Dave Hughes rocked it: 

DCRTV broke the news several months ago. And now ABC News makes it official. Its Sunday political talker “This Week” will be moving from ABC’s downtown DC news bureau to the new Newseum news biz museum near Capitol Hill.

But host George Stephanopoulos might want to wait a while to try Wolfgang Puck’s new Newseum restaurant. As we reported this spring, a Sports Illustrated party celebrating the mag’s annual swimsuit issue “turned into a health scare for stars in Hollywood after a caterer working for celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck may have exposed them to acute Hepatitis A.”

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After the Republican live debate, moderated by George Stephanopoulos on ABC on Sunday, the network’s PR peeps were quick to run to TVNewser and FishbowlDC, spinning that they won the time slot in the 25-54 age demographic (although they admittedly lost in total viewers).

However, today we learn from Nielsen that even that less spurious claim was far from true:

Age 25-54 demos:

1. Meet the Press .7 Rtg / 4 Shr / 802 AA

2. Face the Nation .7 Rtg / 4 Shr / 800 AA

3. This Week .6 Rtg / 4 Shr / 709 AA

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DC-based actress Ali Wentworth (you know her from “In Living Color” and Jerry Maguire), who’s currently starring in the low-rated “Head Case” serial on the Starz! network and is married to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, is struggling to get back in the limelight now that her children are growing up.

First, she was in talks with officials from TMZ.com’s Washington gossip project, which left her *bleep* out of luck after the project went on hold indefinitely this spring.

Recovering from that setback, Wentworth this morning headed over to guest host “The View” with her pal Barbara Walters. A source close to the actress tells us that the appearance was a miniature audition as producers attempt to fill two open seats on the morning chat fest by this fall.

But if Wentworth had any hopes of getting the job, they were dashed after she stuck her foot in her mouth when speaking of her past syndicated morning show failure, called “Living it Up! With Ali & Jack,” which aired ever-so-briefly in 2003-4.

Wentworth said live on air on that “Ali & Jack” was not right for her “nighttime sensibilities.” She added that she didn’t know she’d be doing perky decopodge projects before she inked that deal. Hence, the show and her didn’t mesh, and it was soon cancelled.

Hello? “The View” features craft project segments all the freakin’ time. Sometimes they even have fashion shows and ridiculous dance numbers where strapping young men dress up as toilet paper rolls and throw confetti at the audience.

Common sense says that if Wentworth truly wanted this gig, she might have kept her yap shut — at least until Babs picked her.

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Does ABC News once again know something we don’t?

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The rag inexplicably decided to check in on a DC super couple over the weekend with this unenlightened tidbit: “George Stephanopoulos and wife Aly Wentworth [spotted] with their two adorable young daughters getting culture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.”

Not only is the item pointless (BHDC sources tell us that both stars used the loo, too!), but the delightful actress Alexandra Wentworth (did you happen to catch her in multiple Jerry Maguire re-runs over the weekend?) spells her nickname “Ali.” Stay away, NY Post. Hisssss.

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