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Ratings News and Notes
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ESPN topped the night of Tuesday, Oct. 3 among adults 18-34 (1.92 rating from 8 p.m.-12:05 a.m.) thanks to their telecast of Major League Baseball’s “2017 American League Wild Card Game” that featured the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees. At a 4.2 U.S. household rating and 6.825 million viewers, it ranks fourth-best in each rating and total viewership for a MLB Wild Card game since its 2012 inception. Only Cubs-Pirates on TBS in 2015 (5.0 rating, 8.3 million), Astros-Yankees on ESPN in 2015 (4.9 rating, 7.6 million), and Giants-Mets on ESPN in 2016 (4.5 rating, 7.42 million) rated and drew better than Twins-Yankees on ESPN.
ESPN Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 19 percent (3,744,000 vs. 3,142,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (3,744,000 vs. 3,956,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 8 percent (1,138,000 vs. 1,057,,000) from one week earlier and down 6 percent (1,138,000 vs. 1,208,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
- “First Take” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6 10 a.m.): 403,000 (233,000 adults 18-49)
- “Outside the Lines: First Report” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6): 286,000 (174,000 adults 18-49)
- “NFL Live” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6): 341,000 (184,000 adults 18-49)
- “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN, Oct. 4-6): 303,000 (176,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN, Oct. 4-6): 325,000 (193,000 adults 18-49)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Oct. 2 & 4-6): 393,000 (216,000 adults 18-49)
- “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6): 446,000 (211,000 adults 18-49)
- “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6): 686,000 (307,000 adults 18-49)
- “Daily Fantasy Show” (ESPN, Oct. 2-3): 330,000 (203,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6 7 a.m.): 356,000 (207,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6 8 a.m.): 316,000 (175,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6 9 a.m.): 307,000 (174,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 2-6 noon): 319,000 (211,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 3-6 6 p.m.): 408,000 (215,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 4-5 & 8 11 p.m.): 509,000 (268,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 2-5 & 8 midnight): 1,365,000 (723,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, Oct. 3-5 & 8 1 a.m.): 556,000 (305,000 adults 18-49)
ESPN2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is up 29 percent (322,000 vs. 250,000) from one week earlier and down 13 percent (322,000 vs. 371,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 2 percent (193,000 vs. 197,000) from one week earlier and down 22 percent (193,000 vs. 248,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-6): 183,000 (84,000 adults 18-49)
- “College Football Live” (ESPN2, Oct. 2 & 4-6): 75,000 (28,000 adults 18-49)
- “MLB Network’s Intentional Talk” (ESPN2, Oct. 2 & 4-6): 67,000 (36,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Paul Finebaum Show” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-6): 96,000 (53,000 adults 18-49)
- “Daily Fantasy Football” (ESPN2, Oct. 2 & 4-6 5 p.m.): 40,000 (18,000 adults 18-49)
- “Baseball Tonight” (ESPN2, Oct. 3, 5 & 8): 105,000 (61,000 adults 18-49)
- “Jalen & Jacoby” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-6 late night): 89,000 (54,000 adults 18-49)
- “Best of Mike & Mike” (ESPN2, Late Oct. 3-5/Early Oct. 4-6 5 a.m.): 67,000 (31,000 adults 18-49)
- “ESPN FC” (ESPN2, Oct. 8): 50,000 (31,000 adults 18-49)
- “Nacion ESPN” (ESPN2, Oct. 5): 57,000 (25,000 adults 18-49)
- “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-3): 138,000 (72,000 adults 18-49)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Oct. 3): 251,000 (156,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-6 10 a.m.): 121,000 (60,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 2-6 11 a.m.): 126,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 2 6 p.m.): 122,000 (63,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 2 & 4 7 p.m.): 177,000 (91,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 6 10 p.m.): 303,000 (163,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 2, 3, 6 & 8 11 p.m.): 150,000 (83,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 6 midnight): 177,000 (97,000 adults 18-49)
ESPNU Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 56 percent (68,000 vs. 154,000) from one week earlier and down 57 percent (68,000 vs. 158,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 37 percent (40,000 vs. 63,000) from one week earlier and down 53 percent (40,000 vs. 86,000) from the same week one year ago (October 3-9, 2016).
ESPNU’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “The Dan Le Batard Show” (ESPNU, Oct. 2-6): 21,000 (14,000 adults 18-49)
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
