Press release - Ratings

July 30, 2024

For the 6th Week Straight, ‘This Week With George Stephanopoulos’ Is the Most-Watched Sunday Public Affairs Program in Adult 25–54

For the 5th Week Straight, ‘This Week’ Delivers Year-to-Year Growth in Adults 25-54

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

ABC News/”This Week with George Stephanopoulos”*

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (455,000) on Sunday, July 28, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, taking the top spot for the 6th week in a row.

  • For the 5th week in a row, “This Week” improved on the same week last year in Adults 25-54 (+20% – 485,000 vs. 380,000).

  • “This Week” posted week-to-week gains in both Total Viewers (+4% – 2.535 million vs. 2.436 million) and Adults 25-54 (+14% – 455,000 vs. 399,000).

  • Season to date, “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers for the 3rd straight season (2.506 million vs. 2.502 million).

NOTE: “Meet the Press” was preempted for NBC’s coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics. CBS’ “Face the Nation” was retitled to “Face-Nation.”

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, July 28, 2024            TOTAL VIEWERS     ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

Sunday, July 21, 2024 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,535,000 455,000/0.4
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” PREEMPTED PREEMPTED
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,192,000 306,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” 1,582,000 224,000/0.2
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 992,000 206,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 7/28/24, 7/21/24 and 7/23/23 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-7/28/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22-7/23/23). 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
Jordan Littlejohn
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