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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP: Oregon vs. Ohio State | Mon | 8:33PM-11:55PM | 202 | 18.2 | 33395 |
2 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP POST GAME (live) | Mon | 11:55PM-12:17AM | 22 | 14.9 | 26195 |
3 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 8:19PM- 8:33PM | 14 | 9.7 | 17282 |
4 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 12:17AM-12:32AM | 15 | 7.3 | 12643 |
5 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 7:59PM- 8:19PM | 20 | 6.0 | 10598 |
6 | SPORTSCENTER 12AM (live) | Mon | 12:32AM- 1:00AM | 28 | 4.0 | 6530 |
7 | CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE (live) | Mon | 6:00PM- 7:59PM | 119 | 1.8 | 2758 |
8 | SPORTSCENTER 1AM (live) | Mon | 1:00AM- 3:00AM | 120 | 1.7 | 2506 |
9 | NFL COUNTDOWN (live) | Sun | 12:00PM- 3:00PM | 180 | 1.5 | 2270 |
10 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Duke at Louisville | Sat | 12:00PM- 2:03PM | 123 | 1.5 | 2170 |
11 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kentucky at Alabama | Sat | 4:12PM- 6:13PM | 121 | 1.3 | 2033 |
12 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Cleveland at L.A. Clippers | Fri | 10:35PM- 1:23AM | 168 | 1.4 | 1952 |
13 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Golden State at Oklahoma City | Fri | 8:05PM-10:35PM | 150 | 1.1 | 1676 |
14 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Ohio State at Iowa | Sat | 2:03PM- 4:12PM | 129 | 1.2 | 1664 |
15 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Missouri at Kentucky | Tue | 9:02PM-10:58PM | 116 | 0.9 | 1539 |
16 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kansas at Iowa State | Sat | 9:00PM-11:17PM | 137 | 0.9 | 1460 |
17 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: L.A. Clippers at Portland | Wed | 10:32PM- 1:05AM | 153 | 1.0 | 1443 |
18 | NBA REGULAR SEASON: Washington at Chicago | Wed | 8:04PM-10:32PM | 148 | 1.0 | 1342 |
21 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: West Virginia at Texas | Sat | 6:13PM- 8:36PM | 143 | 0.7 | 1125 |
23 | NFL PRIMETIME (live) | Sun | 10:00PM-11:04PM | 64 | 0.7 | 1030 |
29 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Michigan at Ohio State | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:02PM | 122 | 0.7 | 958 |
30 | ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: Snoop and Son: A Dad’s Dream | Wed | 7:00PM- 7:30PM | 30 | 0.7 | 945 |
35 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY (live) | Mon | 4:00PM- 6:00PM | 120 | 0.7 | 911 |
44 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BASKETBALL (live) | Sat | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 60 | 0.6 | 776 |
77 | PBA BOWLING | Sun | 3:00PM- 5:00PM | 120 | 0.4 | 547 |
80 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Cincinnati at Memphis | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:03PM | 123 | 0.4 | 542 |
83 | NFL MATCH-UP | Sat | 3:00AM- 3:30AM | 30 | 0.4 | 530 |
92 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Colorado at Arizona | Thu | 9:03PM-10:56PM | 113 | 0.4 | 485 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 396 percent (5.268 million vs. 1.062 million) from one week earlier and up 296 percent (5.268 million vs. 1.329 million) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 138 percent (1.619 million vs. 680,000) from one week earlier and up 107 percent (1.619 million vs. 782,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
As a result of the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship, ESPN now owns the Top 20 programs in cable history
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
- “College Football Live” (ESPN, Jan. 12-16): 516,000 (prior week: 447,000)
- “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 518,000 (prior week: 499,000)
- “NFL Live” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 672,000 (prior week: 632,000)
- “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 714,000 (prior week: 739,000)
- “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16): 1.021 million (prior week: 1.108 million)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 13-16 & 18 early evening): 628,000 (prior week: 855,000)
- “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Jan. 12-18 late night): 1.471 million (prior week: 749,000)
ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: North Carolina at N.C. State | Wed | 7:00PM- 9:13PM | 133 | 0.8 | 1156 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Miami at Duke | Tue | 9:30PM-11:21PM | 111 | 0.7 | 1000 |
3 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 8:19PM- 8:33PM | 14 | 0.6 | 995 |
