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Viewership for the week’s sports telecasts on the CBS broadcast network:

  • Off-Road Racing: Lucas Oil Racing Series (Oct. 3 1:30-2:30 p.m.) 656,000 total viewers; 191,000 adults 18-49
  • Inside College Football (Oct. 3 2:30-3:00 p.m.) 716,000 total viewers; 236,000 adults 18-49
  • College Football Today (Oct. 3 3:00-3:30 p.m.) 1.892 million total viewers; 722,000 adults 18-49
  • College Football Alabama at Georgia (Oct. 3 3:30-7:07 p.m.) 7.045 million total viewers; 2.849 million adults 18-49
  • The NFL Today (Oct. 4 9:00-9:37 a.m.) 3.225 million total viewers; 1.037 million adults 18-49
  • CBS NFL Pre-Kick (Oct. 3 9:35-9:37 a.m.) 4.720 million total viewers; 1.854 million adults 18-49
  • NFL Football N.Y. Jets vs. Miami in London (Oct. 4 9:37 a.m.-1:09 p.m.) 9.248 million total viewers; 4.290 million adults 18-49
  • NFL Football: Regional Action featuring Kansas City at Cincinnati or Oakland at Chicago or Houston at Atlanta or Jacksonville at Indianapolis (Oct. 4 1:03-4:25 p.m.) 15.825 million total viewers; 6.465 million adults 18-49
  • CBS NFL Post Game (Oct. 3 4:23-4:58 p.m.) 5.430 million total viewers; 2.353 million adults 18-49
  • Bull Riding PBR in Tucson (Oct. 4 5:00-6:00 p.m.) 2.432 million total viewers; 883,000 adults 18-49

Viewership for the week’s Spanish-language sports telecasts:

  • Futbol
    Central     (UniMas, Sep. 29 8:30-9:19 p.m.) 308,000 total viewers; 178,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Mexicano Guadalajara vs. Monterrey     (UniMas, Sep. 29 9:19-11:35 p.m.) 704,000 total viewers; 410,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Central     (UniMas, Sep. 30 9:00-9:25 p.m.) 173,000 total viewers; 91,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Mexicano Cruz Azul vs. Atlas     (UniMas, Sep. 30 9:25-11:35 p.m.) 452,000 total viewers; 257,000 adults 18-49
  • Major League Soccer DC United vs. New York City FC (UniMas, Oct. 2 7:00-9:03 p.m.) 199,000 total viewers; 80,000 adults 18-49
  • Fútbol internacional Torneo pre-olímpico CONCACAF: Canadá vs. Panamá (Telemundo, Oct. 3 2:30-4:36 p.m.) 137,000 total viewers; 000,000 adults 18-49
  • Antesala: Torneo Pre-olímpico CONCACAF (Telemundo, Oct. 3 4:36-4:55 p.m.) 124,000 total viewers; 49,000 adults 18-49
  • Fútbol internacional Torneo pre-olímpico CONCACAF: Cuba vs. USA (Telemundo, Oct. 3 4:55-7:06 p.m.) 217,000 total viewers; 96,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Mexicano America vs. Jaguares     (Univision, Oct. 3 5:55-8:00 p.m.) 1.085 million total viewers; 535,000 adults 18-49
  • Solo Boxeo (UniMas, Oct. 3 11:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m.) 305,000 total viewers; 133,000 adults 18-49
  • English Premier League Arsenal vs. Manchester United (Telemundo, Oct. 4 10:55 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) 232,000 total viewers; 116,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Central     (Univision, Oct. 4 noon-12:44 p.m.) 445,000 total viewers; 183,000 adults 18-49
  • Futbol
    Mexicano UNAM vs. Guadalajara     (Univision, Oct. 4 12:44-2:51 p.m.) 1.084 million total viewers; 520,000 adults 18-49
  • Republica Deportiva (Univision, Oct. 4 2:51-4:00 p.m.) 631,000 total viewers; 293,000 adults 18-49
  • Campeonato Preolímpico de Concacaf 2015 Haití vs. Honduras (Telemundo, Oct. 4 4:30-6:35 p.m.) 289,000 total viewers; 133,000 adults 18-49

