Meet the Press is a weekly American television

Television in the United States

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 news/interview program produced by NBC

NBC

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. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting

Broadcasting

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 history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been hosted by 11 moderators, first by Martha Rountree

Martha Rountree

Martha Rountree was a pioneering broadcast journalist and an energetic entrepreneur. She was the creator and first moderator of a public-affairs program, first on radio as The American Mercury from June 24, 1945, and as Meet the Press on the NBC television network from November 6, 1947...

. The current host is David Gregory

David Gregory (journalist)

David Michael Gregory is an American television journalist, and moderator of NBC News' Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press.-Early life:...

, who assumed the role in December 2008. The show got a new set on May 2, 2010, with video screens with a library type setting with book shelves and a different modified intro music with David Gregory previewing the guests using the large video screen and with the Meet the Press theme music in a shorter "modernized music with the beginning repeated with drum beats" (See "High-definition broadcasting" further down this page for additional information).
Meet the Press and similar shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of politics

Politics

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, economics

Economics

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, foreign policy

Foreign policy

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 and other public affairs

Public policy

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