‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, DRAWING LARGEST AUDIENCE IN ONE YEAR AND ADULTS 25-54 PERFORMANCE IN OVER 6 MONTHS

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (3.049 million) on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” hit season highs in both Total Viewers (3.049 million) and Adults 25-54 (419,000), drawing its largest overall audience in 1 year and delivering its best news demo performance in over 6 months — since 1/12/25 and 6/22/25, respectively.
• “This Week” (3.049 million) posted its largest Total Viewer lead (+182,000) over CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 (2.867 million) of the season. In fact, it was its largest in nearly 5 months — since 8/10/25.
• In addition, “This Week” outperformed NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+29,000 – 3.049 million vs. 3.020 million) for the 5th consecutive telecast.
• “This Week” improved on the year-ago Sunday in Total Viewers (+7% – 3.049 million vs. 2.853 million).
• Season to date, “This Week” leads NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+85,000 – 2.641 million vs. 2.556 million) and CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 in Adults 25-54 (+6,000 – 375,000 vs. 369,000).

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.”

NOTE: CBS’ numbers are based on averages for both “Face the Nation” and “Face the Nation-2.”

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026

	TOTAL VIEWERS	A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK”	3,049,000	419,000/0.3
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	3,020,000	478,000/0.4
CBS “FACE THE NATION 1 & 2”	2,867,000	390,000/0.3
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	1,009,000	203,000/0.2

Source: Nielsen, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 1/4/26, 12/28/25 and 1/5/25. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25-1/4/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-1/5/25). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Beginning 9/29/25, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averages include airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Nielsen ratings for “This Week” include additional airings in select markets. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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