ESPN Ratings Buzz: May 23-29

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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 +6 percent (2.710 million vs. 2.551 million) from one week earlier and up +6 percent (2.710 million vs. 2.567 million) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up +4 percent (825,000 vs. 793,000) from one week earlier and down -17 percent (825,000 vs. 999,000) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN, May 23-27): 349,000 (209,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, May 23-27): 331,000 (186,000 adults 18-49)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, May 23-27): 344,000 (189,000 adults 18-49)
• “NBA: The Jump” (ESPN, May 23-27): 344,000 (194,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN, May 23-27): 402,000 (225,000 adults 18-49)
• “Highly Questionable” (ESPN, May 23-27): 469,000 (269,000 adults 18-49)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, May 23-27): 560,000 (311,000 adults 18-49)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, May 23-27): 842,000 (458,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 23-27 7 a.m.): 378,000 (217,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 23-27 8 a.m.): 365,000 (209,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 23-27 9 a.m.): 349,000 (217,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 23-27 & 29 6 p.m.): 545,000 (317,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, May 23 & 25-29 11 p.m.): 1,587,000 (866,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, May 23 & 25-27 midnight): 1,263,000 (725,000 adults 18-49)
• “SportsCenter at Night” (ESPN, May 23-28 1 a.m.): 735,000 (437,000 adults 18-49)

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 +22 percent (274,000 vs. 225,000) from one week earlier and down -14 percent (274,000 vs. 317,000) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down -6 percent (203,000 vs. 217,000) from one week earlier and down -2 percent (203,000 vs. 207,000) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, May 23-27): 246,000 (132,000 adults 18-49)
• “First Take (mornings live)” (ESPN2, May 23-25 & 27): 402,000 (258,000 adults 18-49)
• “His & Hers” (ESPN2, May 23-25 & 27): 306,000 (200,000 adults 18-49)
• “Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, May 23-25): 127,000 (73,000 adults 18-49)
• “NBA Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, May 23 & 25-28): 121,000 (65,000 adults 18-49)
• “Jalen & Jacoby (late night)” (ESPN2, May 23-27): 111,000 (70,000 adults 18-49)

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 -17 percent (50,000 vs. 60,000) from one week earlier and down -57 percent (50,000 vs. 115,000) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down -15 percent (39,000 vs. 46,000) from one week earlier and down -30 percent (39,000 vs. 56,000) from the same week one year ago (May 25-31, 2015).

ESPNU’s daily show viewership averages for the week:

• “SportsCenterU” (ESPNU, May 28-29): 18,000 (5,000 adults 18-49)

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research