THE MOST-WATCHED SUNDAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK, ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ IS THE #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54

On Sunday, March 1, 2026, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (3,066 million) and Adults 25-54 (457,000) in its fourth consecutive telecast, based mostly on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

• “This Week” posted double-digit will increase week to week in Total Viewers (+15% – 3,066 million vs. 2,665 million) and Adults 25-54 (+38% – 457,000 vs. 331,000). “This Week” hit a 5-week excessive in the important thing Adult information demo (since 1/25/26) with its 2nd-strongest telecast of the season.
• “This Week” improved on the year-ago Sunday in Total Viewers (+11% – 3,066 million vs. 2,764 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% – 457,000 vs. 452,000), standing as the one Sunday public affairs program to develop 12 months to 12 months in each measures.
• “This Week” (3.066 million) outperformed NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2,709 million) by its largest Total Viewer margin (+357,000) in over 1 12 months — since 1/12/25, based mostly on common telecasts.
• Season up to now, “This Week” ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.795 million)main NBC’s “Meet the Press” (2,657 million) and CBS’ “Face the Nation” 1 and a couple of (2,786 million). In truth, “This Week” is beating the NBC program by its largest total viewer lead (+138,000) in 29 years —because the 1996-1997 season.

George Stephanopoulos is anchor, Martha Raddatz is chief international affairs correspondent and co-anchor, and Jonathan Karl is chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week.”

NOTE: CBS’ numbers are based mostly on averages for each “Face the Nation” and “Face the Nation-2.”

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Source: Nielsen, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 3/1/26, 2/22/26 and three/2/25. Season up to now: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25-3/1/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-3/2/25). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based mostly on Big Data Plus Panel scores. Season averages based mostly on Big Data Plus Panel scores begin with the 2023-2024 season. Beginning 9/29/25, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averages embody airings on ABCNL, together with distributors similar to YouTube and Roku. Beginning 8/31/20, nationwide scores additionally embody Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to eight/31/20, scores didn’t embody OOH viewing. Nielsen scores for “This Week” embody extra airings in choose markets. Averages based mostly on common telecasts.

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