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===Under Todd=== [[File:Meet the Press 2010.png|thumb|right|Logo used from May 2, 2010 to August 10, 2014]] [[File:Meet The Press August 17-31, 2014.png|thumb|right|Logo used from August 17, 2014 to August 31, 2014]] [[File:Meet the Press (2010-2017).png|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from May 2, 2010 (introduced under former moderator David Gregory) to November 5, 2017]] [[File:Meet The Press Logo 2017-2023.png|thumb|right|''Meet the Press'' logo used from November 12, 2017 to September 10, 2023]] [[File:Chris Murphy on Meet the Press.jpg|thumb|Senator [[Chris Murphy]] on ''Meet the Press'']] [[File:President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Chuck Todd, new host of NBC's "Meet The Press" in the Cabinet Room of the White House.jpg|thumb|U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] participates in an interview with Todd in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 6, 2014.]] In response to declining viewership, rumors surfaced in August 2014 that Gregory would be replaced as the program's moderator. NBC News President [[Deborah Turness]] apparently had held discussions with [[Jon Stewart]] (then-host of [[Comedy Central]]'s [[News satire|news comedy]] program ''[[The Daily Show]]'') to replace Gregory,<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Wanted to Hire Jon Stewart to Host ''Meet the Press''|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/jon-stewart-might-have-been-meet-the-press-host.html|author=Gabriel Sherman|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] Daily Intelligencer |date=October 8, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> which Stewart later confirmed in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, saying, "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could. I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a [[variety show]]?{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jon Stewart on 'Meet The Press' Offer: 'They Were Casting a Wide and Weird Net'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/jon-stewart-on-meet-the-press-offer-they-were-casting-a-wide-and-weird-net-20141030|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|author=Andy Greene |date=October 30, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> On August 14, 2014, Turness announced that Chuck Todd, NBC's chief [[White House Correspondents' Association|White House correspondent]] and Host of MSNBC's [[The Daily Rundown]], would take over the role of moderator on September 7, 2014.<ref name="nbcnews1">{{cite web|title=Chuck Todd Takes Helm of 'Meet the Press'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chuck-todd-takes-helm-meet-press-n180916 |work=NBC News|date=14 August 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> Because of Todd's fanhood, a [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] poster became part of the physical format. ====''Meet the Press Now''==== On September 28, 2015, [[MSNBC]] premiered '''''MTP Daily''''', a weekday spin-off also hosted by Todd. It formally replaced ''[[The Ed Show]]'' as MSNBC's early-evening program after a transitional period following its cancellation. MSNBC explained that the program is meant to "bring the insight and power of ''Meet the Press'' to our air every day of the week.β<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |title=Chuck Todd's 'MTP Daily' Debut Clocks 483K Viewers|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=September 29, 2015 |work=Deadline |access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615212418/http://deadline.com/2015/09/chuck-todd-mtp-daily-debut-483k-viewers-ratings-1201555235/ |archive-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> By 2022, the show was airing in the 1:00 p.m. Eastern slot, and in May it was announced that the show would be moving from MSNBC to the free streaming platform [[NBC News|NBC News NOW]], and rechristened '''''Meet the Press Now''''', starting June 6, 2022. The show also returned to an early evening slot of 4:00 p.m. Eastern.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Chuck Todd's 'Meet The Press Daily' To Move From MSNBC To Streaming Platform NBC News Now |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/chuck-todd-meet-the-press-daily-nbc-news-now-1235017991/ |website=Deadline |access-date=May 6, 2022 |date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> ====Disinformation overtaking media==== In a December 2019 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Todd discussed how [[disinformation]] overtook the media during the Trump administration.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wade|first=Peter|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-disinformation-spreads-according-to-chuck-todd-interview-929912/|title=How Disinformation Spreads, According to Chuck Todd|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=20 December 2019}}</ref> However, PressThink, a project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at [[New York University]], took Todd to task for failing to address the issue as it unfolded,<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosen|first=Jay|url=http://pressthink.org/2019/12/the-christmas-eve-confessions-of-chuck-todd/|title=The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd|publisher=PressThink|date=26 December 2019}}</ref> in a very detailed discussion of Todd's remarks.
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