ESPN Ratings Buzz: January 5-11

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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 88 percent (1.062 million vs. 8.719 million) from one week earlier and down 76 percent (1.062 million vs. 4.398 million) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 84 percent (680,000 vs. 4.189 million) from one week earlier and down 52 percent (680,000 vs. 1.414 million) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “College Football Live” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9): 447,000
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9): 499,000
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9): 632,000
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9): 739,000
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9): 1.108 million
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9 & 11 early evening): 855,000
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 5-9 late night): 749,000 (prior week: 1.540 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 22 percent (345,000 vs. 443,000) from one week earlier and down 24 percent (345,000 vs. 454,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 39 percent (269,000 vs. 494,000) from one week earlier and up 8 percent (269,000 vs. 248,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 257,000 (prior week: 278,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 436,000 (prior week: 402,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 300,000 (prior week: 362,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 229,000
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 269,000
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Jan. 5, 7-9): 180,000
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 187,000
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-9): 165,000
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Jan. 5-7, 9-10): 218,000 (prior week: 194,000)
• “College Basketball Live” (ESPN2, Jan. 6-8): 122,000

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 43 percent (166,000 vs. 116,000) from one week earlier and up 21 percent (166,000 vs. 137,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 2 percent (67,000 vs. 66,000) from one week earlier and down 1 percent (67,000 vs. 68,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Jan. 5-9 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 42,000 (prior week: 55,000).

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 5 percent (100,000 vs. 105,000) from one week earlier and down 7 percent (100,000 vs. 107,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 18 percent (58,000 vs. 71,000) from one week earlier and down 11 percent (58,000 vs. 65,000) from the same week one year ago (January 6-12, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Jan. 5-9) averaged 50,000 viewers (prior week: 66,000) and “ESPN FC” (Jan. 5-9) averaged 50,000.

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research