ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 for the 3rd quarter 2014 in Adults 25-54 (851,000), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. After also winning 2Q14, "This Week" scored its first back-to-back news demo wins in more than 20 years - since 1Q94 and 2Q94, respectively. In addition, "This Week" turned in its first 3rd quarter Adults 25-54 victory in 17 years - since 3Q97. "This Week" turned in a dominant performance during the quarter in ranking No. 1 in the key adult news demo in 10 of the 12 weeks.
eading NBC's "Meet the Press" in Adults 25-54 for the 5th straight quarter, "This Week" outdelivered the NBC program by its largest news demo advantage (+158,000) during any quarter in 21 years - since 3Q93. "This Week" led CBS' "Face the Nation" by its biggest Adults 25-54 quarter advantage (+103,000) in nearly 14 years - since 4Q00. In Total Viewers, "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" for the 5th quarter in row with its largest overall viewer 3rd quarter advantage (+314,000) 17 years - since 3Q97. "This Week" improved on the year-ago quarter (2.535 million and 701,000, respectively on 3Q13) in both Total Viewers (+9%) and Adults 25-54 (+21%), turning in its best numbers during a 3rd quarter in 13 years in overall viewers and in 5 years in the key adult news demo - since 3Q01 and 3Q09, respectively. In addition, "This Week" stood as the only public affairs program to grow in both measures compared to CBS' "Face the Nation" (+6%/-1%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (-3%/flat) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (+13%/-6%).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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3rd Quarter 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,762,000 851,000/0.7
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,448,000 693,000/0.6
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 2,819,000 748,000/0.6
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,648,000 402,000/0.3
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,197,000 357,000/0.3
Sunday, September 21, 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 3,010,000 1,014,000/0.8
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,416,000 657,000/0.5
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 2,919,000 736,000/0.6
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,513,000 326,000/0.3
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,252,000 374,000/0.3
2013-14 Season TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,932,000 866,000/0.7
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,724,000 786,000/0.7
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,111,000 867,000/0.7
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,728,000 458,000/0.4
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,241,000 397,000/0.3
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 9/21/14, 9/14/14and 9/22/13 or as dated. Most Current: 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 9/21/14) and 2012-2013 Season (9/24/12 - 9/22/13). Most Current - 3Q14: 6/30 - 9/21/14. 2Q14: 3/31 - 6/29/14. 3Q13: 7/1 - 9/22/13. Averages based on regular telecasts.
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