ESPN Ratings Buzz: June 8-14

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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 down 36 percent (665,000 vs. 1.039 million) from one week earlier and down 40 percent (665,000 vs. 1.109 million) 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.), ESPN is down 3 percent (506,000 vs. 523,000) from one week earlier and down 41 percent (506,000 vs. 859,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, June 8-12): 309,000 (prior week: 307,000)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, June 8-12): 324,000 (prior week: 341,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, June 8 & 12): 473,000 (prior week: 408,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN, June 9 & 11): 311,000
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, June 8-12): 456,000 (prior week: 517,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, June 8-12): 560,000 (prior week: 585,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, June 8-12): 838,000 (proor week: 954,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 8-12 9 a.m.): 327,000 (prior week: 363,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 8-13 early evening): 556,000 (prior week: 593,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, June 8-14 late night): 715,000 (prior week: 735,000)

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 down 36 percent (320,000 vs. 503,000) from one week earlier and down 39 percent (320,000 vs. 521,000) 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.), ESPN2 is down 8 percent (246,000 vs. 266,000) from one week earlier and down 27 percent (246,000 vs. 338,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, June 8-12): 263,000 (prior week: 221,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, June 8-12): 451,000 (prior week: 407,000)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, June 8-12): 381,000 (prior week: 245,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, June 8-11): 248,000 (prior week: 181,000)
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, June 9-12): 135,000 (prior week: 117,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, June 9 & 11-12): 83,000 (prior week: 71,000)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, June 8-13): 109,000 (prior week: 112,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, June 9, 11 & 14): 222,000 (prior week: 85,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN2, June 9-11): 221,000 (prior week: 220,000)
• “ESPN FC” (ESPN2, June 8-9 & 11-14): 110,000

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 down 33 percent (58,000 vs. 86,000) from one week earlier and down 31 percent (58,000 vs. 84,000) 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.), ESPNU is down 29 percent (41,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (41,000 vs. 42,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

Viewership average for “The Herd” (June 8-12) was 43,000 (prior week: 51,000).

ESPNEWS Top 10 Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.mr. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is down 31 percent (69,000 vs. 100,000) from one week earlier and down 14 percent (69,000 vs. 80,000) 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.), ESPNEWS is down 14 percent (50,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and down 19 percent (50,000 vs. 62,000) from the same week one year ago (June 9-15, 2014).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (June 8-12) averaged 46,000 viewers (prior week: 55,000), and “ESPN FC” (June 8, 10 & 12) averaged 67,000 viewers (prior week: 59,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research