ABC's THIS WEEK Beats NBC's Meet the Press
By: Caryn Robbins
For the 1st Quarter 2014, ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" averaged 3.175 million Total Viewers and 967,000 Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. For the 3rd quarter in a row, "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press," leading the NBC program during 1Q14 by its largest quarter margins in both Total Viewers (+92,000) and Adults 25-54 (+48,000) in over 16 years - since 3Q97.
During the 13 weeks of 1Q14, "This Week" ranked No. 1 5 times in Total Viewers and 6 times in Adults 25-54. This represents the most number of No. 1 finishes during a quarter in over 16 years in overall viewers and in over 19 years in Adults 25-54 - since 3Q97 and 4Q94, respectively, based on regular telecasts. For the 3rd consecutive quarter, "This Week" improved on the previous quarter (2.918 million and 806,000, respectively for 4Q13) in both Total Viewers (+9%) and Adults 25-54 (+20%) to deliver its strongest quarter performance in 5 years - since 1Q09. In addition, "This Week" was also up the most from 4Q13 compared to CBS' "Face the Nation" (flat/+5%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (+8%/+14%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (+1%/+4%). "This Week" surged on the year-ago quarter (2.590 million and 744,000, respectively on 1Q13) in both Total Viewers (+23%) and Adults 25-54 (+30%). The ABC public affairs program also turned in the largest increases from the year-earlier quarter compared to CBS' "Face the Nation" (+5%/+9%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (+1%/+3%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (+9%/-3%).Robin Sproul, Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, serves as the Executive in Charge of "This Week" and Jonathan Greenberger serves as the Executive Broadcast Producer. Follow "This Week" on Twitter HYPERLINK "https://twitter.com/" l "!/thisweekabc" @ThisWeekABC. 1st Quarter 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 3,175,000 967,000/0.8
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 3,083,000 919,000/0.8
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,348,000 980,000/0.8
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,851,000 534,000/0.4
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,301,000 438,000/0.4 Sunday, March 30, 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,915,000 799,000/0.7
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,779,000 881,000/0.7
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,363,000 1,042,000/0.9
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,873,000 590,000/0.5
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,294,000 376,000/0.3
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 3/30/14, 3/23/14 and 3/31/13 or as dated. Most Current: 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 3/30/14) and 2012-2013 Season (9/24/12 - 3/31/13). Most Current - 1Q13: 12/30/13 - 3/30/14. 1Q13: 12/31/12 - 3/31/12. 4Q13: 9/23 - 12/29/13.
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