Ed Note: We’re pleased to welcome Douglas Pucci to Awful Announcing, who you might know better as Son of the Bronx. Douglas built an impressive database of public ratings for television networks that were an invaluable resource for those interested in the media world. At AA, he will have the Top 5 programs from each of the sports networks every week, as well as data trends in viewership.

MLB Network Top 5 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 SHOWCASE GAME: Boston @ N.Y. Yankees or Tampa Bay @ Baltimore Fri 7:00PM- 9:55PM 175 0.3 408
2 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: St. Louis @ L.A. Dodgers or Cincinnati @ San Francisco Thu 10:00PM-12:43AM 163 0.2 298
3 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Cincinnati @ San Francisco Sun 4:00PM- 6:57PM 177 0.2 258
4 MLB TONIGHT POSTGAME Fri 9:55PM-11:15PM 80 0.2 228
4 SHOWCASE GAME: Detroit @ Texas or L.A. Dodgers @ Kansas City Tue 8:00PM-11:43PM 223 0.2 228

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MLBN is up 2 percent (197,000 vs. 193,000) from one week earlier and up 14 percent (197,000 vs. 173,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), MLBN is up 4 percent (102,000 vs. 98,000) from one week earlier and up 12 percent (102,000 vs. 91,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

MLBN’s “High Heat” ranged from 21,000 viewers (on 6/24 1-2 p.m.) to 79,000 viewers (on 6/25 1-2 p.m.). “Intentional Talk” (5-6 p.m.) averaged 92,000 viewers on June 23.

Golf Channel Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 PGA TOUR: Quicken Loans National 2nd Round Fri 2:30PM- 6:30PM 240 0.6 807
2 PGA TOUR: Quicken Loans National 3rd Round Sat 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.4 574
3 CHAMPIONS TOUR: BONUS: Constellation Senior Players Sun 5:00PM- 5:51PM 51 0.3 477
4 GC PREGAME LI Sun 2:30PM- 2:57PM 27 0.3 472
5 GC PREGAME LI Sat 2:30PM- 2:57PM 27 0.3 469
6 PGA TOUR: Quicken Loans National 1st Round Thu 2:30PM- 6:30PM 240 0.3 463
7 PGA TOUR: Quicken Loans National Final Round Sun 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.3 455
8 LPGA TOUR: NW Arkansas Championship Final Round Sun 5:51PM- 7:13PM 82 0.3 424
9 CHAMPIONS TOUR: Constellation Senior Players Sun 2:57PM- 5:00PM 123 0.2 308
10 LPGA TOUR: NW Arkansas Championship 2nd Round Sat 5:00PM- 7:00PM 120 0.2 247

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Golf Channel is down 20 percent (103,000 vs. 128,000) from one week earlier and down 13 percent (103,000 vs. 118,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Golf Channel is up 29 percent (125,000 vs. 97,000) from one week earlier and up 19 percent (125,000 vs. 105,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

The return of Tiger Woods boosted the “Quicken Loans National” tournament for Golf Channel drawing an average of 621,000 viewers through its four rounds of play — up 60 percent from last year (known as the AT&T National, 387,000 viewer four-round average).

NFL Network Top 5 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 TOP 10 Mon 2:00PM- 3:00PM 60 0.1 166
2 TOP 100 PLAYERS OF 2014 Wed 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 161
3 SUPER BOWL CLASSICS: SB XXXII – DEN VS. GB Sun 3:30PM- 7:00PM 210 0.1 154
4 FOOTBALL LIFE Mon 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 146
5 AMERICA’S GAME Fri 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.1 124

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NFL Network is up 9 percent (89,000 vs. 82,000) from one week earlier and even (89,000 vs. 89,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NFL Network is up 5 percent (66,000 vs. 63,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (66,000 vs. 69,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

NBATV Top 5 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 2014 NBA DRAFT PREVIEW (live) Thu 5:00PM- 7:00PM 120 0.1 207
2 2014 NBA DRAFT REVIEW Fri 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 135
3 THE STARTERS Thu 7:00PM- 7:30PM 30 0.0 131
4 2014 NBA DRAFT (live) Wed 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.1 123
5 SHAQ Thu 7:30PM- 8:00PM 30 0.0 120

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBA TV is down 19 percent (69,000 vs. 85,000) from one week earlier and up 23 percent (69,000 vs. 56,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBA TV is down 6 percent (45,000 vs. 48,000) from one week earlier and up 15 percent (45,000 vs. 39,000) from the same week one year ago (June 24-30, 2013).

The “2014 NBA Draft Preview” special (207,000 viewers on June 26) was up a whopping 146 percent from year-ago levels (84,000 viewers on June 27, 2013 5:30-7:30 p.m. ET).

For NBA TV’s WNBA doubleheader on Sunday, June 29, Connecticut-New York (3 p.m.-5:07 p.m.) drew 54,000 viewers and, in the nightcap, Atlanta-Indiana (6 p.m.-8:03 p.m.) averaged 65,000 viewers.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

About Douglas Pucci

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