Press release - Ratings
January 7, 2025
WITH LARGEST OVERALL AUDIENCE IN 7 WEEKS, ‘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
“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.453 million Total Viewers and 401,000 Adults 25-54 on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- “This Week” improved week to week in both Total Viewers (+1% – 2.453 million vs. 2.421 million) and Adults 25-54 (+8% – 401,000 vs. 372,000), delivering its most-watched telecast in 7 weeks — since 11/17/24.
- Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+57,000 – 2.500 million vs. 2.443 million) for the 4th consecutive season.
NOTE: NBC’s “Meet the Press” was retitled to “Meet the Press-MTP.”
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, Jan. 5, 2025 | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 (000)/Rtg |
ABC “THIS WEEK” | 2,453,000 | 401,000/0.3 |
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” | 2,368,000 | 407,000/0.4 |
CBS “FACE THE NATION” | 2,930,000 | 459,000/0.4 |
CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” | 2,395,000 | 436,000/0.4 |
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” | 1,111,000 | 260,000/0.2 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 1/5/25, 12/29/24 and 1/7/24 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-1/5/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-1/7/24). 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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