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Ratings News and Notes

  • The entire three weeks of the “Little League World Series” on ESPN and ESPN2 from Aug. 7-12, 17-24 and 27 averaged 684,000 viewers, down 24 percent from two years ago, the most recent LLWS that did not air opposite the Olympics. (Aug. 11-16, 19, 21-27 and 30, 2015 on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews: average of 896,000 viewers).

  • As part of the U.S. Open tennis series, ESPN2 coverage of the women’s “Connecticut Open” on Aug. 26-27 (124,000 viewers) was up 11 percent from last year (Aug. 27-28, 2016: 112,000 viewers).

    Men’s tennis’ “Winston-Salem Open” on ESPN2 Aug. 26-27 averaged 99,000 viewers, up 28 percent from last year’s tournament (Aug. 27-28, 2016: 77,000 viewers).

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ESPN Top 25 (and Select) Programs

ESPN ratings for August 21-27, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up +8 percent (1,185,000 vs. 1,094,000) from one week earlier and up +2 percent (1,185,000 vs. 1,164,000) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up +12 percent (549,000 vs. 489,000) from one week earlier and up +2 percent (549,000 vs. 538,000) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

  • “First Take” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 10 a.m.): 440,000 (268,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Outside the Lines: First Report” (ESPN, Aug. 23 & 25): 285,000 (135,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NFL Live” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25): 364,000 (165,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN, Aug. 25): 305,000 (160,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsNation” (ESPN, Aug. 25): 329,000 (187,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Aug. 21 & 25): 412.000 (186,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Aug. 21-23 & 25): 515,000 (206,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25): 748,000 (319,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 7 a.m.): 273,000 (173,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 8 a.m.): 282,000 (179,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 9 a.m.): 329,000 (206,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 6 p.m.): 463,000 (248,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21 & 24 11 p.m.): 873,000 (471,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 21 & 24-25 midnight): 535,000 (330,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, Aug. 21-25 1 a.m.): 346,000 (209,000 adults 18-49)

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ESPN2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs

ESPN2 ratings for August 21-27, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down -13 percent (224,000 vs. 257,000) from one week earlier and up +35 percent (224,000 vs. 166,00) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up +14 percent (171,000 vs. 150,000) from one week earlier and up +1 percent (171,000 vs. 169,000) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

  • “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-25): 168,000 (88,000 adults 18-49)
  • “MLB Network’s Intentional Talk” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-22 & 24): 109,000 (58,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Paul Finebaum Show” (ESPN2, Aug. 22-25): 93,000 (51,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Daily Fantasy Football” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-25): 94,000 (57,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Best of Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Late Aug. 21-24 5 a.m.): 55,000 (30,000 adults 18-49)
  • “First Take” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-24): 211,000 (132,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Outside the Lines: First Report” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-24): 174,000 (99,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NFL Live” (ESPN2, Aug. 21): 229,000 (107,000 adults 18-49)
  • “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-24): 167,000 (85,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-24): 194,000 (109,000 adults 18-49)
  • “Around the Horn” (ESPN2, Aug. 24): 167,000 (83,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-25 10 a.m.): 138,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 25 11 a.m.): 175,000 (97,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 21-22 prime time): 315,000 (120,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 22-23 & 25 11 p.m.): 189,000 (112,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 22-23 midnight): 179,000 (118,000 adults 18-49)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Aug. 22 1 a.m.): 142,000 (90,000 adults 18-49)

ESPNU

ESPNU Top 25 (and Select) Programs

ESPNU ratings for August 21-27, 2017
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is up +20 percent (61,000 vs. 51,000) from one week earlier and up +3 percent (61,000 vs. 59,000) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up +21 percent (40,000 vs. 33,000) from one week earlier and up +11 percent (40,000 vs. 36,000) from the same week one year ago (August 22-28, 2016).

ESPNU’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

  • “The Dan Le Batard Show” (ESPNU, Aug. 21-25): 22,000 (16,000 adults 18-49)
  • “The Paul Finebaum Show” (ESPNU, Aug. 21): 11,000 (4,000 adults 18-49)

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

About Douglas Pucci

Douglas Pucci is a contributor to Programming Insider and blogger at Son of the Bronx.