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Golf Channel Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 PGA TOUR: 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic Sun 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.5 718
2 PGA TOUR: 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic Sat 1:00PM- 2:30PM 90 0.4 564
3 GC PREGAME LIVE Sun 2:30PM- 3:00PM 30 0.4 478
4 PGA TOUR: 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic Fri 4:00PM- 7:00PM 180 0.3 413
5 GC PREGAME LIVE Sat 2:30PM- 3:00PM 30 0.3 395
6 PGA TOUR: 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic Thu 4:00PM- 7:00PM 180 0.2 325
7 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Thu 1:00PM- 4:00PM 180 0.2 282
8 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME Sun 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.2 277
9 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Fri 1:00PM- 4:00PM 180 0.2 256
10 GOLF CENTRAL PREGAME Sat 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.2 200
11 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Thu 10:57AM- 1:00PM 123 0.1 154
11 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 Rustoleum Championship Sat 6:03PM- 8:17PM 134 0.1 154
13 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Sat 8:47PM-11:33PM 166 0.1 142
14 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Sat 3:00PM- 6:03PM 183 0.1 139
16 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 Rustoleum Championship Thu 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 128
17 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Sun 3:00PM- 6:00PM 180 0.1 125
22 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Thu 12:30AM- 3:30AM 180 0.1 106
23 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Fri 10:57AM- 1:00PM 123 0.1 101
23 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 Rustoleum Championship Sun 6:00PM- 8:00PM 120 0.1 101
25 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Sun 9:00PM-11:55PM 175 0.1 98
26 GOLF FIX Mon 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 96
27 ARNIE & ME Mon 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.1 93
28 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Sun 6:30AM-10:55AM 265 0.1 89
29 PAYNE Mon 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 88
31 GOLF CHANNEL ACADEMY: Dave Stockton Putt Fundamentals Mon 7:30PM- 8:00PM 30 0.1 79
33 LPGA TOUR: 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Fri 12:30AM- 3:30AM 180 0.1 77
35 WEB.COM TOUR: 2015 Rustoleum Championship (weather) Fri 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.1 75
38 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Sat 4:00AM- 6:00AM 120 0.1 71
49 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Sat 7:00AM-11:00AM 240 0.0 56
49 GOLF CHANNEL ACADEMY: Dave Stockton Short Game Special Mon 7:00PM- 7:30PM 30 0.0 56
56 FEHERTY: Webb Simpson Wed 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.0 52
57 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Thu 3:30AM- 5:00AM 90 0.0 50
64 FEHERTY: Webb Simpson Wed 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.0 46
65 PGA GRAND SLAM: 2013 PGA Grand Slam Day 2 Tue 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.0 44
69 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Fri 6:00AM- 7:00AM 60 0.0 42
69 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Thu 5:00AM- 6:00AM 60 0.0 42
75 GCA SCHOOL OF GOLF Tue 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.0 38
91 CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2015 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Fri 3:30AM- 5:30AM 120 0.0 28
119 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Wed 5:00AM- 6:00AM 60 0.0 8
122 EUROPEAN TOUR: 2015 Austrian Open Thu 6:00AM- 7:00AM 60 0.0 5

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Golf Channel is down 36 percent (86,000 vs. 134,000) from one week earlier and down 40 percent (86,000 vs. 144,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Golf Channel is down 28 percent (98,000 vs. 136,000) from one week earlier and up 3 percent (98,000 vs. 95,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

Most-watched telecast per day for “The Morning Drive” (June 8-14) averaged 65,000 viewers (prior week: 49,000) and “Golf Central” (June 8-10) averaged 49,000 (prior week: 92,000).

