Meet the Press (1947)
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program airing on NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. Meet the Press is the highest-rated of the American television Sunday morning talk shows. It has been hosted by 11 moderators, beginning with Martha Rountree. The current host is David Gregory, who assumed the role in December 2008. The show began using a new set on May 2, 2010, with video screens and a library-style set with bookshelves, and different, modified intro music, with David Gregory previewing the guests using a large video screen, and with the Meet the Press theme music in a shorter "modernized [style]... the beginning repeated with drum beats". Meet the Press and similar shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy and other public affairs. Over the past few years, the program's usual time slot over the NBC network is between 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 news and public affairs programming. It also varies several weeks in the summer due to morning coverage of French Open tennis or the Monaco Grand Prix by NBC Sports. In earlier years, the program would air at noon every Sunday. The program also re-airs Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. ET and early Monday mornings at 4 a.m. ET on MSNBC, 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 Dial Global, and aired as part of C-SPAN Radio's replay of the Sunday morning talk shows.
- Martha Rountree
- Lawrence E. Spivak
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Episode 1 - Janurary 5, 1961
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Episode 2 - Janurary 12, 1961
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Episode 3 - Janurary 19, 1961
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Episode 4 - Janurary 26, 1961
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Episode 5 - February 2, 1961
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Episode 6 - February 9, 1961
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Episode 7 - February 16, 1961
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Episode 8 - February 23, 1961
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Episode 9 - March 2, 1961
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Episode 10 - March 9, 1961
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Episode 11 - March 16, 1961
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Episode 12 - March 23, 1961
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Episode 13 - March 30, 1961
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Episode 14 - April 6, 1961
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Episode 15 - April 13, 1961
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Episode 16 - April 20, 1961
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Episode 17 - April 27, 1961
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Episode 18 - May 4, 1961
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Episode 19 - May 11, 1961
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Episode 20 - May 18, 1961
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Episode 21 - May 25, 1961
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Episode 22 - June 1, 1961
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Episode 23 - June 8, 1961
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Episode 24 - June 15, 1961
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Episode 25 - June 22, 1961
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Episode 26 - June 29, 1961
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Episode 27 - July 6, 1961
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Episode 28 - July 13, 1961
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Episode 29 - July 20, 1961
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Episode 30 - July 27, 1961
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Episode 31 - August 3, 1961
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Episode 32 - August 10, 1961
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Episode 33 - August 17, 1961
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Episode 34 - August 24, 1961
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Episode 35 - August 31, 1961
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Episode 36 - September 7, 1961
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Episode 37 - September 14, 1961
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Episode 38 - September 21, 1961
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Episode 39 - September 28, 1961
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Episode 40 - October 5, 1961
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Episode 41 - October 12, 1961
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Episode 42 - October 19, 1961
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Episode 43 - October 26, 1961
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Episode 44 - November 2, 1961
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Episode 45 - November 9, 1961
Release Date: 1961-11-09 -
Episode 46 - November 16, 1961
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Episode 47 - November 23, 1961
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Episode 48 - November 30, 1961
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Episode 49 - December 7, 1961
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Episode 50 - December 14, 1961
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Episode 51 - December 21, 1961
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Episode 52 - December 28, 1961
Release Date: 1961-12-28