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.
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.