This Week

This Week with George Stephanopoulos 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. ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos has been the host since 2002. In 1960, ABC's Sunday talk show was launched as Issues and Ans... more

This Week with George Stephanopoulos 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. ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos has been the host since 2002. 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 Howard K. Smith: News and Comment in the 1962-1963 season. Another host was Bob Clark. In November 15, 1981, David Brinkley came to the network from NBC and took over the show, which was renamed This Week. 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 in December 8, 1996, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts co-hosted. George Stephanopoulos became... less