ESPN Ratings Buzz: March 9-15

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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 up 17 percent (1.736 million vs. 1.488 million) from one week earlier and up 30 percent (1.736 million vs. 1.334 million) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 32 percent (940,000 vs. 713,000) from one week earlier and up 16 percent (940,000 vs. 809,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Mar. 9-10 3pm): 526,000 (prior week: 307,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Mar. 10 5pm): 1.002 million
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Mar. 9-10): 765,000 (prior week: 465,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Mar. 9 & 12-13): 736,000 (prior week: 611,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Mar. 9-10 & 12-13): 1.047 million (prior week: 891,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Mar. 9-13 & 15 early evening): 836,000 (prior week: 545,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Mar. 9-15 late night): 823,000 (prior week: 971,000)

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 31 percent (533,000 vs. 408,000) from one week earlier and up 7 percent (533,000 vs. 499,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 28 percent (317,000 vs. 247,000) from one week earlier and up 3 percent (317,000 vs. 308,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Mar. 9-13): 245,000 (prior week: 218,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Mar. 9-13): 436,000 (prior week: 334,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Mar. 9-10): 320,000 (prior week: 288,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Mar. 9-10 & 13): 258,000 (prior week: 216,000)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Mar. 9 4pm): 254,000 (prior week: 190,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Mar. 9 & 13): 172,000 (prior week: 138,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Mar. 9 & 13): 186,000 (prior week: 152,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Mar. 9-11): 117,000 (prior week: 172,000)

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 up 43 percent (181,000 vs. 127,000) from one week earlier and up 115 percent (181,000 vs. 84,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 29 percent (67,000 vs. 52,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (67,000 vs. 70,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (Mar. 9-13 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 40,000 (prior week: 39,000).

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 24 percent (133,000 vs. 107,000) from one week earlier and up 11 percent (133,000 vs. 120,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 23 percent (70,000 vs. 57,000) from one week earlier and up 13 percent (70,000 vs. 62,000) from the same week one year ago (March 10-16, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Mar. 9-11) averaged 46,000 viewers (prior week: 45,000), and “ESPN FC” (Mar. 9-11 & 13) averaged 76,000 viewers (prior week: 55,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research