“Every time I’m introduced somewhere, somebody inevitably uses [that] phrase, the longest-running television show in history,” Todd told me last week. “And that phrase sits on me like a ton of bricks.”In 2014, NBC installed Todd as moderator of Meet the Press, perhaps the most prestigious job in political journalism. With Gregory in the moderator’s chair, Meet the Press had lost 43% of its viewers and dropped from first place to third. In three years, Todd has pushed Meet the Press back from third place to No. 1, leading the Nielsen ratings among total viewers and viewers 25-54, the demographic most coveted by advertisers.

Source: Forbes October 02, 2017 18:13 UTC