ESPN Ratings Buzz: February 2-8

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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 4 percent (1.277 million vs. 1.328 million) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (1.277 million vs. 1.207 million) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 15 percent (675,000 vs. 793,000) from one week earlier and down 8 percent (675,000 vs. 732,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Feb. 2-3 & 5-6): 349,000
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Feb. 2-6): 390,000 (prior week: 479,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Feb. 2-6): 501,000 (prior week: 583,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Feb. 2-6): 704,000 (prior week: 763,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30): 1.041 million (prior week: 1.034 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Feb. 2-6 & 8 early evening): 594,000 (prior week: 670,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Feb. 2-8 late night): 612,000 (prior week: 1.035 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 31 percent (462,000 vs. 670,000) from one week earlier and up 39 percent (462,000 vs. 332,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 28 percent (255,000 vs. 356,000) from one week earlier and up 29 percent (255,000 vs. 198,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 234,000 (prior week: 276,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 367,000 (prior week: 374,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 275,000 (prior week: 322,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 235,000
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 242,000
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 164,000
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 185,000
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Feb. 2-6): 150,000
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Feb. 2, 4, 6): 196,000 (prior week: 175,000)

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 32 percent (128,000 vs. 97,000) from one week earlier and down 24 percent (128,000 vs. 169,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 36 percent (68,000 vs. 50,000) from one week earlier and down 20 percent (68,000 vs. 85,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Feb. 2-3 & 5-6 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 36,000 (prior week: 40,000).

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 8 percent (103,000 vs. 112,000) from one week earlier and up 29 percent (103,000 vs. 80,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 13 percent (59,000 vs. 68,000) from one week earlier and up 28 percent (59,000 vs. 46,000) from the same week one year ago (February 3-9, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Feb. 2-6) averaged 54,000 viewers (prior week: 35,000), and “ESPN FC” (Feb. 2-6) averaged 42,000 viewers.

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research