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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
''Meet the Press'' originates on [[NBC]] in the [[United States]], with additional telecasts on various other [[NBC Universal]] channels, including [[MSNBC]] in the U.S. and [[Canada]], [[CNBC Europe]] in [[Europe]], and [[CNBC Asia]] in [[Asia]]. It is also broadcast in [[Australia]] on the [[Seven Network]].
''Meet the Press'' originates on [[NBC]] in the [[United States]], with additional telecasts on various other [[NBC Universal]] channels, including [[MSNBC]] in the U.S. and [[Canada]], [[CNBC Europe]] in [[Europe]], and [[CNBC Asia]] in [[Asia]]. It is also broadcast in [[Australia]] on the [[Seven Network]] and Mexican Version [[XHGC-TV]].


''Meet the Press'' is also available as an audio or video [[podcast]],<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/ Free audio and video downloaded to your PC or portable player] from [[msnbc.com]]</ref> and is [[simulcast]] on radio stations by [[Westwood One]].<ref>[http://westwoodone.com/program?action=viewProgram&programID=402 Westwood One: Meet The Press] from [[Westwood One]]</ref>
''Meet the Press'' is also available as an audio or video [[podcast]],<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/ Free audio and video downloaded to your PC or portable player] from [[msnbc.com]]</ref> and is [[simulcast]] on radio stations by [[Westwood One]].<ref>[http://westwoodone.com/program?action=viewProgram&programID=402 Westwood One: Meet The Press] from [[Westwood One]]</ref>
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''Meet the Press'' began on [[radio]] in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press'',<ref>http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f 60 Years Ago in News History: America Meets the Press] from the [[Newseum]] website</ref> a program to promote ''[[The American Mercury]]'', a magazine that [[Lawrence E. Spivak]] had purchased in 1939. Before the program aired, Spivak asked the journalist [[Martha Rountree]], who had worked in radio and had worked for Spivak as a roving editor for the magazine, to critique the plans for the new radio show. Based on her advice, Rountree created a new radio program that she called ''The American Mercury'', on October 5, 1945.<ref name="shemadeit">[http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 Martha Rountree: Radio/Television Producer, Writer, Host] from shemadeit.org, a [[The Paley Center for Media|Paley Center for Media]] website</ref>
''Meet the Press'' began on [[radio]] in 1945 as ''American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press'',<ref>http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f 60 Years Ago in News History: America Meets the Press] from the [[Newseum]] website</ref> a program to promote ''[[The American Mercury]]'', a magazine that [[Lawrence E. Spivak]] had purchased in 1939. Before the program aired, Spivak asked the journalist [[Martha Rountree]], who had worked in radio and had worked for Spivak as a roving editor for the magazine, to critique the plans for the new radio show. Based on her advice, Rountree created a new radio program that she called ''The American Mercury'', on October 5, 1945.<ref name="shemadeit">[http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=150 Martha Rountree: Radio/Television Producer, Writer, Host] from shemadeit.org, a [[The Paley Center for Media|Paley Center for Media]] website</ref>


On November 6, 1947 while still on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]], it was subsequently reincarnated on the NBC television network and renamed ''Meet the Press''. The radio version also adopted the new name. Although some sources credit Mr. Spivak with the program's creation,<ref name="60th"/><ref name="musebc"/> Ms. 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"/>
On November 6, 1947 while still on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]], it was subsequently reincarnated on the NBC television network and renamed ''Meet the Press''. The radio version also adopted the new name. Although some sources credit Mr. Spivak with the program's creation,<ref name="60th"/><ref name="musebc"/> Ms. 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 and the NBC Television Network first broadcast of the [[Little League Baseball World Series]] [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania]] in [[1949 Little League World Series|1949]].<ref name="shemadeit"/>


''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 [[Postmaster General]], [[Democratic National Committee]] Chairman, and campaign manager to [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] under the first two terms of the [[New Deal]] Administration. Its first hostess was its creator [[Martha Rountree]], to date the program's only female moderator. She stepped down November 1, 1953, and was replaced by [[Ned Brooks]], who remained as moderator until December 26, 1965. Spivak became the moderator on January 1, 1966, moving from his role as a permanent panelist. Mr. Spivak retired on November 9, 1975, and he was replaced by [[Bill Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe]], who stepped down on June 2, 1984.
''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 [[Postmaster General]], [[Democratic National Committee]] Chairman, and campaign manager to [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] under the first two terms of the [[New Deal]] Administration. Its first hostess was its creator [[Martha Rountree]], to date the program's only female moderator. She stepped down November 1, 1953, and was replaced by [[Ned Brooks]], who remained as moderator until December 26, 1965. Spivak became the moderator on January 1, 1966, moving from his role as a permanent panelist. Mr. Spivak retired on November 9, 1975, and he was replaced by [[Bill Monroe (journalist)|Bill Monroe]], who stepped down on June 2, 1984.

