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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs
VIEWER RANK |
PROGRAM | DATE | START TIME |
END TIME |
VIEWERS (000) |
A18-49 (000) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 6:55 PM | 10:12 PM | 12961 | 6112 |
PITTSBURGH/WASHINGTON | ||||||
2 | NFL REGULAR SEASON (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 10:12 PM | 1:28 AM | 10252 | 5383 |
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO | ||||||
3 | SPORTSCENTER (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 1:28 AM | 3:00 AM | 2649 | 1577 |
N/A | ||||||
4 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 10:55 PM | 2:37 AM | 2447 | 1227 |
TEXAS/CALIFORNIA | ||||||
5 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Thu 9/15/16 | 7:25 PM | 11:01 PM | 2159 | 910 |
HOUSTON/CINCINNATI | ||||||
6 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 7:05 PM | 10:55 PM | 2088 | 879 |
TEXAS A&M/AUBURN | ||||||
7 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 1957 | 991 |
N/A | ||||||
8 | NFL COUNTDOWN (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 1720 | 992 |
N/A | ||||||
9 | MLB SUNDAY NIGHT (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 8:00 PM | 11:43 PM | 1468 | 424 |
NY YANKEES/BOSTON | ||||||
10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 7:55 PM | 11:26 PM | 1454 | 614 |
BAYLOR/RICE | ||||||
12 | MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 5:00 PM | 6:55 PM | 1347 | 706 |
N/A | ||||||
16 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 3:29 PM | 6:48 PM | 1000 | 318 |
PITTSBURGH/OKLAHOMA STATE | ||||||
18 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 12:00 PM | 3:17 PM | 955 | 446 |
MIAMI (FL)/APPALACHIAN STATE | ||||||
29 | MLB WEDNESDAY NIGHT – EARLY (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 7:00 PM | 9:47 PM | 743 | 289 |
BALTIMORE/BOSTON | ||||||
38 | NFL MATCH-UP | Sat 9/17/16 | 4:39 AM | 5:09 AM | 660 | 404 |
N/A | ||||||
68 | FANTASY FOOTBALL KICKOFF (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 514 | 307 |
N/A | ||||||
81 | MLB WEDNESDAY NIGHT – LATE (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 10:00 PM | 1:10 AM | 473 | 219 |
SEATTLE/LA ANGELS | ||||||
86 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 7:00 PM | 9:37 PM | 439 | 241 |
FINLAND/USA | ||||||
117 | WC OF HOCKEY STUDIO (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 9:37 PM | 10:00 PM | 301 | 182 |
N/A | ||||||
144 | DRONE RACING | Sun 9/18/16 | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 223 | 111 |
2016 US DRONE RACING NATIONALS | ||||||
146 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 3:00 PM | 5:49 PM | 195 | 97 |
SWEDEN/RUSSIA | ||||||
149 | WC OF HOCKEY STUDIO (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 5:49 PM | 6:00 PM | 180 | 86 |
N/A |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up +38 percent (3,374,000 vs. 2,444,000) from one week earlier and down -22 percent (3,374,000 vs. 4,318,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up +18 percent (1,176,000 vs. 1,000,000) from one week earlier and down -22 percent (1,176,000 vs. 1,515,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
- “Outside the Lines: First Report” (ESPN, Sep. 13-16): 296,000 (173,000 adults 18-49)
- “College Football Live” (ESPN, Sep. 13-16): 310,000 (159,000 adults 18-49)
- “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16): 405,000 (202,000 adults 18-49)
- “NFL Live” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16): 541,000 (281,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN, Sep. 13-16): 491,000 (275,000 adults 18-49)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16): 524,000 (289,000 adults 18-49)
- “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16): 559,000 (303,000 adults 18-49)
- “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16): 798,000 (422,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16 7 a.m.): 370,000 (202,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16 8 a.m.): 380,000 (211,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16 9 a.m.): 381,000 (219,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 13-16 & 18 6 p.m.): 480,000 (251,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 13, 15-16 & 18 11 p.m.): 745,000 (417,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, Sep. 13 & 15-16 midnight): 615,000 (360,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, Sep. 12-16 & 18 1 a.m.): 985,000 (589,000 adults 18-49)
ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs
VIEWER RANK |
PROGRAM | DATE | START TIME |
END TIME |
VIEWERS (000) |
A18-49 (000) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 7:00 PM | 10:45 PM | 1191 | 461 |
MISSISSIPPI STATE/LSU | ||||||
2 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 12:00 PM | 3:15 PM | 968 | 358 |
NORTH DAKOTA STATE/IOWA | ||||||
3 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 10:45 PM | 2:00 AM | 764 | 303 |
UCLA/BYU | ||||||
4 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 3:15 PM | 3:30 PM | 721 | 293 |
N/A | ||||||
5 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 9:30 PM | 1:15 AM | 720 | 332 |
ARIZONA STATE/TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO | ||||||
6 | FANTASY SHOW (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 11:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 458 | 324 |
N/A | ||||||
7 | PARDON THE INTERRUPTION | Mon 9/12/16 | 5:30 PM | 6:00 PM | 390 | 168 |
N/A | ||||||
8 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 3:30 PM | 6:15 PM | 360 | 200 |
USA/EUROPE | ||||||
9 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 355 | 196 |
N/A | ||||||
10 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 333 | 185 |
N/A | ||||||
12 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 305 | 169 |
N/A | ||||||
13 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 303 | 168 |
N/A | ||||||
15 | HIS & HERS (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 297 | 167 |
N/A | ||||||
17 | HIS & HERS (live) | Mon 9/12/16 | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM | 284 | 185 |
N/A | ||||||
24 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Thu 9/15/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 269 | 141 |
N/A | ||||||
25 | USA SOCCER WOMEN (live) | Thu 9/15/16 | 7:55 PM | 10:06 PM | 266 | 134 |
USA/THAILAND | ||||||
26 | WNBA BASKETBALL (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 8:00 PM | 10:40 PM | 265 | 90 |
MINNESOTA/CHICAGO | ||||||
27 | POKER | Mon 9/12/16 | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 259 | 62 |
2016 WORLD SERIES OF POKER | ||||||
31 | NFL MATCH-UP | Sat 9/17/16 | 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | 244 | 132 |
N/A | ||||||
33 | HIS & HERS (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 240 | 170 |
N/A | ||||||
34 | POKER | Mon 9/12/16 | 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 238 | 52 |
2016 WORLD SERIES OF POKER | ||||||
39 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 8:00 PM | 10:45 PM | 229 | 123 |
NORTH AMERICA/FINLAND | ||||||
42 | HIS & HERS (live) | Thu 9/15/16 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 226 | 138 |
N/A | ||||||
45 | SPORTS REPORTERS | Sun 9/18/16 | 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM | 223 | 76 |
N/A | ||||||
46 | HIS & HERS (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 216 | 132 |
N/A | ||||||
52 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 7:30 PM | 10:22 PM | 202 | 100 |
RUSSIA/CANADA | ||||||
64 | OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND | Sun 9/18/16 | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | 183 | 74 |
N/A | ||||||
69 | US OPEN CUP SOCCER (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 10:40 PM | 12:14 AM | 172 | 100 |
FC DALLAS/NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION | ||||||
92 | BASEBALL TONIGHT: SUNDAY COUNTDOWN (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 132 | 46 |
N/A | ||||||
96 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER (live) | Wed 9/14/16 | 2:30 PM | 4:43 PM | 126 | 77 |
JUVENTUS/SEVILLA | ||||||
105 | DRONE RACING LEAGUE | Thu 9/15/16 | 11:05 PM | 12:00 AM | 106 | 49 |
N/A | ||||||
110 | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER (live) | Tue 9/13/16 | 2:30 PM | 4:45 PM | 99 | 54 |
