This Week (ABC TV series)

This Week is ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program.

The Sunday morning talk show has aired on Sunday mornings on ABC since 1981; the program is initially aired at 9:00 AM ET, although many stations air the program later, especially those in other time zones. Since August 1, 2010, the program has been anchored by Christiane Amanpour.

Hosts

In 1960, ABC's Sunday talk show was launched as Issues and Answers. One of its early hosts was Howard K. Smith, who also had his own prime-time public affairs program News and Comment in the 1962-1963 season. Another host was Bob Clark.

On November 15, 1981, David Brinkley came to the network from NBC and took over the show, which was renamed This Week. During Brinkley's run, three major sponsors were part of the show: General Electric, Archer Daniels Midland and Merrill Lynch. The names of the regular hosts have been included in the billing for the program, such as This Week with David Brinkley. After Brinkley retired on December 8, 1996, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts co-hosted. George Stephanopoulos became the host on September 15, 2002; he ended his tenure on January 10, 2010, shortly after being named the co-host of Good Morning America. ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper served as the interim anchor from March to July 2010. Christiane Amanpour began as anchor on August 1, 2010. During her first two months as host, the ratings for This Week reached its...
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