“This Week” Ranks #1 in Adults 25-54 for the Seventh Consecutive Week

ByABC News
July 16, 2015, 11:54 AM

— -- ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (731,000) on July 12, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. Winning in Adults 25-54 for the 7th straight week, “This Week” is posting its longest winning streak in more than 20 years in the key adult news demo (since 8/28 – 10/9/94).

In Adults 25-54, “This Week” outdelivered CBS’ “Face the Nation” (+46,000), NBC’s “Meet the Press” (+36,000) and Fox’s “Fox News Sunday” (+371,000) to take the top spot for the 9th time in the last 10 weeks.

Season to date, “This Week” is up in Adults 25-54 (+4% - 873,000 vs. 836,000) versus its year-ago season average. Growing its Adults 25-54 performance for the 3rd year in a row, “This Week” is delivering its strongest news demo performance in 6 years – since the 2008-09 season. In fact, “This Week” is the only program to grow in Adults 25-54, as NBC’s “Meet the Press” is flat, while CBS’ “Face the Nation” (-1%), and Fox’s “Fox News Sunday” (-1%) are down.

In addition, “This Week” is outdelivering NBC’s “Meet the Press” in Total Viewers (+27,000) and Adults 25-54 (+68,000) for the 2nd-straight year, seeing its largest news demo lead in 21 years – since the 1993-94 season.

Jonathan Greenberger is Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, and also serves as the Executive Producer of “This Week.” Robin Sproul serves as Vice President, Public Affairs and Executive-in-Charge of “This Week.”

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