"This Week"Stands as the #1 Public Affairs Program in the Key News Demo For the 3rd Consecutive Week, "This Week" Improved on its Year-Ago Total Viewer Performance On December 1, 2013, ABC News" "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" averaged 2.695 million Total Viewers and 737,000 Adults 25-54, ranking as the No. 1 public affairs program in the key adult news demo on Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research. "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" by 18,000 Adults 25-54 and CBS" "Face the Nation" by 6,000 Adults 25-54. For the 3rd consecutive week, "This Week" improved on its year-ago Total Viewer performance (+13%) - 2.390 million on 12/2/12. In addition, the ABC public affairs program grew the most in overall viewers year to year compared to CBS" "Face the Nation" (+1%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (-1%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (-9%). In addition, "This Week" is up the most from the same point last season versus CBS" "Face the Nation" (+5%), NBC's "Meet the Press" (-4%) and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" (-8%). Sunday, December 1, 2013 Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI (Total Viewers and Adults 25-54); Live+SD for 12/1/13, 11/24/13 and 12/2/12 or as dated. Most Current 2013-2014 Season (9/23 - 12/1/13) and 2012-2013 Season (9/24 - 12/2/12).