Press release - Ratings

December 4, 2024

‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ GROWS WEEK TO WEEK IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54

Season to Date, ‘This Week’ Beats NBC in Total Viewers for the 4th Consecutive Season by Largest Total Viewers Margin in 28 Years

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“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.337 million Total Viewers and 416,000 Adults 25-54 on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

  • “This Week” saw increases week to week in Total Viewers (+2% – 2.337 million vs. 2.290 million) and Adults 25-54 (+8% – 416,000 vs. 385,000). 
  • For the 3rd week in a row, “This Week” was up on the year-ago telecast in Adults 25-54 (+3% – 416,000 vs. 405,000).
  • Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+167,000 – 2.524 million vs. 2.357 million) for the 4th consecutive season. In addition, “This Week” is leading the NBC program by its largest Total Viewers margin at this point of the season in 28 years — since the 1996-1997 season.

George Stephanopoulos is anchor, Martha Raddatz is chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor, and Jonathan Karl is chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week.” Brooke Brower is the executive producer.

ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” NBC’s “Meet the Press” and Fox’s “Fox News Sunday” each air for 60 minutes, while CBS’ “Face the Nation” airs for 30 minutes.

Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,337,000 416,000/0.3
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,199,000 449,000/0.4
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,556,000 364,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” 1,929,000 328,000/0.3
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 1,028,000 276,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 12/1/24, 11/24/24 and 12/3/23 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23-12/1/24) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25-12/3/23). Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings do not include OOH viewing. Nielsen ratings for “This Week” include additional airings in select markets. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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ABC News Media Relations
Brooks Lancaster
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