4 | PARDON THE INTERRUPTION | Mon | 5:30PM- 6:00PM | 30 | 0.5 | 761 |
5 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Nebraska at Wisconsin | Thu | 9:03PM-11:00PM | 117 | 0.5 | 688 |
6 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 7:59PM- 8:19PM | 20 | 0.4 | 664 |
7 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oklahoma State at Kansas | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:30PM | 150 | 0.4 | 601 |
8 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 120 | 0.4 | 571 |
9 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 120 | 0.4 | 538 |
10 | SPORTSCENTER EARLY (live) | Mon | 6:00PM- 7:59PM | 119 | 0.3 | 506 |
11 | NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL: American vs. National | Sat | 4:00PM- 7:01PM | 181 | 0.4 | 499 |
12 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Miami at Notre Dame | Sat | 2:02PM- 4:00PM | 118 | 0.3 | 467 |
13 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: UCLA at USC | Wed | 9:13PM-10:56PM | 103 | 0.3 | 448 |
14 | AROUND THE HORN | Mon | 5:00PM- 5:30PM | 30 | 0.3 | 427 |
15 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oklahoma State at Oklahoma | Sat | 7:01PM- 9:06PM | 125 | 0.3 | 410 |
19 | NFL LIVE (live) | Mon | 4:00PM- 5:00PM | 60 | 0.3 | 378 |
24 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Connecticut vs. Stanford | Sat | 9:06PM-11:08PM | 122 | 0.2 | 356 |
25 | BOXING SERIES: W. Monroe Jr. vs. B. Vera | Fri | 9:00PM-10:48PM | 108 | 0.2 | 355 |
28 | FIRST TAKE (live) | Mon | 12:14AM- 1:44AM | 90 | 0.2 | 331 |
35 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP MEGACAST: Film Room (live) | Mon | 8:33PM-11:55PM | 202 | 0.2 | 294 |
39 | NFL INSIDERS (live) | Mon | 3:00PM- 4:00PM | 60 | 0.2 | 280 |
42 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Texas A&M at LSU | Sat | 12:00PM- 2:02PM | 122 | 0.2 | 274 |
42 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: USF at Connecticut | Sun | 1:00PM- 3:03PM | 123 | 0.2 | 274 |
44 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Auburn at Florida | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:03PM | 123 | 0.2 | 272 |
49 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: BYU at St. Mary’s | Sat | 11:08PM- 1:21AM | 133 | 0.2 | 261 |
63 | SPORTS REPORTERS | Sun | 8:30AM- 9:00AM | 30 | 0.2 | 215 |
67 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP POST GAME (live) | Mon | 11:55PM-12:14AM | 19 | 0.1 | 198 |
69 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: San Diego State at Wyoming | Wed | 11:08PM- 1:13AM | 125 | 0.2 | 193 |
77 | COLIN’S FOOTBALL SHOW (live) | Sun | 9:00AM-10:00AM | 60 | 0.1 | 172 |
96 | OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND | Sun | 8:00AM- 8:30AM | 30 | 0.1 | 131 |
116 | GOLF: LATIN AMERICA TOUR (live) | Thu | 1:00PM- 3:00PM | 120 | 0.1 | 93 |
117 | GOLF: LATIN AMERICA TOUR | Sun | 11:00AM- 1:00PM | 120 | 0.1 | 92 |
126 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Iowa at Michigan State | Sun | 3:03PM- 5:06PM | 123 | 0.1 | 74 |
128 | GOLF: LATIN AMERICA TOUR (live) | Fri | 1:00PM- 3:00PM | 120 | 0.1 | 61 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is up 48 percent (510,000 vs. 345,000) from one week earlier and down 18 percent (510,000 vs. 619,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 4 percent (279,000 vs. 269,000) from one week earlier and down 15 percent (279,000 vs. 329,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:
- “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 289,000 (prior week: 257,000)
- “First Take” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 432,000 (prior week: 436,000)
- “His & Hers” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 309,000 (prior week: 300,000)
- “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 229,000 (prior week: 229,000)
- “Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 282,000 (prior week: 269,000)
- “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-16): 174,000 (prior week: 180,000)
- “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Jan. 12-16): 176,000 (prior week: 187,000)
- “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-16): 171,000 (prior week: 165,000)
- “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-14, 16-17): 126,000 (prior week: 218,000)
- “College Basketball Live” (ESPN2, Jan. 13-15 & 17): 127,000 (prior week: 122,000)
ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Arkansas at Tennessee | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:08PM | 128 | 0.2 | 240 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Baylor at Kansas State | Sat | 3:32PM- 5:11PM | 99 | 0.1 | 228 |
3 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Virginia Tech at North Carolina | Sun | 6:30PM- 8:38PM | 128 | 0.1 | 226 |
