This is the very subtilely updated Part IV of The Mission, used for Meet the Press. As the longest running program on television, Meet the Press often digs into its huge archives in a segment called “Meet the Press Minute”. Usually its a historical clip related to the events of the present day.

This theme was originally intended for special reports and only later was it adopted by Meet The Press as its main theme. The theme is called the “Pulse of Events”. Meet the Press, having begun its radio run in 1945 and making its debut on television two years later, is the longest running show in the history of television. The original format consisted of a panel of journalists asking the guest questions, much like a press conference. When Tim Russert started his run as moderator, the format was changed. The panel was replaced with a single moderator who asked all the questions. To this day, with David Gregory as moderator, that is still the format used.