MLB Network Top 10 (and Select) Programs

VIEWER
RANK		 PROGRAM DATE START
TIME		 END
TIME		 VIEWERS
(000)		 A18-49
(000)
1 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME Wed 9/30/15 1:30 PM 4:22 PM 179 57
   STL AT PIT
2 MLB TONIGHT PRIME Thu 10/01/15 8:00 PM 12:00 AM 178 94
   MLB TONIGHT
3 PRIME BASEBALL GAME Sat 10/03/15 8:00 PM 11:38 PM 177 59
   HOU AT ARI/NYY AT BAL/SCHERZER NO HITTER
4 AFTERNOON BASEBALL (joined in progress) Wed 9/30/15 4:22 PM 7:17 PM 150 68
   MIN AT CLE/TOR AT BAL
4 MLB TONIGHT BP Wed 9/30/15 7:17 PM 8:00 PM 150 55
   MLBT BP
4 QUICK PITCH Sat 10/03/15 12:39 AM 1:39 AM 150 86
   QP 12:30A
7 PRIME BASEBALL GAME Mon 9/28/15 10:45 PM 1:08 AM 149 65
   HOU AT SEA/OAK AT LAA
8 MLB NOW Mon 9/28/15 4:00 PM 5:06 PM 148 77
   MLB NOW
9 MLB TONIGHT PRIME Tue 9/29/15 8:00 PM 1:31 AM 147 70
   MLB TONIGHT
10 QUICK PITCH Thu 10/01/15 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 146 93
   QP 12A
20 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME Sat 10/03/15 4:00 PM 7:23 PM 112 39
   COL AT SF
25 PRIME BASEBALL GAME Fri 10/02/15 9:30 PM 1:33 AM 105 38
   HOU AT ARI/SD AT LAD
85 REMEMBERS Sat 10/03/15 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 42 9
   POSTSEASON

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MLB Network is down 13 percent (144,000 vs. 165,000) from one week earlier and down 14 percent (144,000 vs. 168,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), MLB Network is down 9 percent (86,000 vs. 94,000) from one week earlier and down 9 percent (86,000 vs. 95,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following MLB Network programs of the week:

  • “MLB Central” (Sep. 28-Oct. 2): 66,000 (29,000 adults 18-49)
  • “High Heat” (Sep. 28-Oct. 3): 73,000 (29,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Rundown” (Sep. 28-29 & Oct. 1-2): 89,000 (31,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Now” (Sep. 28-29 & Oct. 1-2): 113,000 (45,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Intentional Talk” (Sep. 28-29 & Oct. 1-2): 88,000 (43,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Tonight BP” (Sep. 28-Oct. 3): 112,000 (47,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Tonight” (Sep. 28-Oct. 2 prime time): 142,000 (63,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Tonight Weekend Afternoon” (Oct. 4): 82,000 (25,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Tonight Sunday” (Oct. 4 5:00-8:00 p.m.): 140,000 (47,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Quick Pitch” (Sep. 28-Oct. 4 most-watched telecast per day): 105,000 (56,000 adults 18-49)

TBS-MLB-Feature

MLB Baseball: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Texaa Rangers (TBS, Oct. 4 3:00-6:13 p.m.) 432,000 total viewers (152,000 adults 18-49)

