ESPN Ratings Buzz: June 1-7

If you would like to ask about or request ratings for a program or event on these networks, please reach Douglas on Twitter @SonOfTheBronx.

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 60 percent (1.039 million vs. 2.567 million) from one week earlier and up 27 percent (1.039 million vs. 821,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 48 percent (523,000 vs. 999,000) from one week earlier and down 3 percent (523,000 vs. 538,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

Related: Women’s College World Series thriving on ESPN

The week’s live coverage of college baseball’s Regionals and Super Regionals on the networks of ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS) averaged 284,000 viewers; up 10 percent from the same week in 2014 (257,000).

The X Games on ESPN (June 4-7) averaged 480,000 viewers; up 7 percent from last year (449,000 for June 5-8, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, June 1 & 3-4): 307,000 (prior week: 288,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, June 1 & 3-4): 341,000 (prior week: 364,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, June 1-3): 408,000 (prior week: 357,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, June 1-5): 517,000 (prior week: 403,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, June 1-5): 585,000 (prior week: 553,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, June 1-5): 954,000 (proor week: 896,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 1-5 9 a.m.): 363,000 (prior week: 399,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 1-7 early evening): 593,000 (prior week: 626,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 1-7 late night): 735,000 (prior week: 1.477 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 up 59 percent (503,000 vs. 317,000) from one week earlier and up 15 percent (503,000 vs. 439,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 29 percent (266,000 vs. 207,000) from one week earlier and up 15 percent (266,000 vs. 232,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

The week’s live coverage of tennis’ French Open on ESPN2 averaged 450,000 viewers — up 37 percent from the same week in 2014 (328,000).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, June 2-5): 221,000 (prior week: 263,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, June 1-2 & 5): 407,000 (prior week: 388,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, June 1-2 & 4-5): 245,000 (prior week: 297,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, June 1 & 3-4): 181,000 (prior week: 207,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, June 1 & 3-4): 117,000 (prior week: 136,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, June 4): 71,000 (prior week: 125,000)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, June 1-6): 112,000 (prior week: 130,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, June 4): 85,000 (prior week: 73,000)
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, June 5): 199,000
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN2, June 5): 197,000
• “NFL Live” (ESPN2, June 4-5): 220,000

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 25 percent (86,000 vs. 115,000) from one week earlier and down 54 percent (86,000 vs. 189,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 4 percent (58,000 vs. 56,000) from one week earlier and down 22 percent (58,000 vs. 74,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (June 1-5) was 51,000 (prior week: 35,000).

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 down 2 percent (100,000 vs. 102,000) from one week earlier and up 14 percent (100,000 vs. 88,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 21 percent (58,000 vs. 73,000) from one week earlier and down 12 percent (58,000 vs. 66,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (June 1-5) averaged 55,000 viewers (prior week: 52,000), and “ESPN FC” (June 1 & 3-7) averaged 59,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research