FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE #1 SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM

2025-2026 Season

For the 2025-2026 season, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked as the No. 1 Sunday public affairs program in Total Viewers (2.726 million) for the fifth consecutive season — since the 2021-22 season — leading NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2.588 million) by 138,000 and CBS’ “Face the Nation” (2.634 million) by 92,000, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” increased its Total Viewer season advantage over NBC’s “Meet the Press” (+393% – 138,000 vs. 28,000) compared to last season, delivering its largest overall viewer lead in 29 years — since the 1996-1997 season.
• “This Week” grew in Total Viewers (+2% – 2.726 million vs. 2.665 million) versus the previous season, standing as the only Sunday public affairs program to grow in overall viewers.

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026

On Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 across the board: Total Viewers (2.509 million), Adults 25-54 (352,000) and Adults 18-49 (286,000), based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+9% – 2.509 million vs. 2.298 million), Adults 25-54 (+9% – 352,000 vs. 323,000) and Adults 18-49 (+6% – 286,000 vs. 271,000), hitting a 2-month high in both key Adult demos — since 7/12/26.
• “This Week” scored double-digit gains year to year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+11% – 2.509 million vs. 2.266 million), Adults 25-54 (+26% – 352,000 vs. 280,000) and Adults 18-49(+58% – 286,000 vs. 181,000).

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.” Jon Schlosberg is the executive producer.

2025-2026 Season	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)	ADULTS 18-49 (000)
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,726,000	374,000	267,000
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,588,000	433,000	283,000
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,634,000	348,000	253,000
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY	1,018,000	210,000	136,000

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)	ADULTS 18-49 (000)
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,509,000	352,000	286,000
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,350,000	337,000	252,000
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,297,000	321,000	244,000
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY	886,000	211,000	154,000

Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49; Live+SD for 9/13/26, 9/6/26 and 9/14/25 for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”  Season to Date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25–9/13/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24–9/14/25). Season averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings beginning with the 2023-2024 season. Season rankings for the 2024-2025 season and prior seasons are based on Panel Data only.  Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out-of-Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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