ESPN Ratings Buzz: August 24-30

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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 437 percent (1.864 million vs. 1.36 million) from one week earlier and down 21 percent (1.864 million vs. 2.360 million) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 20 percent (698,000 vs. 581,000) from one week earlier and down 28 percent (698,000 vs. 966,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

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

• Little League World Series: International Championship Japan vs. Mexico (Aug. 29 12:30-3:24 p.m.) 2.376 million total viewers; 730,000 adults 18-49
• Little League World Series: U.S. Championship Pearland, Tex. vs. Lewisberry, Pa. (Aug. 29 3:24-6:00 p.m.) 3.561 million total viewers; 1.095 million adults 18-49
• World of X Games Being, Vol. 3 (Aug. 30 2:00-3:00 p.m.) 551,000 total viewers; 177,000 adults 18-49
• Little League World Series: World Championship Tokyo, Japan. vs. Lewisberry, Pa. (Aug. 30 3:00-6:11 p.m.) 4.55 million total viewers; 1.341 million adults 18-49

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Aug. 26-28): 317,000 (194,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Aug. 28): 440,000 (285,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Aug. 26-28): 375,000 (214,000 adults 18-49)
• “Sportsnation” (ESPN, Aug. 28): 471,000 (257,000 adults 18-49)
• “Baseball Tonight” (ESPN, Aug. 25-27): 554,000 (263,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 24-28 9 a.m.): 338,000 (210,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 24-28 early evening): 564,000 (322,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Aug. 24-30 late night): 799,000 (463,000 adults 18-49)

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 28 percent (317,000 vs. 443,000) from one week earlier and down 64 percent (317,000 vs. 872,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 14 percent (217,000 vs. 253,000) from one week earlier and down 46 percent (217,000 vs. 403,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-28): 209,000 (123,000 adults 18-49)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-28): 423,000 (278,000 adults 18-49)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Aug. 25-28): 274,000 (178,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Aug. 25-28): 184,000 (124,000 adults 18-49)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-29): 125,000 (67,000 adults 18-49)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-28): 172,000 (96,000 adults 18-49)
• “College Football Live” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-25): 228,000 (152,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-25): 332,000 (246,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN2, Aug. 24-25): 455,000 (296,000 adults 18-49)

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 3 percent (67,000 vs. 65,000) from one week earlier and down 65 percent (67,000 vs. 89,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 14 percent (40,000 vs. 35,000) from one week earlier and down 55 percent (40,000 vs. 89,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

Viewership averages for “ESPN Radio” (Aug. 24-28) was 18,000 (8,000 adults 18-49).

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 down 15 percent (90,000 vs. 106,000) from one week earlier and down 24 percent (90,000 vs. 119,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 24 percent (47,000 vs. 62,000) from one week earlier and down 42 percent (47,000 vs. 81,000) from the same week one year ago (August 25-31, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “Russillo Show” (formerly known as “SVP & Russillo”) (Aug. 24-28) averaged 24,000 viewers (16,000 adults 18-49) and “ESPN FC” (Aug. 24-28) averaged 64,000 viewers (37,000 adults 18-49).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research