Press release - Ratings
September 23, 2025
FOR THE 4TH SEASON STRAIGHT, ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE NO. 1 SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM, OUTDELIVERING NBC AND CBS
‘This Week’ Beats CBS in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the 14th Straight Season

2024-2025 Season
For the 2024-2025 season, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked as the No. 1 Sunday public affairs program in Total Viewers (2.480 million), leading NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2.421 million) by 59,000 and CBS’ “Face the Nation” (2.467 million) by 13,000, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- In fact, “This Week” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 4th consecutive season — since the 2021-2022 season.
- In addition, “This Week” (2.480 million and 407,000, respectively) outperformed CBS’ “Face the Nation” (2.467 million and 403,000, respectively) in both Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the 14th straight season — since the 2011-2012 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.”
2024-2025 Season | TOTAL VIEWERS | A25-54 (000)/Rtg |
ABC “THIS WEEK” | 2,480,000 | 407,000/0.3 |
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” | 2,421,000 | 461,000/0.4 |
CBS “FACE THE NATION 1 & 2” | 2,467,000 | 403,000/0.3 |
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” | 1,018,000 | 228,000/0.2 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 9/21/25, 9/14/25 and 9/22/24 or as dated. Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-9/21/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-9/22/24). 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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