Press release - Ratings

September 4, 2024

With Increases Week to Week and Year to Year, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is No. 1 in Adults 25–54 for 11th Straight Week

Season to Date, ‘This Week’ Beats NBC in Total Viewers for the 3rd Straight Season

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“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (480,000) on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, taking the top spot in the key Adult news demo for the 11th straight week.

  • “This Week” saw Adults 25-54 increases both week to week (+21% – 480,000 vs. 397,000) and year to year (+3% – 480,000 vs. 466,000).
  • Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers for the 3rd straight season (2.535 million vs. 2.502 million).

NOTE: All four shows were retitled due to Labor Day Sunday. The retitled telecasts are excluded from the season averages.

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, Sept. 1, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,486,000 480,000/0.4
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,071,000 335,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,737,000 403,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” 1,905,000 309,000/0.2
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 845,000 195,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 9/1/24, 8/25/24 and 8/27/23 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-9/1/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22-8/27/23). 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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Brooks Lancaster
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