NFL Network Top 10 (and Select) Programs

VIEWER
RANK		 PROGRAM DATE START
TIME		 END
TIME		 VIEWERS
(000)		 A18-49
(000)
1 NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Thu 10/01/15 8:27 PM 11:49 PM 3607 2025
   2015 WK 4 – BAL VS. PIT
2 NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT KICK Thu 10/01/15 7:58 PM 8:20 PM 1244 643
   NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT KICK-OFF2
3 NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT POST Thu 10/01/15 11:57 PM 12:24 AM 1204 790
   NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT POST-GAME
4 NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT KICK Thu 10/01/15 7:30 PM 7:58 PM 763 408
   NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT KICK-OFF1
5 UNDRAFTED Thu 10/01/15 12:24 AM 12:53 AM 588 375
   S2-03
6 NFL GAMEDAY HIGHLIGHTS Sun 10/04/15 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 493 207
   NFL GAMEDAY HIGHLIGHTS
7 FOOTBALL LIFE Fri 10/02/15 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 449 261
   JEROME BETTIS
8 FOOTBALL TOWN Thu 10/01/15 12:53 AM 1:22 AM 384 235
   FOOTBALL TOWN S1-03
9 NFL GAMEDAY LIVE Sun 10/04/15 4:30 PM 7:30 PM 314 120
   NFL GAMEDAY LIVE
10 NFL GAMEDAY LIVE Sun 10/04/15 1:00 PM 4:30 PM 295 132
   NFL GAMEDAY LIVE
12 NFL GAMEDAY FINAL Sun 10/04/15 12:00 AM 1:30 AM 256 151
   NFL GAMEDAY FINAL
15 NFL GAMEDAY MORNING Sun 10/04/15 9:00 AM 1:00 PM 239 145
   NFL GAMEDAY MORNING
17 NFL GAMEDAY FIRST Sun 10/04/15 7:00 AM 9:00 AM 237 132
   NFL GAMEDAY FIRST
19 INSIDE THE NFL Wed 9/30/15 9:00 PM 10:30 PM 234 125
   INSIDE THE NFL
22 NFL GAMEDAY OVERTIME Sun 10/04/15 11:30 PM 12:00 AM 203 122
   NFL GAMEDAY OVERTIME
47 UNDRAFTED (new) Tue 9/29/15 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 139 70
   S2-03
60 FULL GAME REPLAY Tue 9/29/15 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 122 44
   MNF: KC VS. GB 9/28/15
62 FOOTBALL TOWN (new) Tue 9/29/15 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 117 55
   FOOTBALL TOWN S1-03
69 MADDEN NFL LIVE Fri 10/02/15 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 105 58
   MADDEN NFL LIVE

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NFL Network is up 4 percent (607,000 vs. 584,000) from one week earlier and up 24 percent (607,000 vs. 490,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NFL Network is down 1 percent (218,000 vs. 220,000) from one week earlier and up 12 percent (218,000 vs. 194,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following daily NFL Network programs of the week:

  • “NFL HQ” (Sep. 28-Oct. 2 8-10 a.m.): 94,000 (42,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NFL Fantasy Live” (Sep. 28-Oct. 3): 145,000 (86,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Inside the NFL” (Sep. 30 9-10:30 p.m.): 234,000 (125,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Around the NFL” (Sep. 28-Oct. 2): 131,000 (73,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NFL Total Access” (Sep. 28-30 & Oct. 2-3 7-8 p.m.): 166,000 (86,000 adults 18-49)

Golf Channel Top 10 (and Select) Programs

VIEWER
RANK		 PROGRAM DATE START
TIME		 END
TIME		 VIEWERS
(000)		 A18-49
(000)
1 WEB.COM TOUR Fri 10/02/15 2:58 PM 6:10 PM 173 14
   2015 WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
2 GOLF CENTRAL Fri 10/02/15 6:10 PM 6:40 PM 111 4
   
3 WEB.COM TOUR Thu 10/01/15 2:58 PM 6:00 PM 108 16
   2015 WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
4 EUROPEAN TOUR Sat 10/03/15 8:00 AM 12:00 PM 103 28
   2015 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
5 FEHERTY Tue 9/29/15 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 100 25
   LIVE 2016 RYDER CUP CAPTAINS
6 TOUR REPLAY Mon 9/28/15 1:00 PM 6:00 PM 94 20
   15 PT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
6 WEB.COM TOUR Fri 10/02/15 6:40 PM 9:50 PM 94 10
   2015 WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
8 WEB.COM TOUR Sun 10/04/15 2:58 PM 6:05 PM 91 7
   2015 WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
9 GOLF CENTRAL Thu 10/01/15 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 83 23
   
