Sports and Entertainment Ratings Buzz: June 1-7

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Golf Channel Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Golf Channel is down 11 percent (134,000 vs. 151,000) from one week earlier and down 9 percent (134,000 vs. 148,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Golf Channel is up 1 percent (136,000 vs. 135,000) from one week earlier and up 23 percent (136,000 vs. 111,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

Most-watched telecast per day for “The Morning Drive” (June 1-7) averaged 49,000 viewers (prior week: 62,000) and “Golf Central” (June 1-4) averaged 92,000 (prior week: 84,000).

MLB Network Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MLB Network is down 26 percent (199,000 vs. 268,000) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (199,000 vs. 187,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), MLB Network is up 5 percent (114,000 vs. 109,000) from one week earlier and up 23 percent (114,000 vs. 93,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

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

• “MLB Central” (June 1-5): 52,000 (prior week: 53,000)
• “High Heat” (June 1-5): 49,000 (prior week: 56,000)
• “Rundown” (May 26-29): 58,000 (prior week: 58,000)
• “MLB Now” (June 1-2 & 5): 87,000 (prior week: 78,000)
• “Intentional Talk” (June 1-2 & 5): 85,000 (prior week: 85,000)
• “MLB Tonight BP” (June 1-3 & 6): 100,000 (prior week: 121,000)
• “MLB Tonight” (June 1-5 prime time): 155,000 (prior week: 157,000)
• “MLB Tonight Weekend Afternoon” (June 6): 110,000 (May 30-31: 90,000)
• “MLB Tonight Sunday” (June 7 3:30-8:00 p.m.): 163,000 (May 24: 218,000)
• “Quick Pitch” (June 1-7 most-watched telecast per day): 112,000 (prior week: 98,000)

NFL Network Top 10 Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NFL Network is down 5 percent (76,000 vs. 80,000) from one week earlier and up 3 percent (76,000 vs. 74,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NFL Network is down 13 percent (54,000 vs. 62,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (54,000 vs. 57,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 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 1-6): 82,000 (prior week: 81,000)

NBATV Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), NBA TV is down 4 percent (67,000 vs. 70,000) from one week earlier and down 3 percent (67,000 vs. 69,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), NBA TV is down 4 percent (50,000 vs. 52,000) from one week earlier and up 4 percent (50,000 vs. 48,000) from the same week one year ago (June 2-8, 2014).

Early evening telecasts of “The Starters” (June 3-5 & 7) averaged 42,000 viewers for the week (prior week: 56,000).

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ReelzChannel’s “TMZ Hollywood Sports” (June 1-5) averaged 61,000 viewers in the 1 a.m. ET slot (prior week: 92,000); its rebroadcast drew 15,000 viewers (at 10 a.m.; prior week: 21,000). ReelzChannel averaged 82,000 viewers in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.) for the week of June 1-7, 2015.

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WWE Raw

Monday, June 1, 2015 on USA Network

8-9 p.m.: 2.40 HH, 3.946 million viewers
+4% from 3.790 million on 05/25/15
-2% from 4.033 million on 06/02/14

9-10 p.m.: 2.47 HH, 4.113 million viewers
+15% from 3.585 million on 05/25/15
-8% from 4.482 million on 06/02/14

10-11:08 p.m.: 2.34 HH, 3.862 million viewers
+13% from 3.423 million on 05/25/15
-2% from 3.925 million on 06/02/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Fri. June 5 8:00-11:00 p.m.: 0.05 HH; 97,000 viewers
Late Fri. June 5/early Sat. June 6 2:30-5:30 a.m.: 0.01 HH; 7,000 viewers
Sun. June 7 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: 0.05 HH; 34,000 viewers

WWE SmackDown

Thursday, June 4, 2015 on Syfy

8-10 p.m.: 1.47 HH, 2.350 million viewers
-9% from 2.574 million on 05/28/15
-16% from 2.782 million on 06/06/14

Reruns on NBC Universo

Sat. June 6 6:00-8:00 p.m.: 0.05 HH; 75,000 viewers
Late Sat. June 6/early Sun. June 7 3:05-5:00 a.m.: 0.01 HH; 16,000 viewers

Lucha Underground (El Rey, June 3 8:00-9:00 p.m.): 0.03 HH; 50,000 viewers
Lucha Underground repeat (El Rey, June 3 11:00 p.m.-midnight): 0.01 HH; 9,000 viewers

Impact Wrestling (Destination America, June 3 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 0.18 HH; 297,000 viewers
Impact Wrestling repeat (Destination America, June 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.): 0.05 HH; 105,000 viewers

Lights Out: Road to Lara vs. Rodriguez (Spike, June 5 11:00-11:30 p.m.): 0.21 HH; 280,000 viewers

World Championship Boxing: Cotto vs. Geale (HBO, June 6)

10:31-10:52: Pre-Fight 0.72 HH; 1.289 million viewers
10:52-11:05: Cotto/Geale 0.88 HH; 1.589 million viewers
11:05-11:17: Post-Fight 0.76 HH; 1.361 million viewers

Powernation: Extreme Off Road (Spike, June 7 9:00-9:30 a.m.): 0.1 HH; 191,000 viewers
Powernation: Engine Power (Spike, June 7 9:30-10:00 a.m.): 0.22 HH; 344,000 viewers
Powernation: Truck Tech (Spike, June 7 10:00-10:31 a.m.): 0.24 HH; 351,000 viewers
Powernation: Detroit Muscle (Spike, June 7 10:31-11:00 a.m.): 0.26 HH; 402,000 viewers

Legends Football League: Los Angeles vs. Seattle (Fuse, June 6 9:00-11:00 p.m.): 0.09 HH; 125,000 viewers

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research