ESPN Ratings Buzz: December 8-14

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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 6 percent (3.017 million vs. 2.843 million) from one week earlier and down 13 percent (3.017 million vs. 3.463 million) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is about even (1.057 million vs. 1.054 million) from one week earlier and down 11 percent (1.057 million vs. 1.188 million) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Dec. 8-12): 435,000 (prior week: 451,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Dec. 8-12): 553,000 (prior week: 631,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Dec. 8-12): 740,000 (prior week: 764,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Dec. 8-12): 1.059 million (prior week: 1.091 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Dec. 9-14 early evening): 744,000 (prior week: 681,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Dec. 8-14 late night): 1.443 million (prior week: 1.362 million)

ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is up 4 percent (439,000 vs. 423,000) from one week earlier and up 14 percent (439,000 vs. 386,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 1 percent (266,000 vs. 264,000) from one week earlier and up 9 percent (266,000 vs. 245,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 265,000 (prior week: 247,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 378,000 (prior week: 383,000)
• “His & Hers” (formerly known as “Numbers Never Lie”; ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 270,000 (prior week: 267,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 244,000 (prior week: 194,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 156,000 (prior week: 198,000)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-12): 125,000 (prior week: 166,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Dec. 9, 10, 12): 257,000 (prior week: 165,000)
• “Baseball Tonight” (ESPN2, Dec. 8-10): 193,000

ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is up 3 percent (120,000 vs. 116,000) from one week earlier and down 10 percent (120,000 vs. 134,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 5 percent (67,000 vs. 64,000) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (67,000 vs. 63,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

• “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 43,000 (prior week: 40,000)
• “CFB Daily” (live editions Dec. 9 & 12): 36,000 (prior week: 51,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon Dec. 9-11): 40,000 (prior week: 40,000)

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 52 percent (114,000 vs. 75,000) from one week earlier and down 3 percent (114,000 vs. 118,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 13 percent (61,000 vs. 54,000) from one week earlier and up 5 percent (61,000 vs. 58,000) from the same week one year ago (December 9-15, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 56,000 viewers (prior week: 53,000) and “ESPN FC” averaged 54,000 (prior week: 53,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research