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[04/17/26 - 03:01 PM]
ABC News Is #1 on Sunday Morning and Friday Night
For the third week in a row, "20/20" built on its year-ago telecast in all key target demos: Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[via press release from ABC]

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

For the Week of April 6, 2026

ABC NEWS IS #1 ON SUNDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY NIGHT

'This Week' Is #1 in Total Viewers for the 11th Consecutive Week and Outperforms NBC's 'Meet the Press' by Its Largest Margin in More Than 12 Years

'20/20' Is Friday's #1 Newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, Posts Week-to-Week, Double-Digit Increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, and Grows Year to Year in All Key Demos for the Third Week in a Row

On Sunday, April 12, 2026, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.778 million) for the 11th straight week, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

· "This Week"'s Total Viewer win represented the program's longest run at No. 1 in more than 2 ½ years - since 6/25-9/3/23.

· "This Week" (2.778 million) outperformed NBC's "Meet the Press" (2.147 million) by its largest Total Viewer margin (+631,000) in more than 12 years - since 3/16/14, based on regular telecasts.

· For the second week in a row, "This Week" saw gains on the year-ago telecast in Total Viewers (+14% - 2.778 million vs. 2.429 million).

· Season to date, "This Week" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (2.798 million) for the 5th season in a row, leading NBC's "Meet the Press" (2.620 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" 1 and 2 (2.756 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "This Week" is beating the NBC program by its largest overall viewer lead (+178,000) in 30 years - since the 1995-1996 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, April 12, 2026 TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 (000)/Rtg

ABC "THIS WEEK" 2,778,000 334,000/0.3

NBC "MEET THE PRESS" 2,147,000 319,000/0.3

CBS "FACE THE NATION" 1 & 2 2,596,000 417,000/0.3

FOX "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" 983,000 167,000/0.1

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: One Last Call" averaged 2.953 million Total Viewers, 515,000 Adults 25-54 and 387,000 Adults 18-49 on Friday, April 10, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Dateline" (2.139 million, 369,000 and 263,000, respectively) and ranking as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine across the board

· "20/20" posted week-to-week, double-digit increases in Adults 25-54 (+14% - 515,000 vs. 453,000) and Adults 18-49 (+15% - 387,000 vs. 337,000), hitting a 7-week high in Adults 18-49 - since w/o 2/20/26.

· For the third week in a row, "20/20" built on its year-ago telecast in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+14% - 2.953 million vs. 2.598 million), Adults 25-54 (21% - 515,000 vs. 425,000) and Adults 18-49 (+43% - 387,000 vs. 270,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+16%/+516,000 - 3.653 million vs. 3.137 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "20/20" is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+3%/+107,000 - 3.653 million vs. 3.546 million).

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.

Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD for 4/12/26, 4/5/26 and 4/13/25 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 (4/10/26), week ago telecast (4/3/26) and year-ago telecast (4/4/25) for "20/20." Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 4/12/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/16/25 - 4/6/26). 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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