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Ratings News and Notes
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In the midst of the NFL and college football regular seasons and MLB postseason as well as the start of the NBA season, a couple of ESPN programs hit multi-week highs:
“Highly Questionable” (averaging 501,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) had its best week in total viewers since Feb. 6-10, the week of after Super Bowl LI (517,000 viewers average); HQ featured the ESPN debut of Katie Nolan on Oct. 19-20;
“Around The Horn” (averaging 536,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) – best week since Mar. 6-8 and 10, the week of college basketball conference tournaments (631,,000 viewers average);
“First Take” (averaging 507,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) – best week since June 19-23, the week of the NBA Draft (514,000 viewers average);
“SportsNation” (averaging 450,000 viewers for Oct. 17-20; not counting its ESPN2 telecast on Oct. 16) – best week on solely the ESPN flagship network since Jan. 17-20 (450,000 viewers average);
ESPN Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is down 20 percent (2,164,000 vs. 2,722,000) from one week earlier and down 3 percent (2,164,000 vs. 2,222,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 15 percent (900,000 vs. 1,044,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (900,000 vs. 914,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
- “First Take” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 10 a.m.): 507,000 (299,000 adults 18-49)
- “Outside the Lines: First Report” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20): 342,000 (198,000 adults 18-49)
- “NFL Live” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20): 408,000 (221,000 adults 18-49)
- “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN, Oct. 17-20): 410,000 (234,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN, Oct. 17-20): 450,000 (266,000 adults 18-49)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20): 501,000 (287,000 adults 18-49)
- “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20): 536,000 (270,000 adults 18-49)
- “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20): 760,000 (365,000 adults 18-49)
- “Daily Fantasy Show” (ESPN, Oct. 16): 344,000 (188,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 7 a.m.): 373,000 (221,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 8 a.m.): 345,000 (186,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 9 a.m.): 382,000 (218,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 noon): 376,000 (232,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 17-20 6 p.m.): 512,000 (311,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 17, 19 & 22 11 p.m.): 371,000 (203,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 16-20 & 22 midnight): 1,069,000 (593,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, Oct. 17-20 & 22 1 a.m.): 568,000 (342,000 adults 18-49)
ESPN2 Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down 61 percent (193,000 vs. 490,000) from one week earlier and down 26 percent (193,000 vs. 261,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 20 percent (175,000 vs. 220,000) from one week earlier and down 20 percent (175,000 vs. 219,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20): 198,000 (86,000 adults 18-49)
- “College Football Live” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20): 92,000 (38,000 adults 18-49)
- “MLB Network’s Intentional Talk” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20): 81,000 (35,000 adults 18-49)
- “The Paul Finebaum Show” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20): 111,000 (49,000 adults 18-49)
- “Daily Fantasy Football” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20 5 p.m.): 73,000 (37,000 adults 18-49)
- “Baseball Tonight” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-18): 56,000 (30,000 adults 18-49)
- “Jalen & Jacoby” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20 late night): 61,000 (38,000 adults 18-49)
- “Best of Mike & Mike” (ESPN2, late Oct. 16): 44,000 (23,000 adults 18-49)
- “ESPN FC” (ESPN2, late Oct. 22): 36,000 (25,000 adults 18-49)
- “Nacion ESPN” (ESPN2, late Oct. 19): 28,000 (19,000 adults 18-49)
- “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN2, Oct. 16): 106,000 (42,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Oct. 16): 140,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20 10 a.m.): 144,000 (64,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-20 11 a.m.): 141,000 (60,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 16 6 p.m.): 168,000 (89,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 16-17 & 19 7 p.m.): 137,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 17-18 8 p.m.): 137,000 (69,000 adults 18-49)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN2, Oct. 19 10:22 p.m.): 95,000 (51,000 adults 18-49)
ESPNU Top 25 (and Select) Programs
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In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is even (78,000 vs. 78,000) from one week earlier and down 10 percent (78,000 vs. 87,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 36 percent (44,000 vs. 69,000) from one week earlier and down 27 percent (44,000 vs. 60,000) from the same week one year ago (October 17-23, 2016).
ESPNU’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
- “The Dan Le Batard Show” (ESPNU, Oct. 16-20): 22,000 (15,000 adults 18-49)
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
