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[05/15/26 - 02:03 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers on Sunday Morning, in Late-Night and on Friday Night
"20/20" saw week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, hitting 4-week highs in both measures.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline," "20/20" and "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

For the Week of May 4, 2026

ABC NEWS IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS ON SUNDAY MORNING, IN LATE-NIGHT AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT

'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers for the 15th Consecutive Week, Marking the Program's Longest Run at #1 in More Than 32 Years

'Nightline' Is #1, Posting Year-to-Year Gains in Total Viewers for the 10th Consecutive Week, Seeing Increases in Overall Audience Season to Date

'20/20' Ranks as Friday's #1 Newsmagazine, Seeing Week-to-Week and Year-to-Year Gains in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

On Sunday, May 10, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.285 million) for 15th straight weeks, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· "This Week"'s Total Viewer victory marked the program's longest stretch at No. 1 in more than 32 years - since 9/11-12/18/94.

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.778 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (+187,000; vs. 2.591 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (+54,000; vs. 2.724 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

· In fact, "This Week" is increasing its Total Viewer leads over both NBC (+356% - 187,000 vs. 41,000) and CBS (+74% - 54,000 vs. 31,000) compared to the same point last season. Further, "This Week" is delivering its largest overall viewer lead over NBC's "Meet the Press" in 30 years - since the 1995-1996 season.

· In addition, "This Week" is up in Total Viewers (+1% - 2.778 million vs. 2.762 million).

George Stephanopoulos is anchor, Martha Raddatz is chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor, and Jonathan Karl is chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of "This Week." Jon Schlosberg is the executive producer.

NOTE: CBS' numbers are based on averages for both "Face the Nation" and "Face the Nation-2." CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 began on 4/1/12.

Sunday, May 10, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,285,000 281,000/0.2

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,172,000 299,000/0.2

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,162,000 280,000/0.2

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 860,000 161,000/0.1

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers (940,000), for the week of May 4, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, defeating NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· For the 10th straight week, "Nightline" grew year to year in Total Viewers (+26% - 940,000 vs. 744,000).

· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+2% - 984,000 vs. 962,000) versus the comparable weeks last season.

NOTE: On Friday (5/8/26), NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM." The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. NBC's weekly averages are based on four days Monday-Thursday).

ABC News' "Nightline" is late-night television's prestigious, award-winning news program featuring the most powerful, in-depth stories that shape our lives and the world around us. It is anchored by Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Eman Varoqua is executive producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News' digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

WEEK OF MAY 4, 2026:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/RTG A18-49(000)/RTG

ABC's "Nightline" 940,000 138,000/0.1 78,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 872,000 200,000/0.2 121,000/0.1

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: Tracking Susana" averaged 2.733 million Total Viewers, 465,000 Adults 25-54 and 317,000 Adults 18-49 on Friday, May 8, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Dateline" (2.345 million) to rank as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers.

· "20/20" saw week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 (+14% - 465,000 vs. 409,000) and Adults 18-49 (+9% - 317,000 vs. 291,000), hitting 4-week highs in both measures - since 4/10/26.

· "20/20" improved year to year in Adults 25-54 (+5% - 465,000 vs. 442,000) and Adults 18-49 (+7% - 317,000 vs. 297,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+13%/+415,000 - 3.644 million vs. 3.229 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "20/20" is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+4%/+132,000 - 3.644 million vs. 3.512 million).

ABC News' "20/20" is the No. 1 award-winning primetime program anchored by David Muir and Deborah Roberts. A proven leader as a long-form newsmagazine for over 45 years, "20/20" features unforgettable, character-driven true-crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. Janice Johnston is the executive producer. The two-hour "20/20" events air Fridays from 9-11 p.m. ET on ABC and are available to stream on ABC News digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 5/10/26, 5/3/26 and 5/11/25 for "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Beginning 9/29/25, "This Week" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings. Current Week (w/o 5/4/26), Previous Week (w/o 4/27/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/5/25) for "Nightline." Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (5/8/26), week ago telecast (5/1/26) and year-ago telecast (5/1/25) for "20/20." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 5/3/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 5/4/26). Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season. Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out-of-Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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