ABC's THIS WEEK Ranks as No. 1 Sunday Program in Total Viewers & Adults 25-54

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked as the No. 1 public affairs program in Total Viewers (4.305 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.205 million) on January 8, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

In Total Viewers, "This Week" (4.305 million) scored its largest lead (+363,000) over CBS' "Face the Nation (3.942 million) in more than 4 years and biggest advantage (+234,000) over NBC's "Meet the Press" (4.071 million) in nearly 1 1/2 years - since 9/2/12 and 7/19/15, respectively, based on regular telecasts.

Taking the top spot in the key adult news demo for the 2nd week in a row, "This Week" (1.205 million) outdelivered CBS' "Face the Nation" (934,000) by its largest lead (+271,000) in nearly 1 1/2 years and led NBC's "Meet the Press" (1.177 million) by its biggest margin (+28,000) in more than 3 months - since 7/19/15 and 9/25/16, respectively.

"This Week" improved substantially from its week-ago performance (3.223 million and 937,000 for 1/1/17) in both Total Viewers (+34%) and Adults 25-54 (+29%), drawing its largest overall audience in 8 years and best news demo performance in nearly 2 years - since 1/11/09 and 2/1/15, respectively.

"This Week" also posted double-digits increases year to year (3.359 million and 1.045 million, respectively, on 1/10/16) in both Total Viewers (+28%) and Adults 25-54 (+15%).

Season to date, "This Week" is improving in both Total Viewers (+8% - 3.469 million vs. 3.221 million) and Adults 25-54 (+3% - 970,000 vs. 945,000) versus the same point last season. "This Week" is drawing its largest overall audience in 15 years and its strongest news demo performance in 8 years - since the 2001-02 and the 2008-09 seasons.

In addition, "This Week" (970,000) is outdelivering CBS' "Face the Nation" (948,000) by 22,000 Adults 25-54, beating the CBS program in the key adult news demo for the 2nd season in a row.

Jonathan Greenberger is vice president and Washington Bureau chief and also serves as the executive producer of "This Week."

Sunday, January 8, 2017 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 4,305,000 1,205,000/1.0
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 4,071,000 1,177,000/1.0
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,942,000 934,000/0.8
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 2,442,000 603,000/0.5
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,686,000 491,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 1/8/17, 1/1/17 and 1/10/16 or as dated. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (NNTV - 9/19/16 - 1/8/17) and 2015-2016 Season (Galaxy EXPLORER - 9/21/15 - 1/10/16).
Averages based on regular telecasts.

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