MLB Network Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 AFTERNOON BASEBALL: Washington at Milwaukee or Seattle at Houston (joined in progress) Sun 3:37PM- 5:11PM 94 0.2 364
2 SHOWCASE GAME: San Francisco at N.Y. Mets or Boston at Baltimore Thu 7:00PM-10:19PM 199 0.2 311
3 2015 FIRST YEAR PLAYER DRAFT Mon 7:00PM-12:07AM 307 0.2 306
4 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Toronto at Boston Sat 1:30PM- 5:03PM 213 0.2 297
4 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Sat 10:00PM-12:41AM 161 0.2 297
6 MLB TONIGHT RAIN DELAY Sun 2:00PM- 3:37PM 97 0.2 275
7 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: Kansas City at St. Louis or Seattle at Houston Fri 8:00PM-10:53PM 173 0.2 268
8 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: Washington at N.Y. Yankees or Miami at Toronto Wed 1:00PM- 4:45PM 225 0.2 257
9 PRIME BASEBALL GAME: Chicago Cubs at Detroit or Washington at N.Y. Yankees Tue 7:00PM- 9:27PM 147 0.2 249
10 MLB NOW Wed 4:45PM- 5:00PM 15 0.2 204
11 AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: San Diego at Atlanta or Seattle at Cleveland Thu 12:54PM- 4:49PM 235 0.2 198
13 MLB TONIGHT SUNDAY Sun 5:11PM- 8:00PM 169 0.1 179
40 MLB GAME RAIN DELAY Thu 12:00PM-12:12PM 12 0.1 86
70 PLAYS OF THE WEEK (repeat) Sun 1:00AM- 2:00AM 60 0.0 62
121 PLAYS OF THE WEEK (new) Sun 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.0 23

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MLB Network is up 2 percent (202,000 vs. 199,000) from one week earlier and up 28 percent (202,000 vs. 158,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), MLB Network is up 4 percent (118,000 vs. 114,000) from one week earlier and up 28 percent (118,000 vs. 92,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

The 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft (306,000 viewers) from June 8 was up 32 percent in total viewership ftom the year-ago draft (232,000 viewers on June 5, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following MLB Network programs of the week:

  • “MLB Central” (June 8-12): 61,000 (prior week: 52,000)
  • “High Heat” (June 8-10 & 12): 64,000 (prior week: 49,000)
  • “Rundown” (June 8-9 & 12): 59,000 (prior week: 58,000)
  • “MLB Now” (June 8-12): 79,000 (prior week: 87,000)
  • “Intentional Talk” (June 8-12): 84,000 (prior week: 85,000)
  • “MLB Tonight BP” (June 9-10 & 12-13): 105,000 (prior week: 100,000)
  • “MLB Tonight” (June 8-10 & 12 prime time): 139,000 (prior week: 155,000)
  • “MLB Tonight Weekend Afternoon” (June 13-14): 185,000 (June 6: 110,000)
  • “MLB Tonight Sunday” (June 14 5:11-8:00 p.m.): 179,000 (June 7: 163,000)
  • “Quick Pitch” (June 8-14 most-watched telecast per day): 109,000 (prior week: 112,000)

NFL Network Top 10 Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Matt Millen Sat 1:00PM- 2:00PM 60 0.1 173
2 TOP 10: Football Divas Sat 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.1 162
3 TOP 10: Elusive Runners Sun 11:00PM-12:00AM 60 0.1 144
4 NFL FOLLIES: NFL Football Card Follies Sun 10:00AM-11:00AM 60 0.1 140
5 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Lyle Alzado Sat 4:00PM- 5:00PM 60 0.1 133
6 HARD KNOCKS Thu 3:00AM- 4:00AM 60 0.0 125
7 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Matt Millen Tue 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 123
8 A FOOTBALL LIFE: Lyle Alzado Fri 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 121
9 TOP 10: Teams That Didn’t Win the Super Bowl Sun 12:00AM- 1:00AM 60 0.1 111
10 TOP 10: Joe Montana Games Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.1 106

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NFL Network is up 1 percent (77,000 vs. 76,000) from one week earlier and down 1 percent (77,000 vs. 78,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NFL Network is up 13 percent (61,000 vs. 54,000) from one week earlier and up 9 percent (61,000 vs. 56,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

Viewership averages for the following daily NFL Network programs of the week:

  • “NFL Total Access” (average of each day’s most-watched telecast June 8-13): 88,000 (prior week: 82,000)

