**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline," "20/20" and "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"

For the Week of March 16, 2026

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

'Nightline' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers, Posting Week to Week and Year to Year Gains in Total Viewers to Draw Its Largest Audience in 5 Weeks

'20/20: Murder She Wrote: The Kouri Richins Trial' Is the #1 Friday Newsmagazine Across the Board, Seeing Double-Digit Gains in All Key Demos Week to Week 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Ranks #1 in Total Viewers For the 8th Straight Week

ABC News' "Nightline" is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers (940,000), for the week of March 16, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, defeating NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· "Nightline" posted week-to-week gains in Total Viewers (+1% - 940,000 vs. 928,000) and Adults 25-54 (+2% - 135,000 vs. 132,000), drawing its largest overall audience in 5 weeks - since w/o 2/9/26.

· For the 3rd week in a row, "Nightline" improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+5% - 940,000 vs. 896,000) and Adults 18-49 (+14% - 87,000 vs. 76,000).

· On Thursday (3/19/26), "Nightline" scored its most-watched telecast (1.059 million) in over 2 months - since 1/12/26.

· Season to date, "Nightline" (988,000) leads NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (987,000) in Total Viewers.

NOTE: On Friday (3/20/26), NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM." NBC's weekly average is 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 16, 2026:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 940,000 135,000/0.1 87,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 832,000 200,000/0.2 125,000/0.1

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: Murder She Wrote: The Kouri Richins Trial" averaged 3.292 million Total Viewers, 558,000 Adults 25-54 and 362,000 Adults 18-49 on Friday, March 20, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Dateline" across the board.

· "20/20" posted double-digit gains week to week across the board: Total Viewers (+30% - 3.292 million vs. 2.532 million), Adults 25-54 (58% - 558,000 vs. 353,000) and Adults 18-49 (+30% - 362,000 vs. 278,000).

· "20/20" scored its best Adults 25-54 performance in 11 months - since 4/18/26.

· "20/20" improved on its year-ago telecast in Total Viewers (+6% - 3.292 million vs. 3.120 million).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+11%/+357,000 - 3.609 million vs. 3.252 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings.

NOTE: NBC's "Dateline" was retitled to "Dateline Classic-Fri."

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 22, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.609 million) for the 8th straight week, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.797 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (2.643 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (2.771 million). In addition, "This Week" is beating the NBC program by its largest overall viewer lead (+154,000) in 29 years - since the 1996-1997 season.

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 22, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,609,000 321,000/0.3

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,432,000 388,000/0.3

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,576,000 336,000/0.3

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 1,099,000 233,000/0.2

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 3/22/26, 3/15/26 and 3/23/25 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 (3/20/26), week ago telecast (3/13/26) and year-ago telecast (3/14/25) for "20/20." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 3/22/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 3/16/26). 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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