ABC's THIS WEEK Ranks No. 1 for 3rd Week in Total Viewers

By: Mar. 13, 2014
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On March 9, 2014, ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 for the 3rd week in a row in both Total Viewers (3.267 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.109 million), according to Nielsen Media Research. "This Week's" 3-week run at No. 1 stands as its best in over 16 years in Total Viewers (2/1 - 2/15/98) and best in over 18 years in Adults 25-54 (9/24 - 10/8/95), based on regular telecasts.

"This Week" led CBS' "Face the Nation" by 378,000 Total Viewers and by 219,000 Adults 25-54 lead, leading the CBS program by its largest overall viewer advantage in 1 1/2 years - since 9/2/12. In addition, "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" by 376,000 Total Viewers and by 223,000 Adults 25-54.

"This Week" surged on its year-ago telecast (2.368 million and 646,000, respectively on 3/10/13) in both Total Viewers (+38%) and Adults 25-54 (+72%). In fact, "This Week" has delivered year-to-year increases for the last 6 weeks in both measures. The ABC public affairs program was also up the most from its year-earlier telecast compared to CBS' "Face the Nation" (-9%/-2%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (+9%/+10%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (-13%/-25%).

Season to date, "This Week" is up in Total Viewers (+12%) and Adults 25-54 (+9%) versus its year-ago season averages. Growing in both measures for the 2nd year in a row, "This Week" is delivering its strongest performance in 5 years - since the 2008-09 season. In addition, "This Week" is up the most from the same point last season in both Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 versus CBS' "Face the Nation" (+1%/+1%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (-5%/-8%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (flat/-12%).

In addition, "This Week" leads NBC's "Meet the Press" this season in both Total Viewers (+23,000) and Adults 25-54 (+4,000), beating the NBC program during a season for the first time in 17 years in overall viewers and in 20 years in the key adult news demo - since the 1996-97 and the 1993-94 seasons, respectively.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 3,267,000 1,109,000/0.9
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,891,000 886,000/0.7
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 2,889,000 890,000/0.7
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,601,000 434,000/0.4
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,039,000 293,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 3/9/14, 3/2/14and 3/10/13 or as dated. Most Current: 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 3/9/14) and 2012-2013 Season (9/24/12 - 3/10/13).



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