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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Duke at North Carolina | Sat | 9:00PM-11:16PM | 136 | 2.6 | 4241 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kentucky at Georgia | Tue | 9:08PM-11:24PM | 136 | 1.9 | 2797 |
3 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BASKETBALL (live) | Sat | 8:30PM- 9:00PM | 30 | 1.4 | 2262 |
4 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Virginia at Louisville | Sat | 6:31PM- 8:30PM | 119 | 1.3 | 2190 |
5 | SPORTSCENTER LATE (live) | Sat | 11:16PM-12:04AM | 48 | 1.3 | 1960 |
6 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Michigan State at Indiana | Sat | 12:00PM- 2:12PM | 132 | 1.0 | 1566 |
7 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Virginia at Syracuse | Mon | 7:00PM- 9:03PM | 123 | 1.0 | 1369 |
8 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Iowa at Indiana | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:08PM | 128 | 0.9 | 1355 |
9 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Portland at L.A. Clippers | Wed | 10:35PM- 1:32AM | 177 | 0.9 | 1328 |
10 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Dallas at Golden State | Fri | 10:56PM- 1:06AM | 130 | 0.9 | 1280 |
11 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kansas at Oklahoma | Sat | 4:13PM- 6:27PM | 134 | 0.8 | 1234 |
13 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oklahoma at Iowa State | Mon | 9:03PM-11:12PM | 129 | 0.8 | 1178 |
14 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: L.A. Lakers at Miami | Wed | 8:05PM-10:35PM | 150 | 0.8 | 1127 |
15 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Wisconsin at Minnesota | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.7 | 1096 |
23 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: LSU at Arkansas | Sat | 2:12PM- 4:13PM | 121 | 0.6 | 867 |
25 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Phoenix at Brooklyn | Fri | 8:05PM-10:56PM | 171 | 0.6 | 837 |
29 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BASKETBALL (live) | Sat | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 60 | 0.6 | 776 |
36 | SPORTS REPORTERS | Sun | 9:30AM-10:00AM | 30 | 0.5 | 668 |
46 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: California at Arizona | Thu | 9:04PM-11:09PM | 125 | 0.4 | 612 |
52 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Ohio State at Maryland | Sun | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.4 | 576 |
53 | OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND | Sun | 9:00AM- 9:30AM | 30 | 0.4 | 575 |
74 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Tennessee vs. South Carolina | Sun | 3:30PM- 5:20PM | 110 | 0.3 | 455 |
78 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: California vs. Stanford | Sun | 9:04PM-11:03PM | 119 | 0.3 | 451 |
113 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Florida State vs. Notre Dame | Sun | 1:00PM- 2:50PM | 110 | 0.3 | 340 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 31 percent (1.488 million vs. 1.134 million) from one week earlier and up 3 percent (1.488 million vs. 1.443 million) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 14 percent (713,000 vs. 625,000) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (713,000 vs. 672,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
Duke at North Carolina on Mar. 7 earned the largest viewership for a regular season college basketball game in 2014-15, to-date, surpassing the game also involving these same two teams and also on ESPN but at Duke on Feb. 18.
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
- “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, Mar. 2-6): 286,000 (prior week: 255,000)
- “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Mar. 2-6): 307,000 (prior week: 326,000)
- “NFL Live” (ESPN, Mar. 2-6): 465,000 (prior week: 458,000)
- “Around the Horn” guest hosted by Pablo S. Torre (ESPN, Mar. 2-6): 611,000 (prior week: 657,000)
- “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Mar. 2-6): 891,000 (prior week: 891,000)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Mar. 2-6 & 8 early evening): 545,000 (prior week: 552,000)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Mar. 2-8 late night): 971,000 (prior week: 723,000)
ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Notre Dame at Syracuse | Wed | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.7 | 1079 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: West Virginia at Kansas | Tue | 9:00PM-11:56PM | 176 | 0.5 | 719 |
3 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Memphis at Connecticut | Thu | 9:10PM-11:09PM | 119 | 0.4 | 549 |
4 | MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: New York City FC at Orlando City | Sun | 4:36PM- 7:12PM | 156 | 0.3 | 539 |
5 | ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: Survive and Advance | Sun | 7:12PM- 9:09PM | 117 | 0.3 | 454 |
