Chuck Todd Announces Departure From 'Meet The Press', Kristen Welker To Replace Him

welcome back I have a personal announcement well today is not my final show this is going to be my final summer here Meet the Press it's been an amazing nearly decade long run I'm pretty really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade and frankly the last 15 plus years that have been here at NBC which also includes my time as political director I've loved so much of this job helping to explain America to Washington and explain Washington to America when I took over Meet the Press it was a Sunday show that had a lot of people questioning whether it could still have a place in the modern media space well I think we've answered that question and then some we've taken Meet the Press from a single Sunday show to a distinct and important political franchise from Our Daily Show Meet the Press now our magazine show Meet the Press reports to our newsletters and podcasts we've successfully expanded what makes Meet the Press special on Sundays to make it special no matter the topic or where it airs or when it airs that includes our annual Meet the Press Film Festival as well which has somehow become one of the most important festivals for Oscar buzz and nominations for news driven documentaries but the key to survival of any of these incredible media entities including here at Meet the Press is for leaders not to overstay their welcome I'd rather leave a little bit too soon than stay a tad bit too long I've had two amazing professional chapters and I already have plans for my next chapter including some projects right here at NBC news that I've been uh very focused on among them docu-series and some docudamas focused on trying to educate the public better Bridge our divides and Pierce our political bubbles so while I may be leaving this chair I'm still going to help NBC navigate and Coach colleagues in this 2024 campaign season and Beyond but this is also an important time for me personally I've let work consume me for nearly 30 years I can't remember the last time I didn't wake up before 5 or 6 A.M and as I've watched too many friends and family let work consume them before it was too late I promised my family I wouldn't do that and just as important and this is what really makes me happy I'm also ready to take a step back because I have so much confidence in the person whom I'm going to pass the Baton to she's somebody who's been ready for this for a long time Kristen welcome I've had the privilege of working with her from essentially her first day here in Washington and let me just say she's the right person in the right moment and for what it's worth this is always how I hoped this would end for me that I'd be passing the Baton to her and I'll officially do that in September I'll be honest though I leave feeling concerned about this moment in history but reassured by the standards we've set here we didn't tolerate propagandus and this network and program never will but it doesn't mean sticking your head in the sand either if you ignore reality you'll miss the biggest story being a real political journalist isn't about building a brand it's about reporting what's happening and explaining why it's happening and letting the public absorb the facts if you do this job seeking popularity you are doing this job incorrectly I take the attacks from partisans as compliments and I take the compliments from partisans with a grain of salt the goal of this and every Meet the Press episode is to do all of the following in one informative hour make you mad make you think shake your head in disapproval and Nod your head in approval if you do all of that in one hour of this show we've done our job so again this isn't goodbye but know this no matter who sits in this chair if it's Sunday Let's Meet the Press

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Length: 3min 27sec (207 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 04 2023