10 FEHERTY Tue 9/29/15 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 82 19
   LIVE 2016 RYDER CUP CAPTAINS
16 EUROPEAN TOUR Sun 10/04/15 7:30 AM 12:30 PM 67 7
   2015 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
23 GOLF’S GREATEST ROUNDS Mon 9/28/15 9:00 PM 12:00 AM 57 14
   2003 PRESIDENTS CUP
24 EUROPEAN TOUR Fri 10/02/15 8:00 AM 12:00 PM 56 3
   2015 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
27 WAR BY THE SHORE Tue 9/29/15 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 54 17
   
37 GOLF CENTRAL SPECIAL REPORT Tue 9/29/15 11:30 PM 12:00 AM 46 21
   RYDER CUP-YEAR TO GO
40 GCA SCHOOL OF GOLF Wed 9/30/15 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 43 12
   
41 EUROPEAN TOUR Thu 10/01/15 8:00 AM 12:00 PM 42 2
   2015 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
55 GOLFING WORLD Wed 9/30/15 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 34 24
   
56 GOLF FIX Mon 9/28/15 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 33 7
   

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Golf Channel is down 40 percent (49,000 vs. 81,000) from one week earlier and down 18 percent (49,000 vs. 60,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Golf Channel is down 59 percent (48,000 vs. 116,000) from one week earlier and dowm 17 percent (48,000 vs. 59,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

Most-watched telecast per day for “The Morning Drive” (Sep. 28-Oct. 4) averaged 34,000 total viewers (4,000 adults 18-49) and “Golf Central” (Sep. 28-Oct. 4) averaged 59,000 total viewers (15,000 adults 18-49).

NBA TV Top 10 (and Select) Programs

VIEWER
RANK		 PROGRAM DATE START
TIME		 END
TIME		 VIEWERS
(000)		 A18-49
(000)
1 NBA PRESEASON (live( Sun 10/04/15 9:00 PM 11:29 PM 156 89
   UTAH/LA LAKERS
2 NBA PRESEASON (live( Fri 10/02/15 10:30 PM 1:05 AM 129 66
   DENVER/LA CLIPPERS
3 KOBE BRYANT Sun 10/04/15 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 101 64
   KOBE: THE INTERVIEW
4 NBA GAMETIME LIVE Sun 10/04/15 11:29 PM 11:56 PM 84 41
   NBA GAMETIME LIVE
5 NBA PRESEASON Sat 10/03/15 9:00 PM 11:30 PM 70 28
   DENVER/LA CLIPPERS
6 NBA PRESEASON Sun 10/04/15 6:03 PM 8:00 PM 55 29
   DENVER/LA CLIPPERS
7 NBA GAMETIME Sun 10/04/15 11:56 PM 12:30 AM 54 30
   GAMETIME 10/4/15
8 NBA PRESEASON Sat 10/03/15 11:00 AM 1:30 PM 52 24
   DENVER/LA CLIPPERS
9 SHAQ Wed 9/30/15 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 42 27
   SHAQTIN A FOOL: OLD SCHOOL
9 SHAQ Wed 9/30/15 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 42 26
   SHAQTIN A FOOL: SEASON FINALE 14-15
18 REAL TRAINING CAMP (live) Thu 10/01/15 12:00 PM 2:08 PM 34 21
   2015 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
22 NBA MEDIA DAY (live) Mon 9/28/15 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 31 16
   2015 MEDIA DAY 9/28
30 REAL TRAINING CAMP (live) Fri 10/02/15 4:30 PM 7:07 PM 26 13
   2015 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
48 REAL TRAINING CAMP (live) Tue 9/29/15 4:00 PM 7:40 PM 21 14
   2015 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
67 REAL TRAINING CAMP (live) Wed 9/30/15 11:00 AM 2:00 PM 16 12
   2015 MILWAUKEE BUCKS
92 PRESS CONFERENCE Sun 10/04/15 5:23 PM 6:03 PM 8 4
   WNBA PRESS CONFERENCE

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBA TV is up 13 percent (51,000 vs. 45,000) from one week earlier and even (51,000 vs. 51,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBA TV is up 4 percent (26,000 vs. 21,000) from one week earlier and down 21 percent (26,000 vs. 33,000) from the same week one year ago (September 29-October 5, 2014).