Revision as of 06:57, 20 December 2010

This article is about the American public affairs program. For the Australian program, see Meet the Press (Australian TV program).

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Meet the Press
Created byMartha Rountree[1][2] and Lawrence E. Spivak[1]
Presented byDavid Gregory (2008–present)
Theme music composerJohn Williams
Opening theme"The Pulse of Events"[3] (third part of The Mission)
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes4,843 as of April 10, 2009
Production
Executive producerBetsy Fischer [4]
ProducersRebecca Samuels and Chris Donovan[4]
Production locationWashington, D.C. (including South Williamsport, Pennsylvania) for Little League World Series
Running time53 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseNovember 6, 1947 –
present

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Meet the Press[5][6] is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television show in American broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947.[7] It has been hosted by eleven moderators; the current host is David Gregory, who assumed the role in December 2008. The show got a new set on May 2, 2010, with video screens with a library type setting with book shelves and a different modified intro music with David Gregory previewing the guests using the large video screen and with the Meet the Press theme music in a shorter "modernized music with the beginning repeated with drum beats". [8]

Meet the Press and similar shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy and other public affairs. These shows help fulfill the obligations of the networks to provide a public service to the community.

Meet the Press is the highest-rated of the American television Sunday morning talk shows.[9]

The program's usual time slot over the NBC network is airing from 9-10 a.m. local time in most markets, though this may vary by markets due to commitments by affiliates to religious, E/I or local public affairs programing, and varies several weeks in the summer due to morning coverage of Grand Slam tennis and golf tournaments by NBC Sports. The program also re-airs on MSNBC Sunday afternoons at 2pm ET and early Monday mornings 4am ET (also over the Sirius/XM Satellite Radio simulcast of MSNBC audio), along with an early Monday morning replay as part of NBC's "All Night" lineup. The program is also distributed to radio stations via syndication by Westwood One, and aired as part of C-SPAN Radio's replay of the Sunday morning talk shows.

Format

The show's format consists of an extended one-on-one interview with the host and is sometimes followed by a roundtable discussion or one-on-two interview with figures in adversarial positions, either Congress members from opposite sides of the aisle or political commentators. The show expanded to 60 minutes starting with the September 20, 1992 broadcast.[10]

Occasionally, a final segment called "The Meet the Press Minute" was added. It was devoted to topical clips from the show's extensive archives.

Distribution

Meet the Press originates on NBC in the United States, with additional telecasts on various other NBC Universal channels, including MSNBC in the U.S. and Canada, CNBC Europe in Europe, and CNBC Asia in Asia. It is also broadcast in Australia on the Seven Network and Mexican Version XHGC-TV.

Meet the Press is also available as an audio or video podcast,[11] and is simulcast on radio stations by Westwood One.[12]

Moderators

The following is the list of moderators for Meet the Press:[1]

Martha Rountree 1947 – 1953
Ned Brooks 1953 – 1965
Lawrence E. Spivak 1966 – 1975
Bill Monroe 1975 – 1984
Roger Mudd / Marvin Kalb
(co-moderators) 		1984 – 1985
Marvin Kalb 1985 – 1987
Chris Wallace 1987 – 1988
Garrick Utley 1989 – 1991
Tim Russert 1991 – 2008
Tom Brokaw 2008
David Gregory 2008 – present

History

Meet the Press set, November 1975.

Meet the Press began on radio in 1945 as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press,[13] a program to promote The American Mercury, a magazine that Lawrence E. Spivak had purchased in 1939. Before the program aired, Spivak asked the journalist Martha Rountree, who had worked in radio and had worked for Spivak as a roving editor for the magazine, to critique the plans for the new radio show. Based on her advice, Rountree created a new radio program that she called The American Mercury, on October 5, 1945.[2]

On November 6, 1947 while still on the Mutual Broadcasting System, it was subsequently reincarnated on the NBC television network and renamed Meet the Press. The radio version also adopted the new name. Although some sources credit Mr. Spivak with the program's creation,[1][7] Ms. 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 and the NBC Television Network first broadcast of the Little League Baseball World Series South Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1949.[2]

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 Postmaster General, Democratic National Committee Chairman, and campaign manager to Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the first two terms of the New Deal Administration. Its first hostess was its creator Martha Rountree, to date the program's only female moderator. She stepped down November 1, 1953, and was replaced by Ned Brooks, who remained as moderator until December 26, 1965. Spivak became the moderator on January 1, 1966, moving from his role as a permanent panelist. Mr. Spivak retired on November 9, 1975, and he was replaced by Bill Monroe, who stepped down on June 2, 1984.

The program then went through a series of hosts as it struggled in the ratings against ABC's This Week with David Brinkley. Roger Mudd and Marvin Kalb (as co-moderators) followed Monroe for a year, followed by Chris Wallace in 1987 and 1988, and Garrick Utley from 1989 through December 1, 1991.

Under Russert

The logo used from 1995–2008.
Russert interviews General Peter Pace in 2006.

