ESPN Ratings Buzz: January 12-18

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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 396 percent (5.268 million vs. 1.062 million) from one week earlier and up 296 percent (5.268 million vs. 1.329 million) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 138 percent (1.619 million vs. 680,000) from one week earlier and up 107 percent (1.619 million vs. 782,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

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ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Jan. 12-16): 516,000 (prior week: 447,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 518,000 (prior week: 499,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 672,000 (prior week: 632,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 714,000 (prior week: 739,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 1.021 million (prior week: 1.108 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16 & 18 early evening): 628,000 (prior week: 855,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 12-18 late night): 1.471 million (prior week: 749,000)

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 up 48 percent (510,000 vs. 345,000) from one week earlier and down 18 percent (510,000 vs. 619,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 4 percent (279,000 vs. 269,000) from one week earlier and down 15 percent (279,000 vs. 329,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 289,000 (prior week: 257,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 432,000 (prior week: 436,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 309,000 (prior week: 300,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 229,000 (prior week: 229,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 282,000 (prior week: 269,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-16): 174,000 (prior week: 180,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 176,000 (prior week: 187,000)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-16): 171,000 (prior week: 165,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-14, 16-17): 126,000 (prior week: 218,000)
• “College Basketball Live” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-15 & 17): 127,000 (prior week: 122,000)

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 down 28 percent (120,000 vs. 166,000) from one week earlier and down 15 percent (120,000 vs. 142,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 13 percent (58,000 vs. 67,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (58,000 vs. 59,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Jan. 12-16 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 46,000 (prior week: 42,000).

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 25 percent (125,000 vs. 100,000) from one week earlier and up 45 percent (125,000 vs. 86,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 14 percent (66,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and up 5 percent (66,000 vs. 63,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Jan. 12-16) averaged 58,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000) and “ESPN FC” (Jan. 12-16) averaged 51,000 (prior week: 50,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research