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

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

'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers for the 17th Consecutive Week, Marking the Program's Longest Run at #1 in More Than 32 Years and Delivering Its Largest Overall Viewer Season Lead Over NBC's 'Meet the Press' in 30 Years

'Nightline' Is #1 for the Week, Posting Double-Digit Gains Week to Week in Both Key Adults Demos, and Is Up in Adults 18-49 Year to Year

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

On Sunday, May 24, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.583 million) and Adults 25-54 (374,000), 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 17th consecutive week to take the top spot for its longest run at No. 1 in more than 32 years - since 8/28-12/18/94.

· For the second week in a row, "This Week" saw gains on the previous week in both Total Viewers (+4% - 2.583 million vs. 2.484 million) and Adults 25-54 (+11% - 374,000 vs. 338,000), hitting a 4-week high in the key Adult news demo - since 4/26/26.

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.774 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (+192,000; vs. 2.582 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (+63,000; vs. 2.711 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

· In fact, "This Week" is increasing its Total Viewer leads by triple digits over both NBC (+269% - 192,000 vs. 52,000) and CBS (+103% - 63,000 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% - 2.774 million vs. 2.752 million).

NOTE: All programs were retitled due to the Memorial Day weekend. Each telecast is excluded from its respective season averages.

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 24, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,583,000 374,000/0.3

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,073,000 310,000/0.3

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,379,000 122,000/0.2

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 687,000 173,000/0.1

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers (786,000) for the week of May 18, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, defeating NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· "Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week in Adults 25-54 (+12% - 125,000 vs. 112,000) and Adults 18-49 (+19% - 86,000 vs. 72,000).

· "Nightline" improved on the year-ago week in Adults 18-49 (+12% - 86,000 vs. 77,000).

· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+2% - 977,000 vs. 957,000) versus the comparable weeks last season.

NOTE: On Friday (5/22/26), ABC's "Nightline" was retitled to "NL-ABC." The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC'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 18, 2026:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 786,000 125,000/0.1 86,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 694,000 183,000/0.2 129,000/0.1

Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 5/24/26, 5/17/26 and 5/25/25 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 5/18/26), Previous Week (w/o 5/11/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/19/25) for "Nightline." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 5/24/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 - 5/25/25). 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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