Press release - Ratings

December 24, 2024

WITH LARGEST AUDIENCE IN 5 WEEKS, ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54

‘This Week’ Grows Week to Week in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 and Grows Overall Audience Year to Year 

Season to Date, ‘This Week’ Beats NBC in Total Viewers for the 4th Consecutive Season

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“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.385 million) and Adults 25-54 (453,000) on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

  • “This Week” saw increases on the previous week in both Total Viewers (+3% – 2.385 million vs. 2.314 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% – 353,000 vs. 348,000), drawing its largest overall audience in 5 weeks — since 11/17/24.
  • “This Week” improved year to year in Total Viewers (+11% – 2.385 million vs. 2.153 million).
  • Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+53,000 – 2.496 million vs. 2.443 million) for the 4th consecutive 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. 22, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,385,000 353,000/0.3
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,011,000 305,000/0.2
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,198,000 320,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” 1,728,000 253,000/0.2
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 1,089,000 236,000/0.2

NOTE: NBC’s “Meet the Press” was retitled to “Meet the Press-MTP.”

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 12/22/24, 12/15/24 and 12/24/23 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23-12/22/24) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25-12/24/23). 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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