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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK
PROGRAM
DAY
TIME
DUR
HH
VWRS
(000)
1
MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT: First Round
Thu
3:00PM- 7:15PM
255
2.2
3218
2
WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Connecticut vs. Notre Dame
Tue
8:30PM-10:34PM
124
2.0
3081
3
MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT: Second Round
Fri
3:00PM- 7:30PM
270
2.1
2952
4
MLB SUNDAY NIGHT: Boston at N.Y. Yankees
Sun
8:00PM-11:35PM
215
1.5
2291
5
SPORTSCENTER EARLY (live)
Thu
7:15PM- 8:00PM
45
0.9
1412
6
SPORTSCENTER EARLY (live)
Fri
7:30PM- 8:00PM
30
0.9
1241
7
MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT (REPEAT): Second Round
Fri
8:00PM-11:01PM
181
0.7
1157
8
MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT: Par 3 Contest
Wed
3:00PM- 5:00PM
120
0.8
1085
9
MLB OPENING DAY: Cleveland at Houston
Mon
7:01PM- 9:41PM
160
0.7
1077
10
NBA REGULAR SEASON: Phoenix at Dallas
Wed
9:35PM-12:08AM
153
0.7
1050
11
MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT (REPEAT): First Round
Thu
8:00PM-11:00PM
180
0.7
1014
15
MLB OPENING DAY: Toronto at N.Y. Yankees
Mon
1:00PM- 4:12PM
192
0.7
870
18
MLB OPENING DAY: N.Y. Mets at Washington
Mon
4:12PM- 6:45PM
153
0.6
775
19
NBA REGULAR SEASON: Boston at Detroit
Wed
7:00PM- 9:35PM
155
0.5
740
28
BASEBALL TONIGHT: SUNDAY COUNTDOWN (live)
Sun
7:00PM- 8:00PM
60
0.4
643
32
NCAA HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP: Providence vs. Boston University
Sat
7:30PM-10:28PM
178
0.3
635
37
SPORTS REPORTERS
Sun
9:30AM-10:00AM
30
0.4
582
43
OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND
Sun
9:00AM- 9:30AM
30
0.4
516
68
PBA BOWLING: PBA League Semifinals
Sun
2:00PM- 4:00PM
120
0.3
411
91
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: LSU at Tennessee
Sat
5:00PM- 7:30PM
150
0.2
336
121
COLLEGE BOWLING: Championship
Sun
4:00PM- 6:00PM
120
0.2
278
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 18 percent (1.345 million vs. 1.141 million) from one week earlier and down 20 percent (1.345 million vs. 1.673 million) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 24 percent (740,000 vs. 596,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (740,000 vs. 755,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:
“Outside the Lines” (ESPN, Apr. 7): 304,000 (prior week: 322,000)
“NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Apr. 7): 258,000 (prior week: 409,000)
“NFL Live” (ESPN, Apr. 7): 349,000 (prior week: 415,000)
“Highly Questionable” (ESPN, Apr. 7): 445,000 (prior week: 418,000)
“Around the Horn” (ESPN, Apr. 7): 530,000 (prior week: 561,000)
“Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Apr. 3): 935,000 (prior week: 836,000)
“SportsCenter” (ESPN, Apr. 7-10 & 12 early evening): 742,000 (prior week: 537,000)
“SportsCenter” (ESPN, Apr. 6-12 late night): 731,000 (prior week: 786,000)
ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK
PROGRAM
DAY
TIME
DUR
HH
VWRS
(000)
1
COLLEGE GAMEDAY-BASKETBALL (live)
Mon
7:00PM- 9:00PM
120
0.5
650
2
MLB REGULAR SEASON: Boston at Philadelphia
Wed
7:00PM-10:04PM
184
0.4
619
3
NHRA DRAG RACING: Summit Racing.com Finals
Sun
8:00PM-11:00PM
180
0.4
589
4
MLB OPENING DAY: San Francisco at Arizona
Mon
10:00PM- 1:30AM
210
0.3
555
5
MLB WED NIGHT – LATE: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers
Wed
10:04PM- 1:27AM
203
0.4
543
6
FIRST TAKE (live)
Mon
10:00AM-12:00PM
120
0.3
438
7
FIRST TAKE (live)
Tue
10:00AM-12:00PM
120
0.3
371
8
FIRST TAKE (live)
Wed
10:00AM-12:00PM
120