6 | BOXING SERIES: L. Harrison vs. A. Smith | Fri | 11:04PM- 1:07AM | 123 | 0.3 | 440 |
7 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Arkansas at South Carolina | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:10PM | 130 | 0.3 | 439 |
8 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 120 | 0.3 | 422 |
9 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: USC at UCLA | Wed | 9:04PM-11:05PM | 121 | 0.3 | 420 |
10 | HIS & HERS (live) | Thu | 12:00PM- 1:00PM | 60 | 0.3 | 410 |
14 | WCC TOURNAMENT: Santa Clara vs. BYU | Sat | 11:40PM- 1:51AM | 131 | 0.2 | 338 |
22 | WCC TOURNAMENT: San Francisco vs. Gonzaga | Sat | 9:04PM-11:16PM | 132 | 0.2 | 293 |
25 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kansas State at Texas | Sat | 4:10PM- 6:04PM | 114 | 0.2 | 284 |
27 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Connecticut at USF | Mon | 7:00PM- 8:50PM | 110 | 0.2 | 282 |
30 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: Belmont vs. Murray State | Sat | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.2 | 273 |
33 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Texas Tech at Baylor | Fri | 9:12PM-11:04PM | 112 | 0.2 | 264 |
37 | BASSMASTER CLASSIC | Sun | 10:30AM-12:30PM | 120 | 0.2 | 256 |
45 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: USC Upstate vs. North Florida | Sun | 2:37PM- 4:36PM | 119 | 0.1 | 235 |
46 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: Winthrop vs. Coastal Carolina | Sun | 12:30PM- 2:37PM | 127 | 0.1 | 234 |
46 | NBA COAST TO COAST (live) | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:00PM | 120 | 0.2 | 234 |
48 | BASSMASTER CLASSIC | Sat | 8:00AM-10:00AM | 120 | 0.2 | 231 |
65 | BASKETBALL: Geno Auriemma Project: Together | Mon | 8:50PM- 9:20PM | 30 | 0.1 | 195 |
68 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Akron at Kent State | Fri | 7:00PM- 9:12PM | 132 | 0.1 | 188 |
73 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Connecticut at Temple | Sat | 2:08PM- 4:10PM | 122 | 0.1 | 184 |
79 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Pittsburgh at Florida State | Sat | 12:00PM- 2:08PM | 128 | 0.1 | 171 |
108 | BASSMASTER CLASSIC | Sat | 7:00AM- 8:00AM | 60 | 0.1 | 123 |
111 | BASKETBALL: Geno Auriemma Project: The Program | Mon | 9:20PM- 9:50PM | 30 | 0.1 | 118 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is about even (408,000 vs. 410,000) from one week earlier and up 12 percent (408,000 vs. 365,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 2 percent (247,000 vs. 251,000) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (247,000 vs. 232,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:
- “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 218,000 (prior week: 215,000)
- “First Take” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 334,000 (prior week: 383,000)
- “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 288,000 (prior week: 271,000)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 216,000 (prior week: 233,000)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6 4pm): 190,000 (prior week: 227,000)
- “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 138,000 (prior week: 167,000)
- “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-6): 152,000 (prior week: 192,000)
- “College Basketball Live” (ESPN2, Mar. 3, 5, 7): 294,000 (prior week: 197,000)
- “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Mar. 2-4 & 6): 172,000 (prior week: 161,000)
ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: North Carolina at Georgia Tech | Tue | 7:00PM- 8:53PM | 113 | 0.2 | 334 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Baylor at Texas | Mon | 7:00PM- 9:18PM | 138 | 0.2 | 291 |
3 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Kentucky vs. Tennessee | Sat | 7:27PM- 9:34PM | 127 | 0.2 | 281 |
4 | ESPNU STUDIO (live) | Tue | 8:53PM- 9:03PM | 10 | 0.2 | 251 |
5 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL LIVE (live) | Sat | 7:00PM- 7:27PM | 27 | 0.1 | 227 |
6 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: LSU vs. South Carolina | Sat | 5:00PM- 7:00PM | 120 | 0.1 | 209 |
7 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: East Carolina vs. Connecticut | Sun | 5:30PM- 7:16PM | 106 | 0.1 | 186 |
8 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Boston College at Virginia Tech | Mon | 9:18PM-11:00PM | 102 | 0.1 | 160 |
9 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Duke vs. Notre Dame | Sat | 12:00PM- 1:53PM | 113 | 0.1 | 110 |
10 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oregon at Oregon State | Wed | 11:05PM- 1:18AM | 133 | 0.1 | 106 |
11 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Texas A&M at Florida | Tue | 9:03PM-11:20PM | 137 | 0.1 | 105 |
12 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Utah at Washington State | Thu | 11:11PM- 1:10AM | 119 | 0.1 | 101 |
