“Week after week on ‘This Week,’ [George] Stephanopoulos puts out the most challenging, fluid and entertaining Sunday-morning show, far outdoing his rivals in both concept and content.” So why aren’t you watching?, Allison Benedikt asked in Sunday’s Tribune.

She says the Sunday morning talk ratings, with Tim Russert on top, do not make sense. “Stephanopoulos is a natural — soft-spoken but never cowed by his guests, informed but not intellectually showy, the ideal balance between insider and skeptic. And the guy’s got timing. Unlike Russert, he knows when to interrupt, when to force a point and when to move on.” More…