--- description: The journalist confirmed rumors via Twitter title: David Gregory to Leave NBC's 'Meet the Press' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b31b9b9994ac65e/69869f9206f2c15fcc330524/167716715.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Gregory to Leave NBC's _Meet the Press_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 14, 2014 8:42 PM CUT  Moderator David Gregory appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 28, 2013. Moderator David Gregory appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 28, 2013.NBC NewsWire—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 14, 2014 8:42 PM CUT _Updated 5:32 p.m. E.T._ David Gregory, moderator of NBC’s _Meet the Press_ for the past six years, announced Thursday that he’S leaving the show. Gregory’s departure follows a series of rumors that he would be replaced. In July, after the New York _Post_‘s Page Six [reported that Gregory would leave after November midterm elections](http://pagesix.com/2014/07/23/meet-the-press-host-david-gregory-to-be-replaced-after-elections/ "undefined"), NBC released a statement that said, “We heard the same false rumors and suggest you take them with a grain of salt, as we did.” [Many](http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/14/media/meet-press-david-gregory-chuck-todd/ "undefined") read the lukewarm words as a sign of Gregory’s impending exit. Chuck Todd, currently the NBC News political director and host of _The Daily Rundown_, will fill Gregory’s chair beginning Sept. 7, NBC News President Deborah Turness said in a memo to staff. Andrea Mitchell will serves as a moderator on _Meet the Press_ this weekend. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3112539/david-gregory-to-leave-nbcs-meet-the-press/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3112539/david-gregory-to-leave-nbcs-meet-the-press/"},"headline":"David Gregory to Leave NBC's Meet the Press","datePublished":"2014-08-14T20:42:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:53.552Z","description":"The journalist confirmed rumors via Twitter","url":"https://time.com/3112539/david-gregory-to-leave-nbcs-meet-the-press/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b31b9b9994ac65e/69869f9206f2c15fcc330524/167716715.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b31b9b9994ac65e/69869f9206f2c15fcc330524/167716715.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meet the Press - Season 65","caption":"Meet the Press - Season 65","creditText":"NBC NewsWire—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3112539/david-gregory-to-leave-nbcs-meet-the-press/","name":"David Gregory to Leave NBC's Meet the Press"}}]}] ```