‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE #1 SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM FOR THE 3RD QUARTER IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 18-49

3rd Quarter 2026:

ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” won the 3rd Quarter of 2026 in Total Viewers (2.617 million) and Adults 18-49 (273,000), based on Most Current Big Data + Panel Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. 

• • “This Week”’s victory marked the third quarter in a row to lead in Total Viewers – since 1Q26.
• • “This Week” turned in gains versus the year-ago quarter in Total Viewers (+9% – 2.617 million vs. 2.411 million), Adults 25-54 (+5% – 352,000 vs. 335,00) and Adults 18-49 (+21% – 273,000 vs. 226,000). “The Week” stood as the only Sunday public affairs program to grow across the board from the same quarter last year.
• • “This Week” improved on the previous quarter (2Q26) in Adults 25-54 (+1% – 352,000 vs. 350,000) and Adults 18-49 (+7% – 273,000 vs. 256,000), marking the only Sunday public affairs program to grow in the key Adult demos.
• • “This Week” (2.617 million, 352,000 and 273,000 respectively) delivered its largest margins over CBS’ “Face the Nation” (2.417 million, 292,000 and 217,000 respectively) in Total Viewers (+200,000) and Adults 25-54 (+60,000) in 2 years and biggest advantage in Adults 18-49 (+56,000) in 4 years – since 3Q24 and 3Q22, respectively.

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

On Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 across the board: Total Viewers (2.466 million), Adults 25-54 (348,000) and Adults 18-49 (274,000), based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• For the second week in a row, “This Week” improved on the year-ago telecast in Total Viewers (+6% – 2.466 million vs. 2.322 million) and Adults 18-49(+4% – 274,000 vs. 264,000).

NOTE: NBC’s “Meet the Press” was retitled to “Meet the Press-MTP.”

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.

NOTE: CBS’ numbers are based on averages for both “Face the Nation” and “Face the Nation-2.” CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 began on 4/1/12.

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)	ADULTS 18-49 (000)
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,486,000	348,000	274,000
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,150,000	320,000	239,000
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,458,000	316,000	248,000
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	909,000	169,000	129,000

 

3rd Quarter 2026	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)	ADULTS 18-49 (000)
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,617,000	352,000	273,000
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,512,000	388,000	265,000
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,417,000	292,000	217,000
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	904,000	164,000	113,000

Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD 9/20/26, 9/13/26 and 9/21/25 for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”  Beginning 9/29/25, “This Week” includes airings on ABCN.L.  Quarter averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. 3Q26: 6/29 – 9/21/26, 2Q26: 3/30 – 6/28/26 and 3Q25: 6/30 – 9/21/25. 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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