Meet the Press
Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings
TV Flash files “Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings” as a desk essential hour — Meet the Press (1947–present) on NBC, season 2014, episode 16, aired 2014-04-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2014E16: listed hour 3 of 584 in the Meet the Press guide, first listed hour of season 2014. It aired 2014-04-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Meet the Press” (S1947E02). Next is “The Robin Hood Foundation, superior autobiographical memory, congo's Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra” (S2014E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings”. Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings — named public-affairs landmark, the interview still central to U.S. political television.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings sit in the Meet the Press guide?
S2014E16 is listed hour 3 of 584 — first listed hour of season 2014, season 2014 episode 16.
When did Meet the Press S2014E16 air?
Look back at the Boston Marathon bombings aired 2014-04-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with 1950s panel combat — Spivak, Rountree's founding role in the lore, a public figure under questions. The Sunday ritual is visible immediately.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Meet the Press is the longest-running show in television history: Sunday panel combat as civic ritual, Martha Rountree's founding power too often soft-pedaled. Defined the public-affairs interview still central to U.S. politics. In 2026 you watch it as the original must-quote hour — politicians on a panel, not a podcast.
The silhouette is Sunday furniture: a panel, a public figure, the original must-quote hour. Meet the Press premiered on NBC television in 1947 after a radio start and is the longest-running show in U.S. television history — already an institution by the 1950s. Co-created by Martha Rountree and Lawrence E. Spivak; Ned Brooks among the moderators. Rountree's founding power is the credit history too often soft-pedals. Journalists question public figures in a panel format that became the template for Sunday morning…
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- Lawrence E. Spivak as Panelist / moderator
Lawrence E. Spivak sat Meet the Press as panelist and moderator — the longest-running show in television, Sunday panel combat as civic ritual, the public-affairs interview still central to U.S. politics. Must-quote hour. TV Flash files…
- Martha Rountree as Creator / moderator
Martha Rountree built the Sunday fight as creator and moderator of Meet the Press — the longest-running show in television history, panel combat as civic ritual, founding power too often soft-pedaled. Public-affairs interview still…
- Ned Brooks as Moderator
Ned Brooks moderated Meet the Press when Sunday panel combat was still inventing itself as civic ritual — 1950s longest-running show in television history, Martha Rountree’s founding power too often soft-pedaled, the public-affairs…