Editing Meet the Press (section)

====Interim Brokaw era====
''NBC Nightly News'' anchor [[Brian Williams]] acted as moderator of the first show following the tribute to Russert on June 15, 2008, with the same guests and subject matter that Russert was planning for when he died.<ref>{{cite web|title=June 22: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), political roundtable |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25313596|work=NBC News|date=June 22, 2008}}</ref>

Following Russert's death, Tom Brokaw was named the interim moderator through the [[2008 United States elections|2008 general elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBC's Tom Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press' through election|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25313649|work=NBC News|date=22 June 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref> Brokaw followed Russert's tradition by signing off with "We'll be back next Sunday because if it's Sunday, it's ''Meet the Press''" (a sign-off that continues to be used by his successors as moderator). In September of that year, the show was presented with limited commercial interruption.

On August 10, 2008, [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] moderated the panel discussion during the second half-hour of the broadcast, while Brokaw anchored the first half-hour from the site of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. The following week on August 17, 2008, he moderated the entire broadcast. On December 1, 2008, it was also reported that the December 7, 2008 broadcast would be Brokaw's last, with Gregory becoming the new permanent host the following Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gregory to host 'Meet the Press' |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16119.html|author=Mike Allen|work=Politico|date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>