4 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Iowa State at Baylor | Wed | 9:06PM-11:08PM | 122 | 0.2 | 200 |
5 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Ole Miss at Arkansas | Sat | 9:33PM-11:55PM | 142 | 0.1 | 167 |
6 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP POST GAME (live) | Mon | 11:55PM-12:17AM | 22 | 0.1 | 157 |
7 | ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: Snoop and Son: A Dad’s Dream | Sun | 10:46PM-11:15PM | 29 | 0.1 | 156 |
8 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Purdue at Penn State | Sat | 1:00PM- 3:32PM | 152 | 0.1 | 155 |
9 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP MEGACAST: ESPN Voices (live) | Mon | 8:30PM-11:55PM | 205 | 0.1 | 146 |
10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 12:17AM-12:32AM | 15 | 0.1 | 130 |
11 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oregon at Washington | Sun | 8:38PM-10:46PM | 128 | 0.1 | 119 |
13 | COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BASKETBALL (live) | Sat | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 60 | 0.1 | 109 |
14 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Alabama at South Carolina | Tue | 9:08PM-11:27PM | 139 | 0.1 | 96 |
15 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: BYU at Pacific | Thu | 11:06PM- 1:19AM | 133 | 0.1 | 94 |
17 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Richmond at George Washington | Thu | 7:00PM- 9:29PM | 149 | 0.1 | 86 |
18 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Michigan State at Penn State | Sat | 5:11PM- 7:30PM | 139 | 0.1 | 82 |
19 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Hawaii at UC Riverside | Sat | 11:55PM- 1:53AM | 118 | 0.1 | 80 |
22 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: UNLV at Boise State | Tue | 11:27PM- 1:18AM | 111 | 0.0 | 73 |
23 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Stanford at California | Wed | 11:08PM- 1:11AM | 123 | 0.0 | 71 |
24 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Tulsa at USF | Sat | 11:00AM- 1:00PM | 120 | 0.1 | 70 |
27 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Iona at Niagara | Fri | 7:00PM- 9:04PM | 124 | 0.1 | 67 |
28 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Kentucky at LSU | Sun | 2:00PM- 4:26PM | 146 | 0.1 | 66 |
30 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP: Oregon vs. Ohio State (repeat) | Mon | 12:32AM- 3:01AM | 149 | 0.0 | 61 |
34 | CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE (live) | Mon | 1:00PM- 3:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 58 |
36 | CFB DAILY (live) | Tue | 1:00PM- 2:00PM | 60 | 0.0 | 57 |
37 | WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: George Mason at Richmond | Sun | 12:00PM- 2:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 56 |
38 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Temple at Cincinnati | Sat | 7:30PM- 9:33PM | 123 | 0.0 | 55 |
40 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Belmont at Murray State | Thu | 9:29PM-10:53PM | 84 | 0.0 | 54 |
47 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL WHIPAROUND (live) | Tue | 6:30PM- 7:00PM | 30 | 0.0 | 48 |
53 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: St. Francis Brooklyn at Robert Morris | Fri | 9:04PM-11:13PM | 129 | 0.0 | 43 |
56 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Missouri State at Northern Iowa | Sun | 4:26PM- 6:00PM | 94 | 0.0 | 40 |
63 | ESPN RECRUITING NATION (live) | Thu | 6:00PM- 7:00PM | 60 | 0.0 | 37 |
67 | NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL PRACTICE (live) | Thu | 3:30PM- 5:30PM | 120 | 0.0 | 36 |
76 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Houston at East Carolina | Wed | 7:00PM- 9:06PM | 126 | 0.0 | 29 |
85 | NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL PRACTICE (live) | Wed | 1:00PM- 3:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 24 |
85 | NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL PRACTICE (live) | Wed | 4:00PM- 6:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 24 |
88 | NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL PRACTICE (live) | Thu | 12:30PM- 2:30PM | 120 | 0.0 | 22 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 28 percent (120,000 vs. 166,000) from one week earlier and down 15 percent (120,000 vs. 142,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 13 percent (58,000 vs. 67,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (58,000 vs. 59,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
Viewership average for “The Herd” (Jan. 12-16 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) was 46,000 (prior week: 42,000).
ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK | PROGRAM | DAY | TIME | DUR | HH | VWRS (000) |
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1 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 8:19PM- 8:30PM | 11 | 0.3 | 382 |
2 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Miami at Duke | Tue | 9:09PM- 9:31PM | 22 | 0.2 | 259 |
3 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL STUDIO (live) | Mon | 7:59PM- 8:19PM | 20 | 0.2 | 258 |
4 | SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) | Thu | 8:00PM- 9:00PM | 60 | 0.2 | 208 |
5 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Oklahoma at West Virginia | Tue | 7:00PM- 9:01PM | 121 | 0.1 | 172 |
6 | SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) | Thu | 10:00PM-10:56PM | 56 | 0.1 | 171 |
7 | ESPNU STUDIO: Road to the College Football Playoff | Mon | 7:30PM- 7:59PM | 29 | 0.1 | 170 |
8 | SPORTSCENTER LATE | Sun | 12:30AM- 2:00AM | 90 | 0.1 | 158 |
8 | SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) | Sat | 9:00PM-10:00PM | 60 | 0.1 | 158 |
10 | SPORTS REPORTERS | Sun | 11:30AM-12:00PM | 30 | 0.1 | 155 |
25 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Texas Tech at Kansas State | Wed | 8:00PM-10:04PM | 124 | 0.1 | 119 |
41 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Hawaii at UC Riverside | Sat | 11:39PM-12:03AM | 24 | 0.1 | 92 |
51 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP MEGACAST: Off the Ball (live) | Mon | 8:30PM-11:55PM | 205 | 0.1 | 87 |
63 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: UNLV at Boise State | Tue | 11:09PM-11:30PM | 21 | 0.1 | 76 |
71 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: UCF at Memphis | Sat | 2:03PM- 4:06PM | 123 | 0.0 | 67 |
112 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: TCU at Texas Tech | Sat | 4:06PM- 6:11PM | 125 | 0.0 | 43 |
126 | GOLF: LATIN AMERICA TOUR (live) | Sun | 2:00PM- 5:08PM | 188 | 0.0 | 33 |
151 | CFP CHAMPIONSHIP POST GAME (live) | Mon | 11:55PM-12:17AM | 22 | 0.0 | 26 |
160 | GOLF: LATIN AMERICA TOUR (live) | Sat | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 120 | 0.0 | 22 |
160 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON: Tulane at Houston | Sat | 12:00PM- 2:03PM | 123 | 0.0 | 22 |
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 25 percent (125,000 vs. 100,000) from one week earlier and up 45 percent (125,000 vs. 86,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 14 percent (66,000 vs. 58,000) from one week earlier and up 5 percent (66,000 vs. 63,000) from the same week one year ago (January 13-19, 2014).
For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Jan. 12-16) averaged 58,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000) and “ESPN FC” (Jan. 12-16) averaged 51,000 (prior week: 50,000).
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research