ESPN Ratings Buzz: August 10-16

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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 up 23 percent (974,000 vs. 795,000) from one week earlier and down 28 percent (974,000 vs. 1,352,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 17 percent (437,000 vs. 437,000) from one week earlier and down 32 percent (437,000 vs. 648,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

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

• World of X Games (Aug. 15 2:00-2:30 p.m.) 497,000 viewers
• World of X Games (Aug. 15 2:30-3:00 p.m.) 382,000 viewers
• 30 for 30: The U, Part 2 (Aug. 15 3:00-5:00 p.m.) 543,000 viewers
• E: 60 Special (Aug. 15 5:00-6:00 p.m.) 893,000 viewers

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Aug. 10): 273,000 (prior week: 296,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Aug. 10): 378,000 (prior week: 345,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Aug. 10): 487,000 (prior week: 440,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Aug. 10): 532,000 (prior week: 465,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Aug. 12-13): 491,000 (prior week: 583,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Aug. 10-14): 747,000 (prior week: 861,000)
• “Baseball Tonight” (ESPN, Aug. 10 & 12): 418,000 (prior week: 406,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 10-14 9 a.m.): 282,000 (prior week: 282,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 10-16 early evening): 491,000 (prior week: 476,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 10-16 late night): 644,000 (prior week: 591,000)

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 12 percent (228,000 vs. 259,000) from one week earlier and down 62 percent (228,000 vs. 605,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 12 percent (212,000 vs. 190,000) from one week earlier and down 28 percent (212,000 vs. 293,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-13): 232,000 (prior week: 225,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-13): 434,000 (prior week: 415,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-12): 286,000 (prior week: 287,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-12): 202,000 (prior week: 202,000)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-13 & 15): 105,000 (prior week: 104,000)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Aug. 10-12): 150,000 (prior week: 117,000)
• “College Football Live” (ESPN2, Aug. 11-12): 187,000
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN2, Aug. 11-12): 217,000
• “NFL Live” (ESPN2, Aug. 11-12): 342,000

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 down 19 percent (57,000 vs. 70,000) from one week earlier and down 8 percent (57,000 vs. 62,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 13 percent (35,000 vs. 40,000) from one week earlier and down 22 percent (35,000 vs. 45,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

Viewership averages for “ESPN Radio” (Aug. 10-14) was 16,000 (prior week: 16,000) and “CFB Daily” (Aug. 10-13) was 35,000 (prior week: 37,000).

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.mr. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 33 percent (105,000 vs. 79,000) from one week earlier and up 19 percent (105,000 vs. 88,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 24 percent (52,000 vs. 42,000) from one week earlier and down 10 percent (52,000 vs. 58,000) from the same week one year ago (August 11-17, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “Russillo Show” (formerly known as “SVP & Russillo”) (Aug. 10-12) averaged 17,000 viewers (prior week: 30,000) and “ESPN FC” (Aug. 10-13) averaged 65,000 viewers (prior week: 51,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research