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[03/20/26 - 02:30 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers in Late Night, Friday Night and Sunday Morning
"20/20" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline," "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and "20/20" For the Week of March 9, 2026

ABC NEWS IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS IN LATE NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING

'Nightline' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers, Leading NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers'

'20/20: The Vanishing of Nancy Woodrum' Is the #1 Friday Newsmagazine, Leading NBC's 'Dateline' in Total Viewers

'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the 5th Time in 6 Weeks

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers (928,000) for the week of March 9, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, beating NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· For the 3rd week running, "Nightline" saw gains on the previous week in Total Viewers (+2% - 928,000 vs. 912,000), hitting a 4-week high - since w/o 2/9/26.

· "Nightline" saw year-to-year double-digit increases in Total Viewers (+10% - 928,000 vs. 845,000) and Adults 18-49 (+15% - 99,000 vs. 86,000).

NOTE: On Friday (3/13/26), NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM." NBC's weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

ABC News' "Nightline" is late-night television's prestigious, award-winning news program featuring the most powerful, in-depth stories that shape our lives and the world around us. It is anchored by Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Eman Varoqua is executive producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News' digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2026:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/RTG A18-49(000)/RTG

ABC's "Nightline" 928,000 132,000/0.1 99,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 918,000 222,000/0.2 144,000/0.1

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: The Vanishing of Nancy Woodrum" averaged 2.532 million Total Viewers, 353,000 Adults 25-54 and 278,000 Adults 18-49 on Friday, March 13, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Dateline" (2.454 million) in Total Viewers.

· "20/20" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+9% - 2.532 million vs. 2.315 million) and Adults 18-49 (+3% - 278,000 vs. 269,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+12%/+379,000 - 3.560 million vs. 3.181 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

ABC News' "20/20" is the No. 1 award-winning primetime program anchored by David Muir and Deborah Roberts. A proven leader as a long-form newsmagazine for over 45 years, "20/20" features unforgettable, character-driven true-crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. Janice Johnston is the executive producer. The two-hour "20/20" events air Fridays from 9-11 p.m. ET on ABC and are available to stream on ABC News digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

"This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.910 million) and Adults 25-54 (384,000) for the fifth time in the last six weeks, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· "This Week" posted Total Viewers increases both week to week (+8% - 2.910 million vs. 2.962 million) and year to year (+7% - 2.910 million vs. 2.720 million).

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.803 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (2.654 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (2.777 million). In addition, "This Week" is beating the NBC program by its largest overall viewer lead (+149,000) in 29 years - since the 1996-1997 season.

NOTE: NBC's "Meet the Press" was retitled to "Meet the Press-MTP."

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

NOTE: CBS' numbers are based on averages for both "Face the Nation" and "Face the Nation-2."

Sunday, March 15, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,910,000 384,000/0.3

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,273,000 381,000/0.3

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,725,000 315,000/0.3

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,011,000 222,000/0.2

Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings. Current Week (w/o 3/16/26), Previous Week (w/o 3/9/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 3/10/25) for "Nightline." Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 3/15/26, 3/8/26 and 3/16/25 for "This Week with George Stephenoplous." Beginning 9/29/25, "This Week" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (3/13/26), week ago telecast (3/6/26) and year-ago telecast (3/7/25) for "20/20." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 3/15/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 3/9/26). Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season. Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings do not include OOH viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.





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