NBATV Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 NBA GAMETIME FINALS RECAP Game 5 (live) Sun 10:53PM-12:07AM 74 0.2 343
2 NBA FINALS PRESS CONFERENCE: Game 5 (live) Sun 12:07AM- 1:04AM 57 0.2 254
3 NBA GAMETIME FINALS RECAP Game 4 (live) Thu 11:51PM-12:51AM 60 0.1 212
4 NBA GAMETIME LIVE-FINALS Game 5 (live) Sun 6:30PM- 7:30PM 60 0.1 197
5 CLUTCH CITY Mon 9:00PM-10:30PM 90 0.1 190
6 NBA GAMETIME LIVE-FINALS Game 4 (live) Thu 7:30PM- 8:30PM 60 0.1 185
7 NBA FINALS PRESS CONFERENCE: Game 3 (live) Tue 12:01AM- 1:53AM 112 0.1 182
8 NBA FINALS PRESS CONFERENCE: Game 4 (live) Thu 12:51AM- 1:51AM 60 0.1 156
9 NBA GAMETIME FINALS RECAP Game 5 (taped) Sun 1:04AM- 2:17AM 73 0.1 132
10 NBA FINALS PRESS CONFERENCE: Game 5 (taped) Sun 2:17AM- 3:00AM 43 0.1 122
13 SHAQ: Shaqtin a Fool – Season Finale Wed 11:00PM-11:30PM 30 0.1 113
15 NBA GAMETIME FINALS RECAP Game 3 (live) Tue 11:53PM-12:01AM 8 0.1 110
18 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 4 Sat 12:30PM- 2:30PM 120 0.1 93
21 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 3 Wed 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.1 88
21 SHAQ: Shaqtin a Fool – Season Finale Wed 8:30PM- 9:00PM 30 0.1 88
31 SOUNDS OF THE 2015 NBA FINALS Sun 8:00PM- 8:30PM 30 0.0 79
32 NBA INSIDE STUFF Sat 12:00PM-12:30PM 30 0.1 77
34 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 2 Mon 5:00PM- 7:00PM 120 0.1 73
34 SOUNDS OF THE 2015 NBA FINALS Thu 6:30PM- 7:00PM 30 0.1 73
38 SOUNDS OF THE NBA PLAYOFFS Sat 2:30PM- 3:00PM 30 0.1 70
46 NBA GAMETIME LIVE-FINALS Game 3 (live) Tue 7:30PM- 8:30PM 60 0.1 65
48 SOUNDS OF THE 2015 NBA FINALS Sat 11:30PM-12:00AM 30 0.0 63
51 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 4 Fri 9:00PM-11:00PM 120 0.0 60
60 SOUNDS OF THE 2015 NBA FINALS Thu 9:00PM- 9:30PM 30 0.0 53
63 OPEN COURT: Signature Moves Mon 4:00PM- 5:00PM 60 0.0 52
72 OPEN COURT: Signature Moves Sat 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.0 46
75 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 4 Sat 12:00AM- 2:00AM 120 0.0 45
75 OPEN COURT: Signature Moves Tue 4:00PM- 5:00PM 60 0.0 45
98 OPEN COURT: Signature Moves Wed 5:00PM- 6:00PM 60 0.0 35
109 PRESS CONFERENCE: NBA Cares Wed 3:14PM- 3:32PM 18 0.0 31
128 NBA FINALS FILM ROOM: Game 2 Tue 5:00PM- 7:00PM 120 0.0 25

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBA TV is up 3 percent (69,000 vs. 67,000) from one week earlier and down 16 percent (69,000 vs. 82,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBA TV is up 14 percent (57,000 vs. 50,000) from one week earlier and down 12 percent (57,000 vs. 65,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

Early evening telecasts of “The Starters” (June 8-12 & 14) averaged 56,000 viewers for the week (prior week: 42,000).

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ReelzChannel’s “TMZ Hollywood Sports” (June 8-12) averaged 67,000 viewers in the 1 a.m. ET slot (prior week: 61,000); its rebroadcast drew 13,000 viewers (at 10 a.m.; prior week: 15,000). ReelzChannel averaged 82,000 viewers in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.) for the week of June 8-14, 2015.

