- Theme music composer
- John Williams
- Opening theme
- "The Pulse of Events" (fourth part of The Mission )
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 4,946+
- Executive producer
- David P. Gelles
- Production locations
- NBC News Washington Bureau, Capitol Hill , Washington, D.C.
- Camera setup
- Multi-camera
- Running time
- 30 minutes (1947–1992), 60 minutes (1992–present)
- Production company
- NBC News Productions
- Network
- NBC
- Release
- November 6, 1947 ( 1947-11-06 ) –, present
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Encyclopedic overview
Meet the Press, also known as Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since the debut episode on November 6, 1947. 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 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.
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 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 13 moderators, beginning with co-creator Martha Rountree. The show's current moderator is Kristen Welker, who became moderator in September 2023 following longtime moderator Chuck Todd's departure.
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