Editing George Stephanopoulos (section)

== Journalism ==
After leaving the [[White House]] at the end of Clinton's first term, Stephanopoulos became a political analyst for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], and served as a correspondent on ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week]]'', [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Sunday morning public affairs program; ''World News Tonight'', the evening news broadcast; ''Good Morning America'', the morning news program; along with other various special broadcasts.

[[File:Hillary Clinton and Robert M. Gates talk with George Stephanopoulos, 2009 (1).jpg|thumb|Secretary of Defense [[Robert M. Gates]] and Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] talk with George Stephanopoulos in December 2009 in [[Washington, D.C.]]]]
In September 2002, Stephanopoulos became host of ''This Week'', and ABC News officially named him "Chief Washington Correspondent" in December 2005.<ref name="abc133369">[[Staff writer]] (December 10, 2009). [https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=133369 "George Stephanopoulos' Biography – Anchor, ''Good Morning America''; Chief Political Correspondent; Anchor, ''This Week''"]. Retrieved December 19, 2009.</ref> The program's title added the new host's name.

When named to the position, Stephanopoulos was a relative newcomer to the show, usurping longtime panelists and short-term co-hosts [[Sam Donaldson]] and [[Cokie Roberts]] who, for a few years, briefly replaced the longtime original host, [[David Brinkley]].

ABC News executives reportedly offered [[Ted Koppel]], former ''[[Nightline (U.S. news program)|Nightline]]'' anchor, the ''This Week'' host job in 2005 after the program's ratings had become a regular third-, fourth-, and sometimes fifth-place finish after competitors NBC, CBS, Fox, and syndicated programs.<ref name="steinberg">{{Registration required}} [[Jacques Steinberg|Steinberg, Jacques]] (April 1, 2005). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/01/business/media/01koppel.html Koppel Leaving ABC News and 'Nightline' in December"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> However, ''This Week'' beat ''[[Meet the Press]]'' on January 11, 2009, when Stephanopoulos interviewed [[president-elect of the United States|president-elect]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="shea">Danny Shea (February 5, 2009). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/05/meet-the-press-ratings-lo_n_164375.html "'Meet the Press' Ratings Lowest since David Gregory Became Moderator"] ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. Retrieved December 19, 2009.</ref>

On April 16, 2008, Stephanopoulos co-moderated, with [[Charles Gibson]], the twenty-first, and ultimately final, [[Democratic Party (United States) presidential debates, 2008|Democratic Party presidential debate]] between Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] for the [[United States elections, 2008|2008 election cycle]]. While the debate received record ratings, the co-moderators were heavily criticized for focusing most of the first hour of the debate on controversies that occurred during the campaign rather than issues such as the economy and the [[Iraq War]]. Stephanopoulos acknowledged the legitimacy of the concerns over the order of the questions,<ref>{{cite news|last=Abcarian|first=Robin|title=Stephanopoulos Defends His Questions to Obama|date=April 17, 2008|access-date=December 19, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/04/stephanopoulos.html}}</ref> but said they were issues in the campaign that had not been covered in previous debates.<ref name="ratings">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24189180|title=Ratings, Criticism Big for ABC Debate – Gibson, Stephanopoulos Draw Fire for 'Shoddy' Work|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|agency=[[Associated Press|The Associated Press]] (''via'' ''[[NBC News]]'')|date=April 17, 2008| access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref>

During the 2008 presidential election campaign, Stephanopoulos launched a blog ''George's Bottom Line'' on the ABC News website.<ref>[[Lynn Sweet|Sweet, Lynn]] (October 20, 2008). [http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/abcs_george_stephanopoulos_lau.html "ABC's George Stephanopoulos Launches New Political Blog&nbsp;– Welcome to the Neighborhood"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022024326/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/abcs_george_stephanopoulos_lau.html |date=October 22, 2008 }}. ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. Retrieved December 19, 2009.</ref> Stephanopoulos blogged about political news and analysis from Washington.<ref>Stephanopoulos, George. [http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/ "George's Bottom Line&nbsp;– Reporting and Analysis from Anchor of Good Morning America and ABC News Senior Political Correspondent"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206043739/http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/ |date=December 6, 2009 }}. [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]. Retrieved December 19, 2009.</ref>

[[File:US Navy 110204-N-0696M-049 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen is interviewed by Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos.jpg|thumb|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. [[Mike Mullen]] is interviewed by ''Good Morning America''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Stephanopoulos.]]
[[File:P20210316CS-1271 (51130055779).jpg|thumb|right|Stephanopoulos interviews [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] in 2021.|215x215px]]

In December 2009, ABC News president David Westin offered Stephanopoulos [[Diane Sawyer|Diane Sawyer's]] job on ''Good Morning America'' after Sawyer was named anchor of ''World News''. Stephanopoulos accepted the new position and began co-anchoring ''GMA'' on December 14, 2009. Stephanopoulos announced on January 10, 2010, that that would be his last broadcast as the permanent host of ''This Week''. However, after his successor, [[Christiane Amanpour]], left the show amid sagging ratings, it was announced that Stephanopoulos would return as host of ''This Week'' in December 2011. He signed a deal to stay with ABC until 2021 worth [[United States Dollar|$]]105 million.{{sfn|Loesch|2016|page=69}}

On January 7, 2012, Stephanopoulos was the co-moderator of a debate among [[Mitt Romney]], [[Ron Paul]] and [[Rick Santorum]]. During the debate, Stephanopoulos repeatedly asked Romney whether the former Massachusetts governor believes the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn a 1965 ruling that a constitutional right to privacy bars states from banning contraception. During the debate, Romney said it was a preposterous question.<ref>Yahoo: [https://news.yahoo.com/george-stephanopoulos-obsesses-contraception-republican-debate-193800729.html George Stephanopoulos Obsesses About Contraception at Republican Debate.] January 9, 2012.</ref>

Following Diane Sawyer's departure from [[ABC World News|World News]] at the end of August 2014, Stephanopoulos was the Chief Anchor at ABC News from 2014 to 2020 while retaining his roles on ''GMA'' and ''This Week''. Stephanopoulos leads a new documentary unit for Disney's digital platforms and hosts four primetime hour-long specials on the ABC network annually.<ref name = "ABCNEWSchief Anchor">{{cite news|url=https://krdo.com/money/2021/03/01/david-muirs-new-role-at-abc-news-leads-to-drama-with-george-stephanopoulos-and-a-visit-from-bob-iger/|title=David Muir's new role|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=March 31, 2021|publisher=CNN News Source}}</ref>

===Speaking engagements===
In 2009, Stephanopoulos spoke at the annual Tri-C Presidential Scholarship Luncheon held at the [[Renaissance Cleveland Hotel]] and praised [[Cuyahoga Community College]].<ref name="Fong"/>

===Other ventures===

George Stephanopoulos is the co-founder of production companies BedBy8<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/12/george-stephanopulos-ali-wentworth-launch-bedby8-production-company-1235186817/ BedBy8]</ref> and George Stephanopoulos Productions.<ref>[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/george-stephanopoulos-abc-news-launches-production-hulu-1235088669/ George Stephanopoulos Productions]</ref> These companies produced ''[[Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields]]'', ''Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK'', ''Power Trip: Those Who Seek Power and Those Who Chase Them'', and ''Out of the Shadows: The Man Behind the Steele Dossier''.