ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" averaged 3.314 million Total Viewers and 870,000 Adults 25-54 on December 20, 2015, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "This Week" beat CBS' "Face the Nation" (3.271 million and 771,000, respectively) in both Total Viewers (+43,000) and Adults 25-54 (+99,000).
"This Week" saw double-digit Total Viewer increases week to week (+12% - 3.314 million vs. 2.972 million for 12/13/15) and year to year (+10% - 3.314 million vs. 3.018 million for 12/21/14).
Season to date, "This Week" ranks as the No. 1 public-affairs program in Adults 25-54 (930,000), leading CBS' "Face the Nation" (801,000) by 129,000 and NBC's "Meet the Press" (912,000) by 18,000, and taking the top spot for the first time in 22 years - since the 1993-94 season.
In addition, "This Week's" news demo lead over "Face the Nation" is its largest at this point of a season in 15 years - since the 2000-01 season. "This Week" is also beating "Meet the Press" in the key adult news demo season to date for the 2nd year in a row.
"This Week" is improving by double digits in both Total Viewers (+13% - 3.178 million vs. 2.817 million) and Adults 25-54 (+11% - 930,000 vs. 837,000) versus its year-ago season averages to post its strongest performance in 7 years - since the 2008-09 season.
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, December 20, 2015 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 3,314,000 870,000/0.7
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 3,624,000 954,000/0.8
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,271,000 771,000/0.6
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2" 1,977,000 447,000/0.4
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,349,000 404,000/0.3
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live + SD for 12/20/15, 12/13/15 and 12/21/14 or as dated. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21 - 12/20/15) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22 - 12/21/14). Averages based on regular telecasts.
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