BAYERN MUNICH/ROSTOV | ||||||
111 | WNBA BASKETBALL (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 4:00 PM | 6:15 PM | 97 | 20 |
DALLAS/INDIANA | ||||||
119 | WC OF HOCKEY STUDIO (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 88 | 43 |
WC OF HOCKEY PREVIEW | ||||||
134 | WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY | Tue 9/13/16 | 2:30 AM | 4:30 AM | 43 | 24 |
FINLAND/USA | ||||||
135 | ARM WRESTLING | Thu 9/15/16 | 1:30 AM | 2:30 AM | 40 | 24 |
WORLD ARM WRESTLING LEAGUE |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down -59 percent (380,000 vs. 927,000) from one week earlier and down -15 percent (380,000 vs. 449,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down -46 percent (259,000 vs. 482,000) from one week earlier and about even (259,000 vs. 260,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Sep. 12-16): 275,000 (138,000 adults 18-49)
- “First Take (live)” (ESPN2, Sep. 12-16): 313,000 (172,000 adults 18-49)
- “His & Hers (live)” (ESPN2, Sep. 12-16): 249,000 (155,000 adults 18-49)
- “ESPN FC” (ESPN2, Sep. 13-14): 74,000 (38,000 adults 18-49)
- “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, Sep. 13-16): 143,000 (80,000 adults 18-49)
- “Jalen & Jacoby” (ESPN2, Sep. 12-13 & 15-16): 97,000 (51,000 adults 18-49)
- “Best of Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Sep. 13-15): 90,000 (44,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Sep. 12): 190,000 (103,000 adults 18-49)
ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs
VIEWER RANK |
PROGRAM | DATE | START TIME |
END TIME |
VIEWERS (000) |
A18-49 (000) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 7:29 PM | 11:00 PM | 543 | 181 |
NORTH TEXAS/FLORIDA | ||||||
2 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY | Sun 9/18/16 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 285 | 154 |
N/A | ||||||
3 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 3:35 PM | 6:52 PM | 214 | 77 |
BOSTON COLLEGE/VIRGINIA TECH | ||||||
4 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 6:52 PM | 7:29 PM | 179 | 42 |
N/A | ||||||
5 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 3:25 PM | 3:35 PM | 155 | 50 |
N/A | ||||||
6 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (live) | Sat 9/17/16 | 12:00 PM | 3:25 PM | 145 | 39 |
KANSAS/MEMPHIS | ||||||
7 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPEAT | Tue 9/13/16 | 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 141 | 64 |
VIRGINIA TECH/TENNESSEE | ||||||
8 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY (love) | Sun 9/18/16 | 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 125 | 60 |
N/A | ||||||
9 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPEAT | Sun 9/18/16 | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 106 | 44 |
ALABAMA/OLE MISS | ||||||
10 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 7:30 PM | 10:46 PM | 88 | 34 |
ST. JOSEPH (PA)/ARCHBISHOP WOOD (PA) | ||||||
16 | NCAA FOOTBALL | Sat 9/17/16 | 11:00 PM | 2:21 AM | 79 | 32 |
GRAMBLING STATE/JACKSON STATE | ||||||
52 | NCAA FOOTBALL (live) | Thu 9/15/16 | 7:30 PM | 11:37 PM | 38 | 12 |
ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF/ALCORN STATE | ||||||
121 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON (live) | Sun 9/18/16 | 3:00 PM | 7:04 PM | 16 | 9 |
VANDERBILT/MISSISSIPPI STATE | ||||||
129 | MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON (live) | Fri 9/16/16 | 5:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 13 | 7 |
BOSTON UNIVERSITY/PRINCETON |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down -32 percent (144,000 vs. 213,000) from one week earlier and up +4 percent (144,000 vs. 139,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down -37 percent (62,000 vs. 98,000) from one week earlier and down -14 percent (62,000 vs. 72,000) from the same week one year ago (September 14-20, 2015).
ESPNU’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “Dan Le Batard Show” (ESPNU, Sep. 12-16): 28,000 (16,000 adults 18-49)
- “CFB Daily” (ESPNU, Sep. 12-13 & 15-16): 54,000 (20,000 adults 18-49)
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
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