Press release - Ratings
July 2, 2024
‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program Among Adults 25–54
‘This Week’ Delivers Largest Overall Audience in 2 Months and Best News Demo Performance in 4 Months
For 3rd Year Running, ‘This Week’ Outperforms NBC During the 2nd Quarter
June 30, 2024
“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (435,000) for the 2nd straight telecast on Sunday, June 30, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- “This Week” (2.360 million) also beat NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2.314 million) for the 2nd week in a row in Total Viewers (+46,000).
- For the 2nd week in a row, “This Week” improved on the previous week in both Total Viewers (+1% – 2.360 million vs. 2.339 million) and Adults 25-54 (+22% – 435,000 vs. 357,000).
- “This Week” drew its largest overall audience in 2 months and delivered its best news demo performance in more than 4 months — since 4/28/24 and 2/18/24, respectively.
- “This Week” was up year to year in Adults 25-54 (+1% – 435,000 vs. 431,000).
2nd Quarter 2024
ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.369 million Total Viewers and 378,000 Adults 25-54 during the 2nd quarter of 2024, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- “This Week” outperformed NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2.307 million) by 62,000 Total Viewers, leading the NBC program during a 2nd quarter for the third year in a row — since 2Q22.
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, June 30, 2024 | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 (000)/Rtg |
| ABC “THIS WEEK” | 2,360,00 | 435,000/0.4 |
| NBC “MEET THE PRESS” | 2,314,000 | 370,000/0.3 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION” | 2,541,000 | 381,000/0.3 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” | 1,857,000 | 279,000/0.2 |
| FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” | 839,000 | 182,000/0.2 |
| 2nd Quarter 2024 | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 (000)/Rtg |
| ABC “THIS WEEK” | 2,369,000 | 378,000/0.3 |
| NBC “MEET THE PRESS” | 2,307,000 | 394,000/0.3 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION” | 2,723,000 | 429,000/0.3 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” | 2,032,000 | 324,000/0.3 |
| FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” | 940,000 | 202,000/0.2 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 6/30/24, 6/23/24 and 6/25/23 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-6/30/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22-6/25/23). Live+7/Most Current – 2Q24: 4/1 – 6/30/24, 2Q23: 3/27 – 6/25/23 and 1Q23: 1/1/ – 3/31/24. 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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Brooks Lancaster
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