B&C‘s John Eggerton writes This Week with George Stephanopoulos is, in fact, moving to the Newseum. In a statement, ABC News president David Westin says, “This move extends the strong relationship ABC News has enjoyed with the Newseum for many years.”
The show is expected to begin airing from the Newseum early next year.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2007
THIS WEEK MAKES HISTORIC MOVE TO NEWSEUM COMPLEX
ABC News today announced a partnership with the Newseum in Washington, DC that will move ABC News’ Sunday morning broadcast This Week with George Stephanopoulos to a new studio. The program will be broadcast from the Newseum, a museum dedicated to journalism located just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, beginning in the first quarter of 2008.
As part of this partnership between ABC News and the Newseum, viewers of the broadcast and visitors to the facility will be exposed to an expanded Sunday morning experience. The Newseum studio will provide visitors a first-hand look at the production of the ABC News broadcast and members of the public will be able to watch This Week on a giant monitor located in the atrium of the Newseum.
“This move extends the strong relationship ABC News has enjoyed with the Newseum for many years,” said David Westin, President, ABC News. “It’s a marriage of the great journalism George and his program practice every week with a museum celebrating what journalism means to this country. And nothing could be more perfect than for a news program focusing on the important public policy questions of our day to originate from this wonderful new building on Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of where those questions are being decided.”
“Having This Week at the Newseum enriches our visitors’ experience by offering a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a network news broadcast,” said Charles L. Overby, chief executive officer of the Newseum.
“The Newseum will be the ideal place to learn how news is made. This Week will make it a place where news is made — every Sunday,” said George Stephanopoulos, anchor of This Week and Chief Washington correspondent.
The Newseum is a museum of news that will open in the first quarter of 2008 on historic Pennsylvania Avenue, between the White House and U.S. Capitol, in Washington D.C. The Newseum will offer visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on interactive experiences. The museum features seven levels of galleries, 15 theaters, and state-of-the-art broadcast facilities where visitors can go behind the scenes to learn how and why news is made.
This Week continues to perform strongly against the competition. This Week is the only Sunday discussion program up for the 2006/2007 season among Total Viewers and is also the only Sunday discussion program to increase year-to-date among Total Viewers. This Week placed a solid second among Total Viewers for the recently completed 3Q and continues to close the Total Viewing and Adults 25-54 demo gap with NBC’s Meet the Press by double digits.