ESPN Ratings Buzz: January 26-February 1

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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 41 percent (1.328 million vs. 2.254 million) from one week earlier and down 36 percent (1.328 million vs. 2.078 million) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 10 percent (793,000 vs. 886,000) from one week earlier and down 14 percent (793,000 vs. 923,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30): 479,000 (prior week: 480,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30): 583,000 (prior week: 719,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30): 763,000 (prior week: 793,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption (from Glendale, Ariz.)” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30): 1.034 million (prior week: 1.051 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 26-30 early evening): 670,000 (prior week: 700,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 26-Feb. 1 late night): 1.035 million (prior week: 929,000)

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 up 23 percent (670,000 vs. 543,000) from one week earlier and up 95 percent (670,000 vs. 343,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 2 percent (356,000 vs. 350,000) from one week earlier and up 53 percent (356,000 vs. 232,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

Factoring the average viewership of the entire week’s live telecasts of tennis’ “Australian Open” on ESPN2 and ESPN, the final week of the 2015 tourney (Jan. 25 6 a.m.-Feb. 1 7:25 a.m.) saw a 2 percent rise from one year ago (576,000 vs. 564,000 for Jan. 20 6 a.m.-Jan. 26 6:45 a.m., 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Jan. 26-30): 276,000 (prior week: 242,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Jan. 26-30): 374,000 (prior week: 456,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Jan. 26-30): 332,000 (prior week: 341,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Jan. 29-31): 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 down 48 percent (97,000 vs. 185,000) from one week earlier and down 27 percent (97,000 vs. 132,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 28 percent (50,000 vs. 69,000) from one week earlier and down 26 percent (50,000 vs. 68,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Jan. 26-30 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 40,000 (prior week: 31,000), “College Football Live” (Jan. 26-30) was 43,000, and “You Herd Me with Cowherd” (Jan. 26 and 28-30 5-6 p.m.) was 26,000 (prior week: 20,000).

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 up 3 percent (112,000 vs. 109,000) from one week earlier and up 10 percent (112,000 vs. 102,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 20 percent (68,000 vs. 85,000) from one week earlier and up 15 percent (68,000 vs. 59,000) from the same week one year ago (January 27-February 2, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Jan. 26-30) averaged 35,000 viewers (prior week: 62,000), and “ESPN FC” (Jan. 19-23) averaged 45,000 viewers (prior week: 64,000). “Olbermann” on ESPNEWS (Jan. 28-30) averaged 52,000 viewers.

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research