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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON: New England at Kansas City Mon 8:15PM-11:21PM 186 8.8 14426
2 MLB NL WILD CARD: San Francisco at Pittsburgh Wed 7:59PM-11:23PM 204 3.6 5591
3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Texas A&M at Mississippi State Sat 12:00PM- 3:44PM 224 2.6 4101
4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: LSU at Auburn Sat 6:57PM-10:21PM 204 2.1 3744
5 SPORTSCENTER (live) Mon 11:21PM- 1:00AM 99 2.4 3684
6 NASCAR SPRINT CUP: Kansas (Oct.) Sun 2:00PM- 5:30PM 210 2.3 3601
7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Arizona at Oregon Thu 10:30PM- 1:52AM 202 1.5 2384
8 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN (live) Mon 6:00PM- 8:15PM 135 1.4 2152
9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 10:21PM-10:35PM 14 1.3 2101
10 COLLEGE GAMEDAY (live) Sat 9:00AM-12:00PM 180 1.4 2036
11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Utah at UCLA Sat 10:35PM- 1:55AM 200 1.3 2027
14 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Louisville at Syracuse Fri 6:58PM-10:24PM 206 1.1 1635
15 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES: Kansas Sat 3:44PM- 6:30PM 166 1.0 1539
20 BASEBALL TONIGHT (live) Wed 7:00PM- 7:59PM 59 0.9 1289
23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Utah State at BYU Fri 10:24PM- 1:57AM 213 0.8 1165
46 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Central Florida at Houston Thu 6:58PM-10:19PM 201 0.5 744
48 NFL MATCH-UP Sat 4:00AM- 4:30AM 30 0.5 714
85 POKER: 2014 WSOP Sun 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.4 497
123 POKER: 2014 WSOP Sun 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.3 374

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 29 percent (3.899 million vs. 3.031 million) from one week earlier and up 31 percent (3.899 million vs. 2.975 million) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 13 percent (1.402 million vs. 1.238 million) from one week earlier and up 13 percent (1.402 million vs. 1.245 million) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

  • “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 422,000
  • “NFL Live” (ESPN, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 570,000
  • “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 739,000
  • “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 1.011 million
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 30-Oct. 3 & Oct. 5 early evening): 801,000
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 29-Oct. 5 late night): 1.458 million

ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Wisconsin at Northwestern Sat 3:32PM- 6:54PM 202 0.8 1257
2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Miami(FL) at Georgia Tech Sat 7:30PM-10:34PM 184 0.7 1133
3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 3:20PM- 3:32PM 12 0.6 958
4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 6:54PM- 7:00PM 6 0.4 683
5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Purdue at Illinois Sat 12:00PM- 3:20PM 200 0.4 585
6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 7:00PM- 7:30PM 30 0.3 574
7 SPORTSCENTER LATE (live) Sat 10:34PM-12:00AM 86 0.4 558
8 NHRA DRAG RACING: NHRA Nationals Sun 8:00PM-11:00PM 180 0.3 511
9 SPORTSCENTER 12AM (live) Sat 12:00AM- 1:00AM 60 0.3 497
10 BOXING SERIES: C. Stevens vs. H. Ndam Wed 9:00PM-11:41PM 161 0.3 491
12 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING (live) Fri 5:30PM- 7:00PM 90 0.4 476
14 FANTASY SHOW (live) Sun 11:00AM- 1:00PM 120 0.3 434
25 NHRA QUALIFYING Sun 4:30PM- 6:00PM 90 0.2 303
36 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Norcross (GA) vs. North Gwinnett (GA) Fri 7:00PM-10:09PM 189 0.2 268
57 NATIONWIDE SERIES PRACTICE (live) Fri 4:00PM- 5:30PM 90 0.2 221
66 FIBA WORLD BASKETBALL: USA vs. Spain Sun 2:00PM- 4:13PM 133 0.1 204
79 COLIN’S NEW FOOTBALL SHOW (live) Sun 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.2 180
90 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 8:30AM- 9:00AM 30 0.1 163
94 CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Calgary at Saskatchewan Fri 10:09PM- 1:09AM 180 0.1 154
96 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER: Atletico Madrid vs. Juventus Wed 2:30PM- 4:46PM 136 0.1 153
98 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND Sun 8:00AM- 8:30AM 30 0.1 145
100 MLS REGULAR SEASON: Philadelphia at Chicago Thu 8:00PM-10:03PM 123 0.1 140
117 ESPN FC Sun 12:30AM- 1:30AM 60 0.1 108
124 X GAMES Mon 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 87
127 ESPN FC (live) Wed 4:46PM- 5:00PM 14 0.1 79

