This Week with George Stephanopoulos

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With Largest Margin Over CBS in 12 Years, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is No. 1 in Total Viewers for 2nd Week Running

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.885 million) on Sunday, July 14, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, taking the top spot for the 2nd straight telecast. “This Week” outperformed CBS’ “Face the Nation” (2.458 million) by its largest Total Viewer margin (+427,000) in nearly 12 years — since 9/2/12, based on regular telecasts. For the 4th consecutive week, “This Week” grew from the previous week in Total Viewers (+10% – 2.885 million vs. 2.625 million). “This Week” attracted its largest overall audience in nearly 9 months, with its 2nd-best performance of the season behind only its season premiere — since 10/1/23. For the 2nd week in a row, “This Week” turned in double-digit gains year to year in both Total Viewers (+31% – 2.885 million vs. 2.201 million) and Adults 25-54 (+55% – 493,000 vs. 318,000). Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers for the 3rd straight season (2.504 million

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July 14, 2024

ABC News To Air One-Hour Primetime Special, ‘Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute,’ Anchored by David Muir and President Joe Biden’s Address Sunday, July 14, on ABC

ABC News announced today continuing special coverage of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and the deadly shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir will anchor a one-hour primetime special, “Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute,” on Sunday, July 14, immediately after the network airs President Joe Biden’s address to the nation from the Oval Office beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. President Biden’s remarks will air at 5:00 p.m. PT, and the network special will air at 8:00 p.m. PT. Muir will be joined by chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce, chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas, chief Washington correspondent and “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, chief global affairs correspondent and “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz, “World News Tonight” Saturday anchor and “Good Morning America” weekend co-anchor Whit Johnson, senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, correspondent Aaron Katersky and executive

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July 9, 2024

With Exclusive President Biden Interview, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program in Total Viewers and Adults 25–54

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in both Total Viewers (2.625 million) and Adults 25-54 (516,000) on Sunday, July 7, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, taking the top spot in the key Adult news demo for the 3rd consecutive telecast. For the 3rd week in a row, “This Week” saw gains on the previous week in both Total Viewers (+11% – 2.625 million vs. 2.360 million) and Adults 25-54 (+19% – 516,000 vs. 435,000). “This Week” drew its largest overall audience in over 3 months and delivered its best news demo performance in more than 1 year — since 3/24/24 and 6/11/23, respectively. “This Week” scored double-digit increases year to year in both Total Viewers (+14% – 2.625 million vs. 2.298 million) and Adults 25-54 (+31% – 516,000 vs. 395,000). NOTE: NBC’s “Meet the Press” was retitled to “Meet the Press-MTP” and CBS’ “Face the Nation” was retitled to “Face-Nation” due to the Fourth of July holiday. The retitled telecasts are excluded from th

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July 2, 2024

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program Among Adults 25–54

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” outperform

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July 2, 2024

ABC News Announces George Stephanopoulos Exclusive, First Television Interview With President Joe Biden Will Air in Its Entirety as a Primetime Special Friday, July 5, 8:00 P.M. Et/Pt on ABC

ABC News announces the exclusive, first television interview with President Joe Biden following the presidential debate last week will air in its entirety as a primetime special, Friday, July 5, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. The first clip will air Friday, July 5, on “World News Tonight with David Muir.” The interview will air again in its entirety on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Sunday, July 7. The president will sit down in Wisconsin on the campaign trail earlier on Friday with the “Good Morning America” co-anchor and “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos. A transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day, Friday, July 5. ABC News Media Relations: Brooks Lancaster brooks.lancaster@abc.com Van Scott van.scott@abc.com Jeannie Kedas jeannie.kedas@abc.com For more information, follow ABC News PR on Facebook, X and Instagram.

