"This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked as the No. 1 public affairs program in Total Viewers (4.305 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.205 million) on January 8, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
In Total Viewers, "This Week" (4.305 million) scored its largest lead (+363,000) over CBS' "Face the Nation (3.942 million) in more than 4 years and biggest advantage (+234,000) over NBC's "Meet the Press" (4.071 million) in nearly 1 1/2 years - since 9/2/12 and 7/19/15, respectively, based on regular telecasts. Taking the top spot in the key adult news demo for the 2nd week in a row, "This Week" (1.205 million) outdelivered CBS' "Face the Nation" (934,000) by its largest lead (+271,000) in nearly 1 1/2 years and led NBC's "Meet the Press" (1.177 million) by its biggest margin (+28,000) in more than 3 months - since 7/19/15 and 9/25/16, respectively. "This Week" improved substantially from its week-ago performance (3.223 million and 937,000 for 1/1/17) in both Total Viewers (+34%) and Adults 25-54 (+29%), drawing its largest overall audience in 8 years and best news demo performance in nearly 2 years - since 1/11/09 and 2/1/15, respectively. "This Week" also posted double-digits increases year to year (3.359 million and 1.045 million, respectively, on 1/10/16) in both Total Viewers (+28%) and Adults 25-54 (+15%).Videos