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down 8 percent (399,000 vs. 434,000) from one week earlier and down 13 percent (399,000 vs. 456,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is about even (284,000 vs. 283,000) from one week earlier and about even (284,000 vs. 283,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

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

  • “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 253,000
  • “First Take” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 393,000
  • “Numbers Never Lie” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 316,000
  • “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 219,000
  • “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 2): 285,000
  • “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Sep. 29, 30, Oct. 2): 193,000
  • “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Sep. 29-Oct. 2): 199,000
  • “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Sep. 29, 30, Oct. 2): 138,000
  • “Baseball Tonight” (average of each day’s most-watched telecast Sep. 29-Oct. 3): 193,000

ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Texas Tech at Kansas State Sat 7:00PM-10:31PM 211 0.2 480
2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: NC State at Clemson Sat 3:31PM- 6:43PM 192 0.3 445
3 SPORTSCENTERU Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.2 262
4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 10:00AM-11:00AM 60 0.2 234
5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 6:43PM- 7:00PM 17 0.1 217
6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: SMU at East Carolina Sat 12:00PM- 3:31PM 211 0.1 147
7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL FEATURED Tue 4:30PM- 5:00PM 30 0.1 130
8 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: You Don’t Know Bo Fri 7:30PM- 9:00PM 90 0.1 124
9 SPORTSCENTERU Sun 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.1 111
10 HERD (live) Tue 10:00AM-12:55PM 175 0.1 106
23 NCAA FOOTBALL: South Carolina State at North Carolina A&T Sat 10:31PM- 1:40AM 189 0.0 81
38 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: Georgia at Auburn Wed 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.0 66
46 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: BYU at Pepperdine Tue 9:00PM-10:38PM 98 0.0 59
57 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oregon at Stanford Fri 10:00PM-12:00AM 120 0.0 50
59 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE (live) Mon 6:00PM- 7:00PM 60 0.0 49
59 NCAA FOOTBALL: Alabama State at Alcorn State Thu 7:30PM-10:56PM 206 0.0 49
76 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: Florida State at Miami Sun 2:01PM- 4:34PM 153 0.0 41
87 BEST OF FIRST TAKE Fri 5:30PM- 6:00PM 30 0.0 35
92 WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON: Kentucky at Texas A&M Sun 12:00PM- 2:01PM 121 0.0 34
118 EDGE (live) Sat 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.0 17
123 DARI & MEL (live) Sat 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.0 14

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 34 percent (123,000 vs. 185,000) from one week earlier and down 39 percent (123,000 vs. 202,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 16 percent (75,000 vs. 89,000) from one week earlier and down 29 percent (75,000 vs. 106,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

  • “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 76,000
  • “CFB Daily” (live editions): 55,000
  • “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon): 39,000

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) Sat 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.1 212
2 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM (live) Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.1 161
3 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES: Kansas Sat 3:30PM- 3:45PM 15 0.1 160
4 SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) Tue 10:00PM-10:30PM 30 0.1 158
5 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 9:30AM-10:00AM 30 0.1 153
6 SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) Fri 10:00PM-11:05PM 65 0.1 143
7 SPORTSCENTER TOP 10 Sat 5:00AM- 5:30AM 30 0.1 142
8 SPORTSCENTER MORNING Sat 4:00AM- 5:00AM 60 0.1 141
9 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) Sun 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.1 138
10 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION Wed 7:30PM- 8:00PM 30 0.1 131
37 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND Sun 9:00AM- 9:30AM 30 0.1 85
49 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: UNLV at San Jose State Sat 8:00PM-11:21PM 201 0.0 75

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is down 8 percent (86,000 vs. 93,000) from one week earlier and even (86,000 vs. 86,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 12 percent (58,000 vs. 52,000) from one week earlier and up 4 percent (58,000 vs. 56,000) from the same week one year ago (September 30-October 6, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 53,000 viewers and “ESPN FC” averaged 50,000.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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Douglas Pucci is a contributor to Programming Insider and blogger at Son of the Bronx.

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