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**Ratings Report for ABC News' "20/20," "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and "Nightline"
ABC NEWS IS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS ON SUNDAY MORNING, FRIDAY EVENING AND IN LATE-NIGHT
'20/20' Stands as Friday's No. 1 Program Across Broadcast Television in All Key Target Demos
'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 18th Consecutive Week, Marking the Program's Longest Run at #1 in More Than 32 Years
'Nightline' Ranks No. 1 and Posts Total Viewer Increases Both Week to Week and Year to Year
"20/20"
"20/20" averaged 2.796 million Total Viewers, 523,000 Adults 25-54 and 374,000 Adults 18-49 on Friday, May 29, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, standing as Friday's No. 1 program on broadcast and the No. 2 program on all of broadcast and cable in all key target demos, as well as leading NBC's "Dateline" (2.060 million, 345,000 and 233,000, respectively) to rank as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in across the board.
· "20/20" saw double-digit week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 (+27% - 523,000 vs. 413,000) and Adults 18-49 (+32% - 374,000 vs. 283,000).
· "20/20" posted double-digit gains year to year across the board: Total Viewers (+23% - 2.796 million vs. 2.280 million), Adults 25-54 (+30% - 523,000 vs. 402,000) and Adults 18-49 (+38% - 374,000 vs. 271,000).
· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+12%/+399,000 - 3.678 million vs. 3.279 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "20/20" is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+5%/+176,000 - 3.678 million vs. 3.502 million).
NOTE: "Dateline" was retitled to "Dateline Classic-Fri" due to being a repeat.
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.
"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
On Sunday, May 31, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.563 million) and Adults 25-54 (332,000) for the second straight week, 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 18th week in a row to take the top spot for its longest run at No. 1 in more than 32 years - since 8/21-12/18/94.
· "This Week" built on the year-ago Sunday by double digits in Total Viewers (+12% - 2.563 million vs. 2.296 million), standing as the only Sunday public affairs program to grow year to year.
· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.767 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (+200,000; vs. 2.567 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (+56,000; vs. 2.711 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.
· In fact, "This Week" is increasing its Total Viewer leads over NBC (+264% - 200,000 vs. 55,000) and CBS (+93% - 56,000 vs. 29,000) 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% - 2.767 million vs. 2.741 million), standing as the only Sunday public affairs program to grow in overall viewers.
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 31, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,563,000 332,000/0.3
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,189,000 327,000/0.3
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,310,000 247,000/0.2
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 894,000 164,000/0.1
"Nightline"
ABC News' "Nightline" is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers (918,000) for the week of May 25, 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 Total Viewer increases both week to week (+17% - 918,000 vs. 786,000) and year to year (+2% - 918,000 vs. 897,000).
· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+2% - 976,000 vs. 957,000) versus the comparable weeks last season.
NOTE: On Monday (5/25/26), ABC's "Nightline" was coded as a special due to Memorial Day. The specialed telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. "Nightline"'s weekly average is based on four days (Tuesday-Friday). For the week, NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM" due to being repeats.
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 25, 2026:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/RTG A18-49(000)/RTG
ABC's "Nightline" 918,000 122,000/0.1 75,000/0.1
NBC's "Late Night" 758,000 166,000/0.1 122,000/0.1
Source: Nielsen, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 5/31/26, 5/24/26 and 6/1/25 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. Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (5/29/26), week ago telecast (5/22/26) and year-ago telecast (5/25/25) for "20/20." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 5/31/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 5/25/26). "20/20" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Current Week (w/o 5/25/26), Previous Week (w/o 5/18/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/26/25) for "Nightline." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 5/31/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 - 6/1/25). 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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