"This Week" Improves Year to Year in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the Last 5 Weeks

S eason to Date, " This Week" is Delivering its Strongest Numbers in 3 Years

On October 14, 2012, ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" drew 2.355 million Total Viewers and 692,000 Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. For the 3rd time in 3 weeks of the new season and for the last 5 weeks overall, "This Week" saw gains year to year (2.123 million and 634,000, respectively, on 10/16/11) in both Total Viewers (+11%) and Adults 25-54 (+9%).

Season to date, " This Week" is up sharply in Total Viewers (+22%) and Adults 25-54 (+33%) versus its year-ago season averages, delivering its strongest numbers in 3 years - since the 2009-10 season.

NOTE: Jake Tapper anchored This Week.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012 TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54 (000)/Rtg
ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,355,000 692,000/0.6
NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,792,000 755,000/0.6
CBS "FACE THE NATION" 3,172,000 1,042,000/0.9
CBS "FACE THE NATION-2? 1,553,000 539,000/0.5
FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,380,000 587,000/0.5

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 10/14/12, 10/7/12 & 10/16/11 or as dated. Most Current - 2012-2013 Season (9/24 - 10/14/12) and 2011-2012 Season (9/19 - 10/9/11).

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