via ABC press release:
Ratings Report for ABC News’ ”This Week with George Stephanopoulos”
For Sunday, August 23, 2009
FOR THE 26TH WEEK SINCE JANUARY, “THIS WEEK” CUTS TOTAL VIEWING GAP WITH “MEET THE PRESS”
“THIS WEEK” IS #2 IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54, OUTPERFORMING CBS’ “FACE THE NATION”
“THIS WEEK” IS ONLY SHOW TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH QUARTER TO DATE
On Sunday, August 23, ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” placed second among Total Viewers and the key Adults 25-54 demographic, outperforming CBS’ “Face the Nation” according to Nielsen Media Research. “This Week” also continues to close the total viewing gap with NBC’s “Meet the Press.” For the 26th week, “This Week” closed the total viewing gap with “Meet” by 61% (620,000 in 2009 vs. 1,600,000 in 2008) versus the same weeks last year. In the key Adults 25-54 demographic, “This Week” also cut into “Meet’s” lead by 68% (230,000 in 2009 vs. 730,000 in 2008).
Third quarter to date, “This Week” is the only Sunday show to experience growth in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. For the quarter, “This Week” is up +9% among Total Viewers and +11% in the demo. “Meet the Press” in comparison has dropped -17% in Total Viewers and -28% among Adults 25-54.
Season to date, “This Week,” which continues to rank #2 in Total Viewers (3.07 million) and the demo (1.04 million), and has also experienced the most growth among Total Viewers (+15%) and Adults 25-54 (+7%). “Meet,” again, is down -1% in Total Viewers -3% in the demo.
George Stephanopoulos is the anchor of “This Week” and Ian Cameron is the executive producer. The program airs Sundays on the ABC Television Network.
(Sunday, August 23, 2009)
TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 MM/Rtg
ABC “THIS WEEK” 2,340,000 790,000/.6
NBC “MEET THE PRESS” 2,960,000 1,020,000/.8
CBS “FACE THE NATION” 2,270,000 700,000/.6
FOX “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” 1,110,000 430,000/.3
george is a leftwing loon…..i usually watch cbs nightly news, if george comes on i change the station…..unless there is pro or college football on, my box is on fox news most of the time.
I haven’t watched that show even once since Steffie took over, and I’m not about to start now. Replacing David Brinkley with Stephanopolis is like replacing George Washington with Billy Carter.
FNS (no matter what you think of FOX) is actually the best journalistic wise
Actually … Buck … Stephanopoulos replaced Donaldson and Roberts. They replaced Brinkley. Why not watch it? Where else can you see George Will making leftists look like idiots?
I guess we are all conservatives on this matter! And altho Butt Futt was slightly inaccurate as Big Smooth says, man, you cracked me up!
In any case I think David Gregory is one of the best news hounds out there in sensational land (American media), and that’s not to diminish his value either. Gregory drills down, regardless of who he/she is or whether they are liberal or conservative – (I’ve even wondered how long it will take the liberals ruining and running NBC to realize they don’t have another card carrying idiot like Keith or the obama leg tinglier working their star news show.
You guys gotta watch him a couple of times to see what I’m talking about. The guy is like out of the past when it comes to intelligent and skeptical probing. And the only thing he’s missing, which would cause him to pull away from George is a sub partner like Geo. Will.
Like Smooth says, that dude is an intellectual ginzo knife! He only says maybe 6 or 8 things and that’s enough to make me watch This Week.
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Is this a republican site?