WITH OVER 3 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE #1 SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54

“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (3.016 million) and Adults 25-54 (412,000) on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” saw year-to-year gains in Total Viewers (+6% – 3.016 million vs. 2.858 million) and Adults 25-54 (+3% – 412,000 vs. 400,000).
• “This Week” (3.016 million and 421,000, respectively) outperformed CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 (2.376 million and 253,000, respectively) by 640,000 Total Viewers and by 159,000 Adults 25-54, turning in its largest overall viewer lead in over 1 ½ years — since 7/24/24, based on regular telecasts.
• Season to date, “This Week” leads NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+119,000 – 2.774 million vs. 2.655 million) andCBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and 2 in Adults 25-54 (+16,000 – 397,000 vs. 381,000).

NOTE: NBC’s “Meet the Press” was preempted for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

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, Feb. 15, 2026

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK”	3,016,000	412,000/0.3
NBC “MEET THE PRESS”	PREEMPTED
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 1 & 2	2,376,000	253,000/0.2
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”	1,093,000	236,000/0.2

Source: Nielsen, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 2/8/26, 2/1/26 and 2/9/25. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25-2/1/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-2/9/25). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season.  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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