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[08/14/26 - 01:45 PM]
ABC News Is No. 1 on Sunday Morning and Friday Night
"20/20" saw year-to-year increases in all key target demos: Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[via press release from ABC]

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

ABC NEWS IS NO. 1 ON SUNDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY NIGHT 'This Week' Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the Sixth Straight Week and Grows Week to Week and Year to Year in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49

'20/20: Broken Vows' Ranks as Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 and Grows Year to Year Across All Key Adult Demos

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

On Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.518 million) for the sixth straight week, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· "This Week" saw gains on the previous week in Total Viewers (+2% - 2.518 million vs. 2.470 million) and Adults 18-49 (+26% - 278,000 vs. 221,000).

· "This Week" increased year to year Total Viewers (+7% - 2.518 million vs. 2.349 million) and Adults 18-49 (+13% - 278,000 vs. 245,000).

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.742 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (+147,000; vs. 2.595 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (+97,000; vs. 2.645 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

· In fact, "This Week" is increasing its Total Viewer leads over NBC (+183% - 147,000 vs. 52,000) and CBS (+506% - 97,000 vs. 16,000) 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% - 2.742 million vs. 2.702 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, Aug. 9, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000) ADULTS 18-49 (000)

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,518,000 315,000 278,000

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,444,000 376,000 298,000

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,278,000 224,000 175,000

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 764,000 126,000 83,000

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: Broken Vows" ranked as the Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers (2.293 million) and Adults 25-54 (406,000) on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, outperforming NBC's "Dateline" (1.715 million and 273,000, respectively).

· "20/20" improved on the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+12% - 406,000 vs. 363,000).

· "20/20" saw year-to-year increases in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+11% - 2.293 million vs. 2.075 million), Adults 25-54 (+38% - 406,000 vs. 294,000) and Adults 18-49 (+8% - 206,000 vs. 191,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+16%/+522,000 - 3.740 million vs. 3.218 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 8/9/26, 8/2/26 and 8/10/25 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 - 8/9/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 8/10/26). 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 (8/7/26), week ago telecast (7/31/26) and year-ago telecast (7/31/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/9/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/2- 8/3/25). "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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