‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE NO. 1 SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM DURING SEASON PREMIERE

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” opened the 2025-2026 season ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.151 million) on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” ranked as the No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs program in Total Viewers during the season premiere on Sunday for the 5th consecutive year — since the 2021-2022 season.
• “This Week” (2.151 million) increased in Total Viewer lead over CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 (2.031 million) by 4% (120,000 vs. 115,000 on 9/29/24), versus its lead on the year-ago season premiere week.

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.”

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

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025

2024-2025 Season	TOTAL VIEWERS	A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,151,000	303,000/0.2
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,117,000	399,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION 1 & 2”	2,031,000	308,000/0.3
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	985,000	242,000/0.2

Source: Nielsen, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 9/28/25, 9/21/25 and 9/29/24. Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. 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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