ESPN Ratings Buzz: October 13-19

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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 down 15 percent (2.713 million vs. 3.183 million) from one week earlier and up 1 percent (2.713 million vs. 2.681 million) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 8 percent (1.174 million vs. 1.085 million) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (1.174 million vs. 1.227 million) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 470,000 (prior week: 407,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 591,000 (prior week: 564,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 738,000 (prior week: 688,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 967,000 (prior week: 925,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 14-17 & Oct. 19 early evening): 696,000 (prior week: 637,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 13-19 late night): 1.208 million (prior week: 1.306 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 down 51 percent (349,000 vs. 714,000) from one week earlier and down 45 percent (349,000 vs. 633,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 25 percent (272,000 vs. 361,000) from one week earlier and down 9 percent (272,000 vs. 299,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 252,000 (prior week: 274,000
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 414,000 (prior week: 389,000)
• “Numbers Never Lie” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 348,000 (prior week: 329,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 295,000 (prior week: 239,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 291,000 (prior week: 242,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 178,000 (prior week: 158,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 173,000 (prior week: 159,000)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 123,000 (prior week: 144,000)
• “Baseball Tonight” (average of each day’s live telecast Oct. 14-16): 154,000 (prior week: 140,000)

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 up 22 percent (129,000 vs. 106,000) from one week earlier and up 90 percent (129,000 vs. 68,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 1 percent (73,000 vs. 74,000) from one week earlier and up 43 percent (73,000 vs. 51,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

• “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 53,000 (prior week: 44,000)
• “CFB Daily” (live editions): 51,000 (prior week: 32,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon Oct. 15-16): 22,000 (prior week: 37,000)

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 24 percent (77,000 vs. 101,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (77,000 vs. 80,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 3 percent (58,000 vs. 60,000) from one week earlier and even (58,000 vs. 58,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 39,000 viewers (prior week: 34,000) and “ESPN FC” averaged 50,000 (prior week: 42,000).

Source: Nielsen Media Research