SUNDAY'S MEET THE PRESS TRIBUTE DRAWS HUGE AUDIENCE

Early ratings results for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” indicate that viewers tuned in big time.

Based on preliminary stats, it appears the show Tim Russert had hosted since 1991, and which this week was hosted by Tom Brokaw and devoted to Russert, may have logged nearly 60 percent more viewers than its May average ratings – in the range of 6 million viewers.

The show has averaged about 3.9 million viewers to date.

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