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June 25, 2024

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program Among Adults 25–54

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (357,000) on Sunday, June 23, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “This Week” (2.339 million) outperformed NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2.082 million) by its largest Total Viewer margin (+257,000) in 10 months — since 8/20/23. “This Week” delivered double-digit increases week to week in both Total Viewers (+16% – 2.339 million vs. 2.019 million) and Adults 25-54 (+32% – 357,000 vs. 270,000). “This Week” hit an 8-week high in Total Viewers — since 4/28/24. “This Week” was up year to year in Total Viewers (+1% – 2.339 million vs. 2.310 million), standing as the only public affairs program to post gains. 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 F

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June 11, 2024

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Delivers Double-Digit Increases in Adults 25–54 Week to Week and Year to Year, Posting Strongest Performance in Nearly 3 Months

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.221 million Total Viewers and 377,000 Adults 25-54 on Sunday, June 9, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “This Week” delivered double-digit increases in Adults 25-54, both week to week (+17% – 377,000 vs. 321,000) and year to year (+16% – 377,000 vs. 325,000). In fact, “This Week” posted its strongest performance in nearly 3 months — since 3/17/24. NOTE: “Meet the Press” was preempted for NBC’s coverage of the French Open. 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 9, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,221,000 377,000/0.3/0.3 NB

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April 30, 2024

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Grows Over Previous Week in Total Viewers

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.386 million Total Viewers and 352,000 Adults 25-54 on Sunday, April 28, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers for the 6th consecutive head-to-head airing. For the 2nd telecast in a row, “This Week” grew week to week in Total Viewers (+2% – 2.386 million vs. 2.329 million). 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, April 28, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,386,000 352,000/0.3 NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,301,000 410,000/0.3 CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,673,000 456,000/0.4 CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” 2

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April 23, 2024

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Grows Over Previous Week in Total Viewers and Adults 25–54, Hitting 5-Week High in the Key Adult News Demo

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.329 million Total Viewers and 374,000 Adults 25-54 on Sunday, April 21, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC’s “Meet the Press” in both measures. In fact, ‘This Week” beat the NBC program in Total Viewers for the fifth straight head-to-head telecast. “This Week” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+3% – 2.329 million vs. 2.258 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% – 374,000 vs. 369,000), hitting a 5-week high in the key Adult news demo —since 3/17/24. 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, April 21, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rt

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April 19, 2024

ABC News Announces Special Week-Long Series in Honor of Earth Day Featuring Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Across All Programs and Platforms, ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC Affiliate Stations

ABC News announced today a special week-long series for Earth Week, “The Power of Us: People, Climate, and Our Future,” featuring innovative solutions for climate change. Led by ABC News chief meteorologist and climate correspondent Ginger Zee along with the ABC News weather and climate unit, this series will not only cover climate challenges we face but also share stories of empowerment about emerging solutions — from individuals, communities, industry and government — for our changing world. “Power of Us,” part of Disney and National Geographic’s ourHOME global campaign, begins Sunday, April 21, and airs across ABC News programs and platforms, ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC affiliate stations through Friday, April 26. “ABC News’ continued commitment to provide audiences with straightforward climate change coverage is more of a priority than ever,” said ABC News President Kim Godwin. “Building upon the success of last year’s ‘Power of Water’ series, ‘Power of Us’ moves the nee

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This Week with George Stephanopoulos

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With Largest Margin Over CBS in 12 Years, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is No. 1 in Total Viewers for 2nd Week Running

ABC News To Air One-Hour Primetime Special, ‘Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute,’ Anchored by David Muir and President Joe Biden’s Address Sunday, July 14, on ABC

With Exclusive President Biden Interview, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program in Total Viewers and Adults 25–54

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program Among Adults 25–54

ABC News Announces George Stephanopoulos Exclusive, First Television Interview With President Joe Biden Will Air in Its Entirety as a Primetime Special Friday, July 5, 8:00 P.M. Et/Pt on ABC

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the No. 1 Sunday Public Affairs Program Among Adults 25–54

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Delivers Double-Digit Increases in Adults 25–54 Week to Week and Year to Year, Posting Strongest Performance in Nearly 3 Months

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Grows Over Previous Week in Total Viewers

‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Grows Over Previous Week in Total Viewers and Adults 25–54, Hitting 5-Week High in the Key Adult News Demo

ABC News Announces Special Week-Long Series in Honor of Earth Day Featuring Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Across All Programs and Platforms, ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC Affiliate Stations

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