Meet the Press
Dec 29 — Meet the Moment 2024 with Ruby Bridges; Michael Phelps; Sue Bird; Megan Rapinoe
TV Flash files “Dec 29 — Meet the Moment 2024 with Ruby Bridges; Michael Phelps; Sue Bird; Megan Rapinoe” as the last listed hour of season 2024 — Meet the Press (1947–present) on NBC, season 2024, episode 46, aired 2024-12-29, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2024E46: listed hour 503 of 584 in the Meet the Press guide, last listed hour of season 2024. It aired 2024-12-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dec 22 - Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. James Lankford” (S2024E45). Next is “Jan 5 — Sen. Chuck Schumer; Sen. John Thune; Sen. Adam Schiff” (S2025E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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In a special edition of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker looks back at her Meet the Moment interviews with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, athletes Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, JJ Velazquez and journalist Dan Slepian, and NBC's Savannah Guthrie.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dec 29 — Meet the Moment 2024 with Ruby Bridges; Michael Phelps; Sue Bird; Megan Rapinoe sit in the Meet the Press guide?
S2024E46 is listed hour 503 of 584 — last listed hour of season 2024, season 2024 episode 46.
When did Meet the Press S2024E46 air?
Dec 29 — Meet the Moment 2024 with Ruby Bridges; Michael Phelps; Sue Bird; Megan Rapinoe aired 2024-12-29 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.
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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…
Also in season 2024
- S2024E01 Jan. 7 - Rep. Elise Stefanik, Isaac Herzog, Quentin Fulks
- S2024E02 Jan. 14 - Sen. Joni Ernst
- S2024E03 Jan. 21 - Gov. Chris Sununu, Sen. Maggie Hassan
- S2024E04 Jan. 28 - Nikki Haley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- S2024E05 Feb. 4 - Jake Sullivan, Rep. Mike Johnson
- S2024E06 Feb. 11 - Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, Mitch Landrieu, Chris Christie