On Sunday, August 14 ‘This Week’ Beat ‘Face the Nation’ in Adults 25-54 for the 8th Consecutive Week

— -- “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” averaged 3.187 million Total Viewers and 910,000 Adults 25-54 on August 14, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “This Week” led CBS’ “Face the Nation” (791,000) by 119,000 Adults 25-54, beating the CBS program in the key adult news demo for the 8th straight week.

“This Week” turned in week-to-week gains (3.098 million and 882,000, respectively, for 8/7/16) in both Total Viewers (+3%) and Adults 25-54 (+3%).

“This Week” increased by double digits on the year-ago Sunday (2.873 million and 773,000, respectively, on 8/16/16) in Total Viewers (+11%) and Adults 25-54 (+18%).

“This Week” improved significantly compared to its corresponding telecast 4 years ago (2.175 million and 651,000, respectively, on 8/5/12) opposite the 2012 Summer Olympics on NBC both in Total Viewers (+47%) and Adults 25-54 (+40%).

Season to date, “This Week” leads CBS’ “Face the Nation” by 24,000 Adults 25-54 (936,000 vs. 873,000), beating the CBS program by its largest news demo margin in 7 years – since the 2008-09 season.

“This Week” is improving in both Total Viewers (+15% - 3.240 million vs. 2.823 million) and Adults 25-54 (+7% - 936,000 vs. 873,000) versus its year-ago season averages. In fact, “This Week” is drawing its largest overall audience in 17 years and posting its strongest news demo performance in 7 years – since the 1998-99 and 2008-09 seasons, respectively.

NOTE: Due to the 2016 Summer Olympics, “Meet the Press” did not air.

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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