ABC's THIS WEEK Draws Largest July Overall Audience in 19 Years

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos" drew 2.976 million Total Viewers and 851,000 Adults 25-54 during the 2016 July Sweep, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. For the 2nd year in a row, "This Week" beat CBS' "Face the Nation" (787,000) during the July sweep in Adults 25-54 (+64,000). In fact, the ABC public affairs program has beaten "Face the Nation" in the key adult news demo in 4 of the last 5 sweeps.

For the 5th time in the last 6 years, "The Week" improved on the year-ago July sweep in both Total Viewers (+11% - 2.976 million vs. 2.690 million) and Adults 25-54 (+2% - 851,000 vs. 831,000), drawing its most watched July overall audience in 19 years and best news demo performance for the month in 7 years - since July 1997 and July 2009, respectively. Further, "This Week" has built on the year-ago sweep in Adults 25-54 for the last 11 sweep periods.

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos" averaged 3.044 million Total Viewers and 855,000 Adults 25-54 on July 24, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "This Week" beat CBS' "Face the Nation" (740,000) by 115,000 Adults 25-54, its largest news demo advantage over the CBS program in 7 months - since 12/27/15.

For the 5th consecutive week, "This Week" built on the year-ago Sunday in Total Viewers (+15% - 3.044 million vs. 2.652 million on 7/26/15).

Season to date, "This Week" leads CBS' "Face the Nation" by 23,000 Adults 25-54 (934,000 vs. 911,000), beating the CBS program by its largest news demo margin in 7 years - since the 2008-09 season.

"This Week" is improving in both Total Viewers (+15% - 3.233 million vs. 2.815 million) and Adults 25-54 (+7% - 934,000 vs. 873,000) versus its year-ago season averages. In fact, "This Week" is drawing its largest overall audience in 17 years and posting its strongest news demo performance in 7 years - since the 1998-99 and 2008-09 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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