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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON: San Francisco at St. Louis Mon 8:15PM-11:44PM 209 7.9 12712
2 NASCAR SPRINT CUP: Talladega Sun 2:00PM- 6:00PM 240 2.7 4328
3 SPORTSCENTER (live) Mon 11:44PM- 1:00AM 76 2.4 3695
4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Kansas State at Oklahoma Sat 12:00PM- 3:26PM 206 2.3 3392
5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Tennessee at Mississippi Sat 7:06PM-10:36PM 210 1.6 2699
6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Michigan State at Indiana Sat 3:30PM- 7:06PM 216 1.4 2173
7 NFL COUNTDOWN (new) Sun 10:00AM- 1:00PM 180 1.4 2065
8 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN (live) Mon 6:00PM- 8:15PM 135 1.3 2009
9 NASCAR SPRINT CUP COUNTDOWN (live) Sun 1:00PM- 2:00PM 60 1.3 1898
10 NFL PRIMETIME Mon 1:00AM- 2:00AM 60 1.1 1704
11 COLLEGE GAMEDAY (live) Sat 9:00AM-12:00PM 180 1.2 1651
12 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Fresno State at Boise State Fri 7:56PM-11:15PM 199 1.0 1623
13 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Thu 7:25PM-10:52PM 207 0.9 1358
14 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Stanford at Arizona State Sat 10:36PM- 1:40AM 184 0.9 1314
35 USA SOCCER MEN: USA vs. Honduras Tue 8:00PM-10:01PM 121 0.4 707
47 E:60 Wed 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.4 625
51 NFL PRIMETIME (live) Mon 2:00PM- 3:00PM 60 0.5 619
54 CFP COUNTDOWN (live) Tue 7:30PM- 8:00PM 30 0.4 603
57 NFL MATCH-UP Sat 3:40AM- 4:10AM 30 0.5 593
69 CROSSFIT GAMES Wed 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.4 530
78 POKER Sun 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.3 477
101 POKER Sun 9:00PM-10:00PM 60 0.3 400

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is down 15 percent (2.713 million vs. 3.183 million) from one week earlier and up 1 percent (2.713 million vs. 2.681 million) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 8 percent (1.174 million vs. 1.085 million) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (1.174 million vs. 1.227 million) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

  • “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 470,000 (prior week: 407,000)
  • “NFL Live” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 591,000 (prior week: 564,000)
  • “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 738,000 (prior week: 688,000)
  • “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Oct. 13-17): 967,000 (prior week: 925,000)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 14-17 & Oct. 19 early evening): 696,000 (prior week: 637,000)
  • “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Oct. 13-19 late night): 1.208 million (prior week: 1.306 million)

ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Missouri at Florida Sat 7:17PM-10:26PM 189 0.7 1162
2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Iowa at Maryland Sat 12:00PM- 3:53PM 233 0.5 770
3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON (regionalized) Sat 3:53PM- 7:17PM 204 0.4 710
4 FIRST TAKE (live) Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.4 518
5 FANTASY SHOW (live) Sun 11:00AM- 1:00PM 120 0.4 480
6 FIRST TAKE (live) Tue 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.3 454
7 FIRST TAKE (live) Fri 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.3 444
8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State Tue 8:00PM-11:19PM 199 0.3 436
9 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: The Day The Series Stopped Fri 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.3 412
10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Nevada at BYU Sat 10:26PM- 2:03AM 217 0.2 404
26 CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Ottawa at Hamilton Fri 7:00PM-10:00PM 180 0.2 313
42 NBA STUDIO (live) Wed 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.2 261
48 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 8:30AM- 9:00AM 30 0.2 235
55 MLS REGULAR SEASON: L.A. Galaxy at Seattle Sounders FC Sun 8:03PM-10:34PM 151 0.1 214
58 EUROPEAN QUALIFIER: Denmark vs. Portugal Tue 2:30PM- 4:45PM 135 0.2 206
62 WORLD SERIES OF POKER (live) Fri 1:00AM- 5:32AM 272 0.1 198
71 COLIN’S NEW FOOTBALL SHOW (live) Sun 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.2 180
73 MLS REGULAR SEASON: New England at Houston Thu 8:00PM-10:06PM 126 0.1 177
76 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND Sun 8:00AM- 8:30AM 30 0.1 168
108 EUROPEAN QUALIFIER: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Belgium Mon 2:30PM- 4:45PM 135 0.1 110
108 WORLD SERIES OF POKER (live) Thu 1:00AM- 4:53AM 233 0.1 110
115 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: Illinois vs. Nebraska Sun 1:00PM- 3:00PM 120 0.1 96
126 CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Edmonton at Saskatchewan Sun 4:00PM- 7:04PM 184 0.0 64

