Press release - Ratings
May 20, 2025
‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ POSTS WEEK TO WEEK, YEAR TO YEAR, AND SEASON TO DATE TOTAL VIEWER GAINS
‘This Week’ Also Grows Adults 25-54 Week to Week and Season to Date
“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 2.248 Total Viewers and 356,000 Adults 18-49 on Sunday, May 18, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- “This Week” posted increases versus the previous week in Total Viewers (+8% – 2.248 million vs. 2.074 million) and Adults 25-54 (+8% – 356,000 vs. 329,000).
- “This Week” improved on the year-ago Sunday in Total Viewers (+7% – 2.248 million vs. 2.105 million).
- Season to date, “This Week” is up over the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+1% – 2.538 million vs. 2.507 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% – 423,000 vs. 419,000). “This Week” is beating NBC’s “Meet the Press” by +58,000 Total Viewers (2.538 million vs. 2.480 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.”
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, May 18, 2025 | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 (000)/Rtg |
| ABC “THIS WEEK” | 2,480,000 | 356,000/0.3 |
| NBC “MEET THE PRESS” | 2,244,000 | 409,000/0.3 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION” | 2,443,000 | 308,000/0.2 |
| CBS “FACE THE NATION-2” | 1,966,000 | 261,000/0.2 |
| FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” | 1,969,000 | 193,000/0.2 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 5/18/25, 5/5/25 and 5/19/24 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-5/18/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-5/19/24). 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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Brooks Lancaster
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