Meet the Press

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Meet the Press
Meet the Press with Tim Russert logo
Format	News
Run time	1 hour per episode
Creator
Starring	Martha Rountree Ned Brooks Lawrence E. Spivak Bill Monroe Marvin Kalb Roger Mudd Chris Wallace Garrick Utley Tim Russert
Country	United States
Network	NBC
Original run	November 6, 1947 – Present
No. of episodes

Meet the Press (MTP) is a weekly television news show produced by NBC. It started as a radio show in 1945 as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press, originating from WRC-AM in Washington. It was later adapted for television. Meet The Press made its television debut on November 6, 1947. It is now the longest-running television show in broadcasting history.

Meet the Press and similar Sunday-morning interview shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of state, economics and foreign policy. These shows help fulfill the obligations of the networks to provide a public service to the community.

The show was originally presented as a 30-minute press conference. The original producer, Lawrence E. Spivak, the publisher of conservative political and cultural magazine American Mercury until 1954, remained on the show as permanent panel member and then as moderator until November 1975.

Today, the show is an interview and roundtable discussion. Tim Russert has hosted the show since December 8, 1991. Its full name then changed to Meet the Press with Tim Russert. The show expanded to 60 minutes in 1992.

Russert's sign-off is "That's all for today. We'll be back next week. If it's Sunday, it's 'Meet the Press'." During football season, Russert, a native of Buffalo, New York, sometimes adds, "Go Bills!" Spoofs of the show on Saturday Night Live often reflect this addition.

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