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down 51 percent (349,000 vs. 714,000) from one week earlier and down 45 percent (349,000 vs. 633,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 25 percent (272,000 vs. 361,000) from one week earlier and down 9 percent (272,000 vs. 299,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

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

  • “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 252,000 (prior week: 274,000
  • “First Take” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 414,000 (prior week: 389,000)
  • “Numbers Never Lie” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 348,000 (prior week: 329,000)
  • “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 295,000 (prior week: 239,000)
  • “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 291,000 (prior week: 242,000)
  • “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Oct. 15-17): 178,000 (prior week: 158,000)
  • “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 173,000 (prior week: 159,000)
  • “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Oct. 13-17): 123,000 (prior week: 144,000)
  • “Baseball Tonight” (average of each day’s live telecast Oct. 14-16): 154,000 (prior week: 140,000)

ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 6:41PM- 7:00PM 19 0.4 706
2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Clemson at Boston College Sat 3:30PM- 6:41PM 191 0.4 559
3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Georgia Tech at North Carolina Sat 7:00PM-10:30PM 210 0.3 461
4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Temple at Houston Fri 9:00PM-12:24AM 204 0.2 250
5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.2 242
6 SPORTSCENTERU Sun 10:00AM-11:00AM 60 0.1 183
7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.1 162
8 SPORTSCENTERU Sun 12:00PM- 1:00PM 60 0.1 125
9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPEAT: TCU at Baylor Wed 8:00PM-10:30PM 150 0.1 114
10 ESPNU MIDNIGHT MADNESS (live) Fri 6:00PM- 9:00PM 180 0.1 111
11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Tulane at Central Florida Sat 12:00PM- 3:30PM 210 0.1 109
19 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE (live) Mon 6:00PM- 7:00PM 60 0.0 67
31 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA: Norfolk State at Hampton Sat 10:30PM- 1:40AM 190 0.0 56
37 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Trinity Christian (FL) vs. IMG Academy (FL) Thu 7:30PM-10:35PM 185 0.0 53
58 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: North Carolina at Duke Sun 1:00PM- 2:50PM 110 0.0 39
61 WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON: Florida at South Carolina Wed 6:00PM- 8:00PM 120 0.0 38
107 WMN COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON: LSU at Georgia Sun 3:00PM- 5:00PM 120 0.0 16
111 EDGE (live) Sat 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.0 14
126 DARI & MEL (live) Sat 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.0 4

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is up 22 percent (129,000 vs. 106,000) from one week earlier and up 90 percent (129,000 vs. 68,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 1 percent (73,000 vs. 74,000) from one week earlier and up 43 percent (73,000 vs. 51,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

  • “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 53,000 (prior week: 44,000)
  • “CFB Daily” (live editions): 51,000 (prior week: 32,000)
  • “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon Oct. 15-16): 22,000 (prior week: 37,000)

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS
(000)
1 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING (live) Sat 4:30PM- 5:41PM 71 0.3 426
2 SPORTSCENTER 12AM (live) Sat 12:00AM- 1:00AM 60 0.2 300
3 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) Sat 5:41PM- 6:00PM 19 0.2 264
4 SPORTSCENTER 1AM (live) Sat 1:00AM- 1:30AM 30 0.1 189
5 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 9:30AM-10:00AM 30 0.1 165
6 SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) Wed 10:00PM-11:00PM 60 0.1 157
7 SPORTSCENTER EARLY (live) Sat 6:00PM- 7:00PM 60 0.1 142
8 SPORTSCENTER AM (live) Tue 2:30PM- 3:00PM 30 0.1 141
9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 8:00AM- 9:00AM 60 0.1 138
10 SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) Fri 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 137
11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Missouri at Florida Sat 7:10PM- 7:19PM 9 0.1 122
41 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: South Florida at Tulsa Sat 12:00PM- 3:24PM 204 0.1 84

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is down 24 percent (77,000 vs. 101,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (77,000 vs. 80,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 3 percent (58,000 vs. 60,000) from one week earlier and even (58,000 vs. 58,000) from the same week one year ago (October 14-20, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 39,000 viewers (prior week: 34,000) and “ESPN FC” averaged 50,000 (prior week: 42,000).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

About Douglas Pucci

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

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