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WWE Raw

Monday, June 8, 2015 on USA Network

8-9 p.m.: 2.33 HH, 3.678 million viewers
-7% from 3.946 million on 06/01/15
-6% from 3.893 million on 06/09/14

9-10 p.m.: 2.19 HH, 3.609 million viewers
-12% from 4.113 million on 06/01/15
-14% from 4.217 million on 06/09/14

10-11:14 p.m.: 2.24 HH, 3.647 million viewers
-6% from 3.862 million on 06/01/15
-14% from 4.247 million on 06/09/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Fri. June 12 4:30-7:30 p.m.: 0.03 HH; 43,000 viewers
Sun. June 14 5:00-8:00 p.m.: 0.06 HH; 85,000 viewers

WWE SmackDown

Thursday, June 11, 2015 on Syfy

8-10 p.m.: 1.51 HH, 2.611 million viewers
+11% from 2.350 million on 06/04/15
+12% from 2.322 million on 06/13/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Sat. June 13 6:30-8:30 p.m.: 0.06 HH; 118,000 viewers
Late Sat. June 13/early Sun. June 14 2:35-4:30 a.m.: 0.01 HH; 15,000 viewers

Lucha Underground (El Rey, June 10 8:00-9:00 p.m.): 0.04 HH; 72,000 viewers
Lucha Underground repeat (El Rey, June 10 11:00 p.m.-midnight): 0.02 HH; 25,000 viewers

Ring of Honor (Destination America, June 10 8:00-9:00 p.m.): 0.12 HH; 161,000 viewers
Ring of Honor repeat (Destination America, June 10 11:00 p.m.-midnight): 0.09 HH; 138,000 viewers

Impact Wrestling (Destination America, June 10 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 0.23 HH; 330,000 viewers
Impact Wrestling repeat (Destination America, June 10 midnight-2:00 a.m.): 0.05 HH; 74,000 viewers

Premier Boxing Champions: Lara vs. Rodriguez (Spike, June 12 9:00-11:05 p.m.): 0.31 HH; 446,000 viewers

Boxing After Dark (HBO, June 13)

10:01 p.m.-10:15 p.m.: Pre-Fight 0.30 HH; 475,000 viewers
10:15 p.m.-10:54 p.m.: Felix Verdejo vs. Ivan Najera 0.39 HH; 611,000 viewers
10:54 p.m.-11:16 p.m.: Post-Fight 0.34 HH; 502,000 viewers
11:16 p.m.-12:03 a.m.: Nicholas Walters vs. Miguel Marriaga 0.42 HH; 588,000 viewers
12:03 a.m.-12:10 a.m.: Post-Fight 0.35 HH; 475,000 viewers

Fight Game with Jim Lampley (HBO, June 9 11:00-11:27 p.m.): 0.10 HH; 145,000 viewers
Fight Game with Jim Lampley repeat (HBO, late June 13/early June 14 12:13-12:40 a.m.): 0.19 HH; 253,000 viewers

Showtime Championship Boxing: Wilder vs. Molina (Showtime, June 13)

9:00 p.m.- 9:15 p.m.: 0.19 HH; 293,000 viewers
9:15 p.m.-10:07 p.m.: 0.28 HH; 381,000 viewers
10:07 p.m.-10:39 p.m.: 0.37 HH; 530,000 viewers
10:39 p.m.-11:18 p.m.: 0.47 HH; 678,000 viewers
11:18 p.m.-11:32 p.m.: 0.28 HH; 400,000 viewers

Powernation: Extreme Off Road (Spike, June 14 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 0.23 HH; 306,000 viewers
Powernation: Engine Power (Spike, June 14 9:30-10:00 a.m.): 0.32 HH; 390,000 viewers
Powernation: Truck Tech (Spike, June 14 10:00-10:30 a.m.): 0.33 HH; 417,000 viewers
Powernation: Detroit Muscle (Spike, June 14 10:30-11:00 a.m.): 0.34 HH; 459,000 viewers

Legends Football League: Seattle vs. Los Angeles (Fuse, June 13 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 0.04 HH; 60,000 viewers

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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Douglas Pucci is a contributor to Programming Insider and blogger at Son of the Bronx.

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