ESPN Ratings Buzz: May 18-24

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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 17 percent (2.520 million vs. 2.159 million) from one week earlier and up 3 percent (2.520 million vs. 2.440 million) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 7 percent (905,000 vs. 848,000) from one week earlier and up 10 percent (905,000 vs. 822,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, May 18-19 & 21-22): 280,000 (On ESPN2 May 20: 186,000; prior week: 302,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, May 18-22): 311,000 (prior week: 315,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, May 18-22): 371,000 (prior week: 391,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, May 18-22): 427,000 (prior week: 450,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, May 18-22): 589,000 (prior week: 589,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, May 18-22): 927,000 (proor week: 950,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 18-23 early evening): 561,000 (prior week: 683,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 18-24 late night): 1.649 million (prior week: 1.053 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 38 percent (339,000 vs. 246,000) from one week earlier and up 22 percent (339,000 vs. 279,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 9 percent (229,000 vs. 211,000) from one week earlier and up 14 percent (229,000 vs. 201,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, May 18-22): 263,000 (prior week: 243,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, May 18-22): 450,000 (prior week: 446,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, May 18-22): 298,000 (prior week: 312,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, May 18-22): 228,000 (prior week: 243,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, May 18-22): 154,000 (prior week: 156,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, May 19 & 21-22): 104,000 (prior week: 120,000)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, May 18-23): 118,000 (prior week: 114,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, May 19 & 21-23): 98,000 (prior week: 95,000)

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 25 percent (83,000 vs. 111,000) from one week earlier and down 28 percent (83,000 vs. 115,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 2 percent (50,000 vs. 51,000) from one week earlier and down 9 percent (50,000 vs. 55,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (May 18-22) was 37,000 (prior week: 33,000) and live editions of “SportsCenterU” (May 23-24) were 30,000.

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 36 percent (66,000 vs. 103,000) from one week earlier and down 16 percent (66,000 vs. 79,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 24 percent (44,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and down 17 percent (44,000 vs. 53,000) from the same week one year ago (May 19-25, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (May 18-22) averaged 40,000 viewers (prior week: 41,000), and “ESPN FC” (May 18-22) averaged 48,000 viewers (prior week: 92,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research