‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 16th Consecutive Week — the Longest Streak in Over 32 Years

 

On Sunday, May 17, 2026, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.484 million) for the 16th consecutive week, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week”’s Total Viewer victory marked the program’s longest stretch at No. 1 in more than 32 years — since 9/4-12/18/94.
• “This Week” posted increases week to week in Total Viewers (+7% – 2.484 million vs. 2.325 million) and Adults 25-54 (+15% – 338,000 vs. 293,000).
• For the seventh week running, “This Week” improved on the year-ago Sunday in Total Viewers (+3% – 2.484 million vs. 2.416 million), standing as the only Sunday public affairs program to grow its overall audience year to year.
• Season to date, “This Week” ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.772 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC’s “Meet the Press” (+193,000; vs. 2.579 million) and CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 (+63,000; vs. 2.709 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.
• In fact, “This Week” is increasing its Total Viewer leads by triple digits over both NBC (+271% – 193,000 vs. 52,000) and CBS (+152% – 63,000 vs. 25,000) compared to the same point last season. Further, “This Week” is delivering its largest overall viewer lead over NBC’s “Meet the Press” in 30 years — since the 1995-1996 season.
• In addition, “This Week” is up in Total Viewers (+1% – 2.772 million vs. 2.752 million).

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, May 17, 2026	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK”	2,484,000	338,000/0.3
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	2,247,000	405,000/0.3
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,219,000	299,000/0.2
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	886,000	173,000/0.1

Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 5/17/26, 5/10/26 and 5/18/25 for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”  Beginning 9/29/25, “This Week” includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (5/15/26), week ago telecast (5/8/26) and year-ago telecast (5/9/25) for “20/20.”  Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 5/17/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 – 5/13/26). Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season. 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 did not include OOH viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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