‘Meet The Press’ #1 For Five Years

By Brian 

“According to Nielsen Media Research fast national data, ‘Meet the Press with Tim Russert‘ hit a ratings milestone yesterday, winning the Sunday morning public affairs competition for five years in a row, or for 260 weeks when all Sunday programs were at full coverage,” NBC said in a press release this evening. “‘Meet the Press’ has now won every week since July 30, 2000.”

“Russert should have every opportunity to keep his streak going. He’s in the midst of a 12-year contract with NBC News that runs through the election of 2012,” David Bauder adds…

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