ESPN Ratings Buzz: February 16-22

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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 44 percent (1.597 million vs. 1.108 million) from one week earlier and up 15 percent (1.597 million vs. 1.392 million) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 17 percent (733,000 vs. 629,000) from one week earlier and up 7 percent (733,000 vs. 684,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

North Carolina at Duke on ESPN on Feb. 18 scored the largest viewership for a college basketball this season, to-date.

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, Feb. 16-18 & 20): 298,000 (prior week: 297,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Feb. 16-18 & 20): 341,000 (prior week: 316,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Feb. 16-20): 497,000 (prior week: 390,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Feb. 16-20): 664,000 (prior week: 607,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Feb. 16-20): 1.011 million (prior week: 922,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Feb. 16-20 & 22 early evening): 596,000 (prior week: 591,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Feb. 16-22 late night): 853,000 (prior week: 591,000)

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 down 14 percent (374,000 vs. 389,000) from one week earlier and down 11 percent (374,000 vs. 421,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is about even (221,000 vs. 222,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (221,000 vs. 231,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 197,000 (prior week: 208,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 355,000 (prior week: 309,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 304,000 (prior week: 238,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 214,000 (prior week: 197,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20 4pm): 221,000 (prior week: 216,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 139,000 (prior week: 131,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-20): 151,000 (prior week: 132,000)
• “College Basketball Live” (ESPN2, Feb. 16-19 & 21): 165,000 (prior week: 141,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Feb. 19-21): 137,000 (prior week: 152,000)

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 48 percent (154,000 vs. 104,000) from one week earlier and up 39 percent (154,000 vs. 111,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 34 percent (59,000 vs. 44,000) from one week earlier and up 31 percent (59,000 vs. 45,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Feb. 16-20 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 49,000 (prior week: 43,000).

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 32 percent (103,000 vs. 78,000) from one week earlier and up 20 percent (103,000 vs. 86,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 25 percent (60,000 vs. 48,000) from one week earlier and up 33 percent (60,000 vs. 45,000) from the same week one year ago (February 17-23, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Feb. 16-20) averaged 43,000 viewers (prior week: 22,000), and “ESPN FC” (Feb. 16-20) averaged 59,000 viewers (prior week: 49,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research