{"id":243144,"date":"2010-01-28T11:36:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef012877208901970c"},"modified":"2010-01-28T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:36:14","slug":"%e2%80%9cthis-week%e2%80%9d-continues-to-close-gaps-with-%e2%80%9cmeet-the-press%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-narrows-total-viewing-gap-by-32-and-demo-gap-by-41-vs-same-week-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/243144","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d CONTINUES TO CLOSE GAPS WITH \u201cMEET THE PRESS\u201d \u2013 NARROWS TOTAL VIEWING GAP BY 32% AND DEMO GAP BY 41% VS. SAME WEEK LAST YEAR”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d IS #2 SEASON-TO-DATE AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Nielsen Media Research, ABC News \u201cThis Week\u201d <\/strong>on Sunday, January 24, 2010 closed the total viewing gap with NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d by 32%<\/strong> (630,000 in 2010 vs. 930,000 in 2009) versus the same week last year.  <\/span><\/span>Among the key Adults 25-54 demographic, ABC closed the gap with NBC by 41% <\/strong>(130,000 in 2010 vs. 220,000 in 2009).  <\/span> <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Season-to-date, \u201cThis Week\u201d is averaging 2.77 million <\/strong>Total Viewers, maintaining its second place rank for the season so far,  <\/span>outperforming CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation.\u201d <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Guests on last Sunday\u2019s show included White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod and Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ).  <\/span>The round table featured George Will<\/span>, Matthew Dowd, Cokie Roberts, and Sam Donaldson.  <\/span>ABC News\u2019 Terry Moran guest anchored the program.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Ian Cameron is the executive producer. The program airs Sundays on the ABC Television Network.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

(Sunday, January 24, 2010)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\t  <\/span>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/span>\t   <\/span>A25-54 MM\/Rtg<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC \u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d\t\t\t\t   <\/span>2,730,000\t <\/span>\t  <\/span>860,000\/.7<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NBC \u201cMEET THE PRESS\u201d\t\t\t  <\/span>3,360,000\t\t   <\/span>990,000<\/span>\/.8<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

CBS \u201cFACE THE NATION\u201d\t\t\t <\/span>2,840,000\t\t   <\/span>950,000\/.8<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

FOX \u201cFOX NEWS SUNDAY\u201d\t\t\t <\/span>1,420,000\t\t   <\/span>490,000\/.4<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: NTI \u2013A25-54 & Total Viewers \u2013<\/span>Week 1\/18\/10 & 1\/19\/09 Live +SD.  Live +7 (where available) and Live +SD for STD: 9\/21\/09-1\/24\/10 <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

ABC News Media Relations:\t   <\/span><\/strong>Emily Lenzner 202.222.6896<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Alison Bridgman 212.456.1578<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTHIS WEEK\u201d IS #2 SEASON-TO-DATE AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS According to Nielsen Media Research, ABC News \u201cThis Week\u201d on Sunday, January 24, 2010 closed the total viewing gap with NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d by 32% (630,000 in 2010 vs. 930,000 in 2009) versus the same week last year.  Among the key Adults 25-54 demographic, ABC closed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5352,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}