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added table of host of Meet the Press
In November 1947,'' Meet the Press'' moved to television and made its debut on the [[NBC| National Broadcasting Company]] although it was only shown on its [[New York]] station (WNBT). The program has interviewed world leaders such as [[Francois Mitterrand]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Golda Meir]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[Jean Monnet]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Anwar el-Sadat]], [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] ,[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[Hamid Karzai]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], [[King Abdullah]] of [[Jordan]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Ghazi al-Yawar]], [[George W. Bush]] and many other leaders <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref>. After [[John Kerry]]'s return from [[Vietnam]], he made his now famous appearance on ''Meet the Press''. On February 1997, the program became the first television program to broadcast with high definition. The same year [[Tim Russert]] took the role of host, which he still holds today. The show currently leads all Sunday news programs with over 5 million viewers.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403149/</ref>
In November 1947,'' Meet the Press'' moved to television and made its debut on the [[NBC| National Broadcasting Company]] although it was only shown on its [[New York]] station (WNBT). The program has interviewed world leaders such as [[Francois Mitterrand]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Golda Meir]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[Jean Monnet]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Anwar el-Sadat]], [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] ,[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[Hamid Karzai]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], [[King Abdullah]] of [[Jordan]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Ghazi al-Yawar]], [[George W. Bush]] and many other leaders <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref>. After [[John Kerry]]'s return from [[Vietnam]], he made his now famous appearance on ''Meet the Press''. On February 1997, the program became the first television program to broadcast with high definition. The same year [[Tim Russert]] took the role of host, which he still holds today. The show currently leads all Sunday news programs with over 5 million viewers.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403149/</ref>
==Host==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Time
|-
|[[Martha Rountree]]
| 1945-1953
|-
|[[Ned Brooks]]
| n/a
|-
|[[Lawrence Spivak]]
| 1965-1975
|-
|[[Bill Monroe]]
|1975–1984
|-
|[[Marvin Kalb]]
|1984 to 1985
|-
|[[Roger Mudd]]
| 1984 to 1985
|-
|[[Bill Monroe]]
| n/a
|-
|[[Chris Wallace]]
| 1987-1988
|-
|[[Garrick Utley]]
| 1988-1996
|-
|[[Tim Russert]]
|1996-present
|}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Meet the press has interviewed every president since [[John F. Kennedy]] appeared on ''Meet the Press''.
*Meet the press has interviewed every president since [[John F. Kennedy]] appeared on ''Meet the Press''.