NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Shakeup Puts Chuck Todd in Jeopardy

[Weiserguy]

This basically puts all four major network news shows under female anchors. This Week on ABC has Martha Radditz, Face The Nation is Margaret Brennan. Fox News Sunday is Shannon Bream. Now Kristen Welker will host Meet the Press.

Not really. George Stephanopoulos is still the primary host of ABC's This Week.

Stephanopoulos rotates Sunday morning hosting duties with Radditz and Jonathan Karl. So they each only need to wake up early on a Sunday once, or at most twice, a month. Todd (soon to be Welker), Bream and Brennan have to do it every week (except when they're sick or on vacay). It's one thing if you're hosting GMA or Today, or even Morning Joe*, but I doubt all the Sunday morning shows combined are pulling in a 1 rating any more.

* Was going to include Fox & Friends too, but the urge to call it "Blonde on White with extra mayo" is just too great.

 

[KeithE4]

...I doubt all the Sunday morning shows combined are pulling in a 1 rating any more.

Nationwide, that's probably true. But from what I've read in the past, the Washington politicians, lobbyists, and their flunkies support personnel are avid viewers.

 

[TheBigA]

I doubt all the Sunday morning shows combined are pulling in a 1 rating any more.

Here are the numbers as of last year:

Sunday Show Ratings For 2021-22 Season: ‘This Week’ First In Demo, ‘Face The Nation’ Tops Total Viewers; All Programs See Audience Declines Vs. Last Year

ABC News’ This Week With George Stephanopoulos topped the key adults 25-54 demographic among the Sunday news programs the 2021-22 broadcast television season, while CBS News’ Face the N…

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The main thing is these shows create content on a day when they need it. They attract institutional advertising, which is different from what you see on regular news channels.

 

[Rusty Muck]

Meet The Press has been circling the bowl since Tim Russert died. Maybe NBC should return the show to its original format, with a host and three (four?) respected journalists questioning a guest.

Let’s move it back to the Mutual Broadcasting System! That’ll do the trick!

 

[Mikey Radio]

Meet The Press has been circling the bowl since Tim Russert died. Maybe NBC should return the show to its original format, with a host and three (four?) respected journalists questioning a guest.

Meh, I want the McLaughlin Group back. I still don't know which was more zany..The real show, or the SNL spoof of it.

 

[radiofan2023]

Meh, I want the McLaughlin Group back. I still don't know which was more zany..The real show, or the SNL spoof of it.

The Sinatra Group SNL sketch took it up a notch

 

[Don CT]

Thanks for this. I thought he was leaving NBC but after reading the article again I see that's not the case, he's just leaving Meet the Press and expected to stay on as chief political analyst.

He will stay on until he isn't. I expect him to quietly exit the network by the end of the year.

 

[semoochie]

He will stay on until he isn't. I expect him to quietly exit the network by the end of the year.

Chuck Todd said he was leaving in September.

 

[TheBigA]

Chuck Todd said he was leaving in September.

He said he's leaving the show in September, but his new role will be Chief Political Correspondent:

Chuck Todd out at NBC’s panel show ‘Meet the Press’

Chuck Todd has often been an online punching bag for critics, including Donald Trump, during a polarized time, and there were rumors that his time at the show would be short when its executive producer was reassigned at the end of last…

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Todd said Kristen Welker, the network's chief White House correspondent, would replace him in September.

Kristen was doing interviews today, saying she'll spend the summer preparing to take over in the fall.

 

[Weiserguy]

Chuck Todd said he was leaving in September.

He said he was leaving MTP in September. (My guess is it will be the Labor Day weekend program.) He did not say he was leaving NBC entirely. It's possible he will exit the building, quietly, after the Fickle Finger of Fame has moved on. Or perhaps he really does just need a role at NBC that isn't going to take him down Tim Russert Road a few decades prematurely. (Some of us do decide to get off the escalator before the jaws at the top grind us into mulch.)

 

[Don CT]

He said he was leaving MTP in September. (My guess is it will be the Labor Day weekend program.) He did not say he was leaving NBC entirely. It's possible he will exit the building, quietly, after the Fickle Finger of Fame has moved on. Or perhaps he really does just need a role at NBC that isn't going to take him down Tim Russert Road a few decades prematurely. (Some of us do decide to get off the escalator before the jaws at the top grind us into mulch.)

Leaving or forced out?

 

[Weiserguy]

Leaving or forced out?

He said leaving. I can't say he was or wasn't dissembling, but you can watch the video clip and decide for yourself:

Chuck Todd MTP announcement

 

[Don CT]

He said leaving. I can't say he was or wasn't dissembling, but you can watch the video clip and decide for yourself:

Chuck Todd MTP announcement

Yes, he said leaving, the ratings have been bad and the network wanted a change.

 

[gregg75]

I'd enjoy seeing him get beaten on JEOPARDY!

 

[Mikey Radio]

I'd enjoy seeing him get beaten on JEOPARDY!

"This broadcaster was often referred to as 'Sleepy Eyes' or 'A Sleeping SOB' by our 45th President"...

 

[TheBigA]

Kristen Welker debuts as host of Meet The Press this Sunday. Her guest is Donald Trump.

Trump to appear on 'Meet the Press' Sunday as Kristen Welker takes over as host

Former President Donald Trump will give his first broadcast network interview since leaving office, sitting down this week with Kristen Welker as she debuts as host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday

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Here's a preview:

Kristen Welker previews Trump interview ahead of first show as Meet the Press moderator

Kristen Welker, ahead of her first broadcast as moderator of Meet the Press, gives a preview of her exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Theater of My Mind]

Kristen Welker debuts as host of Meet The Press this Sunday. Her guest is Donald Trump.

Did Chris Licht take over as showrunner too? I mean lets just grab the lowest of the low hanging fruit and pretend it's not the most repulsive PR stunt.

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

Meet The Press has been circling the bowl since Tim Russert died. Maybe NBC should return the show to its original format, with a host and three (four?) respected journalists questioning a guest.

That would set it apart-it is called “Meet the Press,” after all.

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

That may have been more of an issue in the 1940s when church attendance was around 70%. Now it's down to under 40%.

But the reason is to find a time when it wouldn't conflict with football or other sports.

When you can record it, when it airs no longer matters.