ABC's THIS WEEK Beats 'Meet the Press' in Total Viewers

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos" averaged 2.474 million Total Viewers and 701,000 Adults 25-54 for October 26, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" by 123,000 Total Viewers and by 193,000 Adults 25-54. In fact, leading the NBC program in all 4 head-to-head telecasts this season "This Week" posted its largest news demo lead over "Meet the Press" of the season.

Season to date, "This Week" is up in Adults 25-54 (+3%) versus the same point last year. Competitively, "This Week" leads NBC's "Meet the Press" by its largest Total Viewer (+259,000) advantage in 19 years and its biggest in Adults 25-54 (+171,000) in 21 years - since the 1995-96 and the 1993-94 seasons, respectively.

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, October 26, 2014 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,474,000 701,000/0.6

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,351,000 508,000/0.4

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,008,000 818,000/0.7

CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,518,000 504,000/0.4

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 970,000 396,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 10/26/14, 10/19/14 and 10/27/13 or as dated. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22 - 10/26/14) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23 - 10/27/14). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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