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'''''This Week''''' is a two hour [[Sunday]] morning television news program aired on the [[ABC]] network.
The program, which first aired in 1981, has been moderated by [[liberal]] political commentator [[George Stephanopoulos]] since [[September]] 2002.
==History==
In 1981, after he had served as anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]], ABC asked pioneer reporter [[David Brinkley]] to join their network as anchor for their new program, ''This Week''. Brinkley accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative Will, [[ABC]] hired [[liberal]] reporter [[Sam Donaldson]] to join the program also.
After Brinkley’s retirement in 1996, Sam Donaldson and ABC correspondent [[Cookie Roberts]] shared the positions as co-moderator. Following the [[Columbia shuttle]] tragedy in 2002, liberal George Stephanopoulos to the anchor role.
==Moderators==
* [[David Brinkley]](1981-1996)
* [[Sam Donaldson]] and [[Cokie Roberts]] (1996-2002)
* [[George Stephanopoulos]] (September 2002-Present)
The program, which first aired in 1981, has been moderated by [[liberal]] political commentator [[George Stephanopoulos]] since [[September]] 2002.
==History==
In 1981, after he had served as anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]], ABC asked pioneer reporter [[David Brinkley]] to join their network as anchor for their new program, ''This Week''. Brinkley accepted the job and asked [[conservative]], [[George Will]], to join him on his new program, ''This Week with David Brinkley''. To counterweight the conservative Will, [[ABC]] hired [[liberal]] reporter [[Sam Donaldson]] to join the program also.
After Brinkley’s retirement in 1996, Sam Donaldson and ABC correspondent [[Cookie Roberts]] shared the positions as co-moderator. Following the [[Columbia shuttle]] tragedy in 2002, liberal George Stephanopoulos to the anchor role.
==Moderators==
* [[David Brinkley]](1981-1996)
* [[Sam Donaldson]] and [[Cokie Roberts]] (1996-2002)
* [[George Stephanopoulos]] (September 2002-Present)