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This Week with David Brinkley

This Week
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Genre Public affairs/news analysis program
Created by Roone Arledge
Presented by George Stephanopoulos (2002–2010, 2012–present)
Martha Raddatz (2016–present)
Narrated by Charles Gibson (2012–2014)
Theme music composer Score Productions (1981–2011)
DreamArtists Studios (2011–present)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 34
Production
Location(s) ABC News Washington Bureau, Washington, D.C.
(1981–2008, 2014–present)
Newseum, Washington, D.C.
(2008–2013)
ABC News Headquarters, New York City, New York
(2011–present)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 44 minutes
Production company(s) ABC News Productions
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
(1981–2008)
720p (16:9 HDTV)
(2003–2012)
1080p (16:9 HDTV)
(2012–present)
Original release November 15, 1981 – present
External links
Website

This Week is an American Sunday morning political affairs program airing on the ABC television network. The program is currently anchored by George Stephanopoulos and co-anchored by Martha Raddatz. The program is initially aired at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (following weekend morning newscasts on most ABC stations in large and mid-sized markets), although many stations air the program at a later slot, especially those in other time zones.

In 1960, ABC launched its first Sunday talk show Issues and Answers. One of its early hosts was Howard K. Smith, who also had his own prime-time public affairs program Howard K. Smith: News and Comment air on the network during the 1962–1963 season. Among the program's later hosts was Bob Clark.

On November 15, 1981, David Brinkley came to the network from NBC News and took over the show, which was relaunched as 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 November 10, 1996, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts became co-hosts of the program. Longtime panelist George Stephanopoulos became the host on September 15, 2002; he ended his first tenure with the program 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.


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