Network officials, concerned for the show's future, turned to Tim Russert, the network's Washington bureau chief. He took over December 8, 1991, and remained until his death on June 13, 2008, serving as moderator longer than anyone in the program's history.[14]

Under Russert, the show was expanded to one hour and became less of a televised press conference and more focused on Russert's questions and comments, with longer interviews and with Russert hosting panels of experts.

Russert signed off by saying, "That's all for today. We'll be back next week. If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press."

During the football season, Russert, a native of Buffalo, New York and an avid Buffalo Bills fan,[15][16] sometimes added, "Go Bills!", and occasionally would ask panelists, "How 'bout those Sabres?" if the Buffalo NHL hockey team was doing well. Spoofs of the show on Saturday Night Live often reflect this addition.

Russert died on June 13, 2008 of a sudden coronary thrombosis (caused by a cholesterol plaque rupture). The former NBC Nightly News anchor and current special correspondent Tom Brokaw hosted a special edition of Meet the Press dedicated to the life of Russert on June 15, 2008, in which Tim Russert's chair was left empty, as a tribute.

Guest moderators

After Russert

Mark Whitaker was named the Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and was given "executive oversight" of Meet the Press.

Interim Brokaw era

Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor, acted as moderator of the first show back after the June 15 memorial broadcast, with the same guests and subject matter that Russert was planning for when he died.[18]

Following Russert's death, Tom Brokaw was named the interim moderator through the 2008 general elections.[19] Brokaw followed Russert's tradition by signing off with "We'll be back next Sunday because if it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press." In September the show was presented with limited commercials.

On August 10, David Gregory moderated the panel discussion during the second half-hour of the broadcast while Brokaw anchored the first half-hour from the Olympics in Beijing. The following week on August 17, he moderated the entire show. It was also reported on December 1, 2008, that the December 7 broadcast would be Brokaw's last, with David Gregory taking over full time the following Sunday.[20]

Under Gregory

David Gregory began his tenure as moderator on December 14, 2008. On December 18, 2008, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd was named Contributing Editor of Meet the Press.

High definition broadcasting

The set utilized from 1997–2010 had been designed as an experimental set for high definition broadcasting and several episodes of the series (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 WHD-TV in Washington.[21] However the show remained in 480i standard definition television over the NBC network itself despite this. On May 2, 2010 the show became the last NBC News program to convert to HD, 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 made for the format.[22]

Locations (outside of DC studios)

Notable guests and events

The following is a partial list of notable guests and milestones for the show.[1]

Frequent guests and panelists

Most frequent guests:[1]

Most frequent panelist appearances:[1]

  • David Broder of the Washington Post/401 times, his first appearance was in 1963
  • Robert Novak of the Chicago Sun Times/248 times

References and footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 60th anniversary background information from msnbc.com
  2. ^ a b c Martha Rountree: Radio/Television Producer, Writer, Host from shemadeit.org, a Paley Center for Media website
  3. ^ The Sounds of War, an April 2003 article from Slate
  4. ^ a b c About Meet the Press
  5. ^ "Meet the Press: Cast & Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  6. ^ "About Meet The Press". Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  7. ^ a b Meet the Press: U.S. Public Affairs/Interview from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
  8. ^ Mike Allen (2 December 2008). "Gregory to host 'Meet the Press'". Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  9. ^ Tim Russert hits ratings milestone - USATODAY.com
  10. ^ David Paul Kuhn (2008-06-13). "Memorable Tim Russert moments". Politico. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  11. ^ Free audio and video downloaded to your PC or portable player from msnbc.com
  12. ^ Westwood One: Meet The Press from Westwood One
  13. ^ http://www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=jn_MTP071114&style=f 60 Years Ago in News History: America Meets the Press] from the Newseum website
  14. ^ Fast facts about the longest-running program in TV history - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
  15. ^ "In the Hot Seat". The Washington Post. May 23, 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  16. ^ Tim Russert's Commencement Address - CUA Office of Public Affairs
  17. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5714209/
  18. ^ June 22: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), political roundtable - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
  19. ^ "NBC's Tom Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press' through election". Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  20. ^ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16119.html
  21. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/electronics/consumer-household-electronics-high/7693519-1.html
  22. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36418425/ns/meet_the_press/
  23. ^ a b c d e f http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/meetthepres/meetthepress.htm
  24. ^ http://www.livingprimetime.com/tr2.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3979910/
  26. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4028066/
  27. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4112959/
  28. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4179618/
  29. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5488345/
  30. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5858461/
  31. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6362470/
  32. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21180419/
  33. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21738432/
  34. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22409176/
  35. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22634967/
  36. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22754999/
  37. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22867407/
  38. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25439733/
  39. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25439733/page/3/
  40. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25872804/
  41. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26123239/
  42. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26377338/
  43. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26483887/
  44. ^ http://www.kwwl.com/global/story.asp?s=9228664
  45. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28097635/

External links

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