“NBA Gametime Live” (Sep. 29 & Oct. 4) averaged 47,000 total viewers (26,000 adults 18-49) for the week.

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WWE Raw

Monday, September 28, 2015 on USA Network

8-9 p.m.: 2.09 HH, 3.476 million total viewers and 1.553 million adults 18-49
+2% from 3.420 million total viewers and +3% from 1.503 million adults 18-49 on 09/21/15
-13% from 4.015 million total viewers and -15% from 1.820 million adults 18-49 on 09/29/14

9-10 p.m.: 2.02 HH, 3.326 million total viewers and 1.389 million adults 18-49
-1% from 3.368 million total viewers and -1% from 1.395 million adults 18-49 on 09/21/15
-21% from 4.222 million total viewers and -25% from 1.859 million adults 18-49 on 09/29/14

10-11:07 p.m.: 1.98 HH, 3.188 million total viewers and 1.383 million adults 18-49
-2% from 3.260 million total viewers and -5% from 1.461 million adults 18-49 on 09/21/15
-18% from 3.882 million total viewers and -22% from 1.783 million adults 18-49 on 09/29/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Fri. Oct. 2 6:00-9:00 p.m.: 86,000 total viewers (49,000 adults 18-49)
Late Fri. Oct. 2/Early Oct. 3 12:06-3:06 a.m.: 28,000 total viewers (22,000 adults 18-49)
Sun. Oct. 4 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: 51,000 total viewers (11,000 adults 18-49)

WWE SmackDown

Thursday, October 1, 2015 on Syfy

8-10 p.m.: 1.33 HH, 2.132 million total viewers and 758,000 adults 18-49
about even from 2.138 million total viewers and +4% from 731,000 adults 18-49 on 09/17/15
-22% from 2.749 million total viewers and -25% from 1.005 million adults 18-49 on 09/26/14

Ring of Honor (Destination America, Sep. 30 11:00 p.m.-midnight): 127,000 total viewers (46,000 adults 18-49)

Impact Wrestling (Destination America, Sep. 30 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 275,000 total viewers (102,000 adults 18-49)
Impact Wrestling repeat (Destination America, late Sep. 30/early Oct. 1 midnight-2:00 a.m.): 69,000 total viewers (21,000 adults 18-49)

Paragon Pro Wrestling (Pop, Oct. 3 6:00-6:30 a.m.): 7,000 total viewers (0,000 adults 18-49)
Paragon Pro Wrestling (Pop, Oct. 3 6:30-7:00 a.m.): 18,000 total viewers (1,000 adults 18-49)

Boxing After Dark (HBO, Oct. 3)

10:16 p.m.-10:28 p.m. (Pre Fight) 624,000 total viewers (306,000 adults 18-49; 0.40 household rating)

10:28 p.m.-11:08 p.m. Soto vs. Orozco698,000 total viewers (341,000 adults 18-49; 0.44 household rating)

11:08 p.m.-11:29 p.m. (Post Fight) 677,000 total viewers (318,000 adults 18-49)

11:29 p.m.-12:25 a.m. Matthysse vs. Postol 642,000 total viewers (287,000 adults 18-49)

Inside the NFL (Showtime, Sep. 29 9:00-9:59 p.m.): 136,000 total viewers (54,000 adults 18-49)

Season with Notre Dame (Showtime, Sep. 29 9:59-10:28 p.m.): 59,000 total viewers (40,000 adults 18-49)

Powernation: Extreme Off Road (Spike, Oct. 4 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 262,000 total viewers (121,000 adults 18-49)
Powernation: Engine Power (Spike, Oct. 4 9:30-10:00 a.m.): 338,000 total viewers (143,000 adults 18-49)
Powernation: Truck Tech (Spike, Oct. 4 10:00-10:30 a.m.): 387,000 total viewers (155,000 adults 18-49)
Powernation: Detroit Muscle (Spike, Oct. 4 10:30-11:00 a.m.): 470,000 total viewers (184,000 adults 18-49)

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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