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  • Aug 6, 1948
  • NBC
  • Aug 6, 1948
Meet the Press

Summary Meet the Press debuted on November 6, 1947, and has become the longest-running television show in the history of broadcasting. Watch as the current moderator interviews some of the most influential people in Washington.

Directed By: Herbert J. Leder

  • NBC
  • Aug 6, 1948
  • NBC
  • Aug 6, 1948
Meet the Press
S1 • Episode 39
Elizabeth Bentley
Air Date: Aug 6, 1948
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Summary Meet the Press debuted on November 6, 1947, and has become the longest-running television show in the history of broadcasting. Watch as the current moderator interviews some of the most influential people in Washington.

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 6, 1947
Premiere Show
Weekly news program offering political interviews and analysis of current events by elected officials and experts.
Episode 2 • Nov 13, 1947
Eric Johnston
Episode 3 • Nov 20, 1947
Rep. Harold Knutson
Episode 4 • Nov 27, 1947
Senator Claude Pepper
Episode 5 • Dec 4, 1947
Senator Robert A. Taft
Episode 6 • Dec 11, 1947
Episode #1.6
Episode 7 • Dec 18, 1947
Episode #1.7
Episode 8 • Jan 2, 1948
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson
Episode 9 • Jan 9, 1948
Senator Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
Episode 10 • Jan 16, 1948
Harold Knutson
Episode 11 • Jan 23, 1948
Senator Glen H. Taylor
Episode 12 • Jan 30, 1948
Edwin W. Pauley
Episode 13 • Feb 6, 1948
Randolph Churchill
Episode 14 • Feb 13, 1948
Bartley Crum
Episode 15 • Feb 20, 1948
Governor Earl Warren
Episode 16 • Feb 27, 1948
Episode #1.16
Episode 17 • Mar 5, 1948
James A. Parley
Episode 18 • Mar 12, 1948
Senator John W. Bricker
Episode 19 • Mar 19, 1948
Senator Richard B. Russell
Episode 20 • Mar 26, 1948
Senator Eugene Millikin
Episode 21 • Apr 2, 1948
Kenneth C. Royall
Episode 22 • Apr 9, 1948
Tom Clark
Episode 23 • Apr 16, 1948
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
Episode 24 • Apr 23, 1948
Senator Robert A. Taft
Episode 25 • Apr 30, 1948
Senator J. Howard McGrath
Episode 26 • May 7, 1948
Harold E. Stassen
Episode 27 • May 14, 1948
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
Episode 28 • May 21, 1948
Vivian Kellems
Episode 29 • May 28, 1948
Norman Thomas
Episode 30 • Jun 4, 1948
Senator Claude Pepper
Episode 31 • Jun 11, 1948
Congressman Karl Mundt
Episode 32 • Jun 18, 1948
Carroll Reece
Episode 33 • Jun 25, 1948
Thomas E. Dewey
Episode 34 • Jul 2, 1948
Senator John Sparkman
Episode 35 • Jul 9, 1948
Congressman John W. McCormack
Episode 36 • Jul 16, 1948
Senator Francis J. Myers
Episode 37 • Jul 23, 1948
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry
Episode 38 • Jul 30, 1948
Senator Richard B. Russell
Episode 39 • Aug 6, 1948
Elizabeth Bentley
Episode 40 • Aug 13, 1948
Elizabeth Bentley
Episode 41 • Aug 20, 1948
Episode #1.41
Episode 42 • Aug 27, 1948
Whittaker Chambers
13 Seasons

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Chuck Todd

Self - Host, Self, Self - Moderator

Lawrence E. Spivak

Self, Self - Panelist, Self - Moderator

Dennis Haysbert

Self - Announcer

Martha Rountree

Self - Moderator, Self - Host, Self

David Gregory

Self - Moderator, Self

Kristen Welker

Self - Moderator, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Panelist

Tim Russert

Self - Host, Self - Moderator, Self

Andrea Mitchell

Self - Panelist, Self, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist

Ned Brooks

Self - Moderator, Self - Moderator (1953-1965), Self -- Moderator

Eugene Robinson

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - The Washington Post

Amy Walter

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Roundtable Panelist

Helene Cooper

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - The New York Times, Self, Self - New York Times, Self - Roundtable Panelist

David Brooks

Self - Panelist, Self - New York Times, Self - The New York Times, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self, Self - Roundtable Panelist

Yamiche Alcindor

Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Panelist, Self - Roundtable Panelist, Self - Political Panelist

Tom Brokaw

Self - Host, Self - Panelist, Self, Self - Special Correspondent, Self - Moderator, Self - Co-Host, Self - NBC News Senior Correspondent, Self - Political Panelist, Self - Roundtable Panelist

Hugh Hewitt

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Political Panelist, Self - Roundtable Panelist

Peggy Noonan

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Wall Street Journal, Self, Self - Former Reagan Speechwriter, Self - Roundtable Panelist, Self - The Wall Street Journal

Ernest K. Lindley

Self - Panelist

Danielle Pletka

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self - Political Panelist

Rich Lowry

Self - Panelist, Self - Political Roundtable Panelist, Self, Self - National Review, Self - Roundtable Panelist

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