ABC's THIS WEEK Ranks #1 in Adults 25-54

By: Jun. 05, 2015
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ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked as the No. 1 public affairs program in Adults 25-54 (896,000) on May 31, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. Taking the top spot for the 3rd time in its last 4 telecasts, "This Week" led CBS' "Face the Nation" (+94,000), NBC's "Meet the Press" (+127,000).

In addition, "This Week" outperformed "Meet the Press" by 349,000 Total Viewers (2.818 million vs. 2.469 million), its biggest in over 6 months (since 10/5/14) and 2nd-largest overall this season.

"This Week" surged by double-digits on its performance the previous week (2.199 million and 734,000, respectively, for 5/24/15) in both Total Viewers (+28%) and Adults 25-54 (+22%), turning in its most-watched telecast in 10 weeks - since 3/22/15.

For the 3rd time in the last 4 weeks, "This Week" built on the same Sunday last year (2.744 million and 800,000, respectively, on 6/1/15) in both Total Viewers (+3%) and Adults 25-54 (+12%). In fact, "This Week" has delivered year-to-year news demo gains in 9 of its last 10 telecasts.

Season to date, "This Week" is up in Adults 25-54 (+4% - 876,000 vs. 846,000) versus its year-ago season average, delivering its strongest news demo performance in 6 years - since the 2008-09 season. In fact, "This Week" is the only program to grow in Adults 25-54 compared to CBS' "Face the Nation" (flat), NBC's "Meet the Press" (-2%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (-1%).

In addition, "This Week" is outdelivering NBC's "Meet the Press" in Total Viewers (+20,000) and Adults 25-54 (+63,000) for the 2nd year in a row, seeing its largest news demo lead in 21 years - since the 1993-94 season.

Jonathan Greenberger is Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, and also serves as the Executive Producer of "This Week." Robin Sproul serves as Vice President, Public Affairs and Executive-in-Charge of "This Week"

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Sunday, May 31, 2015 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,818,000 896,000/0.7

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,469,000 769,000/0.6

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,949,000 802,000/0.7

CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 2,511,000 600,000/0.5

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,256,000 361,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 5/31/15, 5/24/15 and 6/1/1



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