This Week (US)

This Week is one of the U.S. Sunday morning political talk shows It has aired on Sunday Mornings on the ABC since 1981 and has been hosted by George Stephanopoulos since September 2002. From 1981 to 1996, it was hosted by David Brinkley and known as This Week with David Brinkley. After Brinkley retired, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts hosted, with the according program name change. Ever since Stephanopoulos took over, the program has been known as This Week with George Stephanopoulos. One of the key features of This Week is the Roundtable, which includes pundits such as George Will and Fareed Zakaria, ABC News correspondents such as Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, and others discussing the major issues of the week. Will, a panelist ever since the program's start with David Brinkley, also contributes short reports to the broadcast. ABC News programming, including This Week, is shown daily on the 24 hour news network Orbit News in Europe and the Middle East.