15 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Louisville vs. Florida | Sat | 2:30PM- 4:29PM | 119 | 0.1 | 98 |
17 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: Belmont vs. Eastern Kentucky | Fri | 10:14PM-12:14AM | 120 | 0.0 | 82 |
18 | EDGE (live) | Sat | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 60 | 0.0 | 81 |
20 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: Morehead State vs. Murray State | Fri | 7:30PM- 9:45PM | 135 | 0.1 | 78 |
21 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Temple at East Carolina | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:09PM | 117 | 0.0 | 72 |
22 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Tulane vs. USF | Sun | 7:40PM- 9:30PM | 110 | 0.0 | 68 |
24 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST-SEASON: Cleveland State vs. Valparaiso | Sat | 9:34PM-11:39PM | 125 | 0.0 | 64 |
25 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: VCU at Davidson | Thu | 9:09PM-11:11PM | 122 | 0.0 | 63 |
31 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Tulsa at SMU | Sun | 3:03PM- 5:07PM | 124 | 0.0 | 58 |
37 | COLLEGE HOCKEY REGULAR SEASON: Minnesota at Ohio State | Fri | 5:00PM- 7:11PM | 131 | 0.0 | 46 |
39 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: TCU at Oklahoma State | Wed | 9:04PM-11:05PM | 121 | 0.0 | 45 |
58 | KATZ’S KORNER (live) | Tue | 1:00PM- 2:00PM | 60 | 0.0 | 29 |
60 | ESPN RECRUITING NATION (live) | Thu | 6:00PM- 7:00PM | 60 | 0.0 | 28 |
71 | COLLEGE LACROSSE: Navy vs. Johns Hopkins | Sun | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 23 |
81 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: UCF at USF | Wed | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.0 | 21 |
83 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POST SEASON: Dayton vs. George Washington | Sun | 1:00PM- 3:03PM | 123 | 0.0 | 20 |
90 | COLLEGE SWIMMING: SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship | Mon | 4:00PM- 5:30PM | 90 | 0.0 | 18 |
90 | COLLEGE SWIMMING: SEC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship | Mon | 5:30PM- 7:00PM | 90 | 0.0 | 18 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 5 percent (127,000 vs. 134,000) from one week earlier and down 16 percent (127,000 vs. 151,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 4 percent (52,000 vs. 54,000) from one week earlier and down 20 percent (52,000 vs. 65,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
Viewership average for “The Herd” (Mar. 2-6 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 39,000 (prior week: 34,000).
ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sun | 10:00PM-11:03PM | 63 | 0.2 | 236 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oklahoma State at West Virginia | Sat | 2:00PM- 4:06PM | 126 | 0.1 | 219 |
3 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sun | 9:00PM-10:00PM | 60 | 0.1 | 184 |
4 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Iowa State at TCU | Sat | 8:30PM-10:28PM | 118 | 0.1 | 162 |
5 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sun | 7:00PM- 8:00PM | 60 | 0.1 | 157 |
6 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sun | 8:00PM- 9:00PM | 60 | 0.1 | 148 |
7 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Dallas at Golden State | Fri | 10:41PM-10:56PM | 15 | 0.1 | 141 |
8 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sun | 2:00PM- 3:01PM | 61 | 0.1 | 137 |
9 | SPORTSCENTER TOP 10 | Sun | 11:03PM-11:32PM | 29 | 0.1 | 135 |
10 | SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) | Tue | 10:00PM-11:16PM | 76 | 0.1 | 125 |
21 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Boston College at Virginia Tech | Mon | 9:04PM- 9:19PM | 15 | 0.1 | 103 |
45 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: East Carolina at Houston | Sun | 4:03PM- 5:50PM | 107 | 0.0 | 77 |
72 | COLLEGE HOCKEY REGULAR SEASON: Minnesota at Ohio State | Sat | 6:00PM- 8:30PM | 150 | 0.0 | 67 |
89 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Houston at Tulane | Wed | 8:00PM-10:19PM | 139 | 0.0 | 53 |
110 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Texas Tech at Baylor | Fri | 9:05PM- 9:13PM | 8 | 0.0 | 38 |
112 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Tulane at USF | Sat | 4:06PM- 6:00PM | 114 | 0.0 | 36 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 9 percent (107,000 vs. 98,000) from one week earlier and down 20 percent (107,000 vs. 134,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 6 percent (57,000 vs. 54,000) from one week earlier and up 4 percent (57,000 vs. 55,000) from the same week one year ago (March 3-9, 2014).
For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Mar. 2-6) averaged 45,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000), and “ESPN FC” (Mar. 2-6) averaged 55,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000).
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
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