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[07/31/26 - 01:03 PM]
ABC News Wins Across Late Night, Sunday Morning and Friday Night in Total Viewers and Key Adult Demos
Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers versus the same point last season.
[via press release from ABC]

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

ABC NEWS WINS ACROSS LATE NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND KEY ADULT DEMOS

'Nightline' Ranks No. 1 Across the Board and Posts Double-Digit Gains Week to Week and Year to Year in All Key Adult Demos

'This Week' Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 for the Fourth Straight Week and Grows Year to Year in All Key Demos

'20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder' Ranks as Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 and Grows Year to Year Across the Board by Double Digits

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (827,000), Adults 25-54 (163,000) and Adults 18-49 (110,000) for the week of July 20, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· "Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+12% - 827,000 vs. 736,000), Adults 25-54 (+41% - 163,000 vs. 116,000) and Adults 18-49 (+51% - 110,000 vs. 73,000), hitting a 6-week high in the key Adult news demo - since w/o 6/8/26.

· "Nightline" also turned in double-digit increases year to year: Total Viewers (+23% - 827,000 vs. 673,000), Adults 25-54 (+52% - 163,000 vs. 107,000) and Adults 18-49 (+80% - 110,000 vs. 61,000).

· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+4% - 976,000 vs. 942,000) versus the same point last season.

NOTE: On Friday (7/24/26), NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM." 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 JULY 20, 2026:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 827,000 163,000/0.1 110,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 782,000 128,000/0.1 85,000/0.1

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

On Sunday, July 26, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.616 million) and Adults 18-49 (255,000) for the fourth straight week, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· "This Week" scored across-the-board increases year to year: Total Viewers (+7% - 2.616 million vs. 2.436 million), Adults 25-54 (+20% - 344,000 vs. 287,000) and Adults 18-49 (+47% - 255,000 vs. 173,000).

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.751 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (+151,000; vs. 2.600 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (+91,000; vs. 2.660 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

· In fact, "This Week" is increasing its Total Viewer leads over NBC (+144% - 151,000 vs. 62,000) and CBS (+435% - 91,000 vs. 17,000) by triple digits 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% - 2.751 million vs. 2.720 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, July 26, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000) ADULTS 18-49 (000)

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,616,000 344,000 255,000

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,377,000 359,000 244,000

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,210,000 286,000 231,000

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 909,000 169,000 108,000

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder" ranked as the Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers (2.356 million) and Adults 25-54 (399,000) on Friday, July 24, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Dateline" (2.188 million and 397,000, respectively).

· "20/20" saw double-digit gains across the board year to year: Total Viewers (+20% - 2.356 million vs. 1.964 million), Adults 25-54 (+24% - 399,000 vs. 323,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12% - 259,000 vs. 231,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+17%/+546,000 - 3.740 million vs. 3.194 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "20/20" is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+6%/+228,000 - 3.740 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 7/26/26, 7/19/26 and 7/27/25 for "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Beginning 9/29/25, "This Week" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 7/26/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 7/27/26). For "Nightline," Current Week (w/o 7/20/26), Previous Week (w/o 7/13/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/21/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 7/26/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 7/27/26). Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season. For "20/20", Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (7/24/26), week ago telecast (7/17/26) and year-ago telecast (7/18/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 7/26/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/2- 7/20/25). "20/20" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. 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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