NY Post: Late last month, for the first time in two years, CBS' "Face the Nation" beat "MTP" in total viewers - though CBS did have Barack Obama on that week.
Still, "Meet the Press" was hard-pressed to come in second that week, barely ahead of ABC's "This Week."
Viewers aren't so much abandoning "Meet the Press" as seeing what else is on the Sunday-morning newsmakers menu, says network news analyst Andrew Tyndall.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Meet the Press Ratings Fall
It's just not the same without Tim Russert. They need someone more aggressive and passionate in that slot. Tom Brokaw just isn't cutting it.
