ESPN Ratings Buzz: January 19-25

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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 down 57 percent (2.254 million vs. 5.268 million) from one week earlier and up 107 percent (2.254 million vs. 1.088 million) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 45 percent (886,000 vs. 1.619 million) from one week earlier and up 40 percent (886,000 vs. 634,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

Although the ESPN telecast of the 2015 NFL Pro Bowl on Jan. 25 topped all cable programs in total viewers for the week of January 19, the event drew its smallest audience in eight years.

Live telecasts of the X Games on ESPN (Jan. 22-25) averaged 966,000 viewers, which marked a 3 percent increase from the year-ago event (935,000-viewer average for Jan. 23-26, 2014) that then took place just weeks prior to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Jan. 20-23): 328,000 (prior week: 516,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Jan. 20-23): 480,000 (prior week: 518,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Jan. 20-23): 719,000 (prior week: 672,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Jan. 20-23): 793,000 (prior week: 714,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Jan. 20-23): 1.051 million (prior week: 1.021 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 19-23 early evening): 700,000 (prior week: 628,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 19-25 late night): 929,000 (prior week: 1.471 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 6 percent (543,000 vs. 510,000) from one week earlier and up 16 percent (543,000 vs. 468,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 25 percent (350,000 vs. 279,000) from one week earlier and up 21 percent (350,000 vs. 290,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

Factoring the average viewership of the entire week’s live telecasts of tennis’ “Australian Open” on ESPN2, the first week of the 2015 tourney (Jan. 19 6 a.m.-Jan. 25 2:42 a.m.) saw a 3 percent rise from one year ago (345,000 vs. 336,000 for Jan. 13 6 a.m.-Jan. 19 7:39 a.m., 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Jan. 19-23): 242,000 (prior week: 289,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Jan. 19-23): 456,000 (prior week: 432,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Jan. 19-23): 341,000 (prior week: 309,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Jan. 22): 147,000 (prior week: 176,000)

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 54 percent (185,000 vs. 120,000) from one week earlier and up 54 percent (185,000 vs. 120,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 19 percent (69,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and up 30 percent (69,000 vs. 53,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Jan. 19-23 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 31,000 (prior week: 46,000) and “You Herd Me with Cowherd” (Jan. 20-23 5-6 p.m.) was 20,000.

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 down 13 percent (109,000 vs. 125,000) from one week earlier and up 63 percent (109,000 vs. 67,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 29 percent (85,000 vs. 66,000) from one week earlier and up 57 percent (85,000 vs. 54,000) from the same week one year ago (January 20-26, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Jan. 19-23) averaged 62,000 viewers (prior week: 58,000), “ESPN FC” (Jan. 19-23) averaged 64,000 viewers and “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (Jan. 19-23) averaged 134,000 viewers.

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research