ABC'S THIS WEEK Ranks as No. 1 Public Affairs Program on Sunday

This Week with George Stephanopoulos" won the opening telecast of the 2014-15 season in both Total Viewers (3.391 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.003 million) for September 28, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "This Week" marked the first time in 12 years in Total Viewers and in 6 years in Adults 25-54 to rank No. 1 during the opening week of the season - since the 2002-03 and the 2008-09 seasons, respectively. Further, "This Week" has ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 in 15 of the last 18 weeks

For the 3rd week in a row, "This Week" improved on its Total Viewer performance week to week (+13% - 3.391 million vs. 3.010 million on 9/21/14) to score its most-watched telecast in 6 months - since 3/23/14.

"This Week" improved from its year-ago season premiere (2.731 million and 785,000, respectively, on 9/29/13) for the 3rd straight year in both Total Viewers (+28%) and Adults 25-54 (+24%). In fact, "This Week" turned in its strongest season premiere performance in 6 years - since the 2008-09 season.

"This Week" beat CBS' "Face the Nation" (3.326 million and 933,000, respectively) for the first time during the opening Sunday of the season in 7 years in Total Viewers (+65,000) and by its largest news demo margin (+70,000) during premiere week also in 7 years - since the 2007-08 season.

NOTE: NBC's "Meet the Press" was pre-empted due to Ryder Cup golf.

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, September 28, 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 3,391,000 1,003,000/0.8

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" ***PRE-EMPTED***

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,326,000 933,000/0.8

CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,330,000 385,000/0.3

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,692,000 383,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 9/28/14, 9/21/14 and 9/29/13 or as dated. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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