0.2
345
9
BOXING SERIES: Boxcino Semifinals
Fri
9:00PM-11:19PM
139
0.2
319
10
NHRA QUALIFYING: Summit Racing.com Nationals
Sat
6:00PM- 8:33PM
153
0.2
318
13
TENNIS: WOMEN’S PRO: Family Circle Final
Sun
1:00PM- 3:35PM
155
0.2
302
14
MLB OPENING DAY: N.Y. Mets at Washington
Mon
4:00PM- 4:16PM
16
0.2
297
16
NCAA HOCKEY FROZEN FOUR: Boston University vs. North Dakota
Thu
8:30PM-11:17PM
167
0.2
290
35
CHEERLEADING: College Dance Team Championship
Sun
11:00AM-11:30AM
30
0.2
233
38
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: Portland vs. Orlando City FC
Sun
5:00PM- 7:06PM
126
0.1
226
45
GRANTLAND BASKETBALL SHOW
Mon
9:00PM-10:00PM
60
0.1
209
48
ARENA FOOTBALL: Las Vegas vs. L.A. Kiss
Sat
10:00PM-12:45AM
165
0.1
202
48
COLLEGE BASKETBALL AWARDS (live)
Fri
8:00PM- 9:00PM
60
0.2
202
52
NCAA HOCKEY FROZEN FOUR: Providence vs. Nebraska-Omaha
Thu
5:00PM- 7:45PM
165
0.1
196
58
CROSSFIT GAMES
Sun
4:03PM- 5:00PM
57
0.1
188
60
TENNIS: WOMEN’S PRO: Family Circle Quarterfinal
Fri
1:00PM- 2:30PM
90
0.1
187
68
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS BASKRTBALL: Washington Generals vs. Harlem
Sat
5:13PM- 6:00PM
47
0.1
169
68
TENNIS: WOMEN’S PRO: Family Circle Semifinal
Sat
1:00PM- 3:00PM
120
0.1
169
79
CHEERLEADING: National High School Cheer Championship
Sun
11:30AM-12:00PM
30
0.1
145
88
CROSSFIT GAMES
Sun
3:35PM- 4:03PM
28
0.1
133
91
CHEERLEADING: National High School Cheer Championship
Sun
12:00PM- 1:00PM
60
0.1
129
93
USA BASKETBALL JUNIOR TEAM: Nikke Hoop Summit
Sat
3:00PM- 5:13PM
133
0.1
123
97
TENNIS: WOMEN’S PRO: Family Circle Cup
Thu
1:00PM- 3:25PM
145
0.1
117
107
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Chennai Super Kings
Sat
6:20AM-10:09AM
229
0.1
88
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is down 46 percent (388,000 vs. 725,000) from one week earlier and down 15 percent (388,000 vs. 454,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 16 percent (219,000 vs. 262,000) from one week earlier and up 5 percent (219,000 vs. 209,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
ESPN2’s daily show viewership averages for the week:
“Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Apr. 6-10): 190,000 (prior week: 176,000)
“First Take” (ESPN2, Apr. 6-10): 332,000 (prior week: 342,000)
“His & Hers” (ESPN2, Apr. 7-10): 233,000 (prior week: 270,000)
“SportsNation” (ESPN2, Apr. 7-10): 166,000 (prior week: 213,000)
“You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Apr. 7): 74,000 (prior week: 48,000)
“Olbermann” (ESPN2, Apr. 7-10): 176,000 (prior week: 108,000)
“Baseball Tonight (live)” (ESPN2, Apr. 6-11): 152,000 (prior week: 119,000)
“NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Apr. 7 & Apr. 10-11): 148,000 (prior week: 147,000)
“NFL Insiders” (ESPN2, Apr. 8 & 10): 221,000
“NFL Live” (ESPN2, Apr. 6 & 8-10): 211,000
“Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Apr. 6, 8 & 10): 213,000
ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK
PROGRAM
DAY
TIME
DUR
HH
VWRS
(000)
1
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: Florida State at Louisville
Sun
7:00PM- 9:18PM
138
0.1
127
2
COLLEGE BOWLING: Women’s Bowling Championship
Sat
8:39PM-10:32PM
113
0.1
91
3
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: Auburn at Texas A&M
Sat
2:10PM- 4:17PM
127
0.1
84
3
COLLEGE LACROSSE: Virginia at Duke
Sun
12:00PM- 2:10PM
130
0.1
84
3
COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD: NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship
Sun
11:00PM- 1:00AM
120
0.1
84
6
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: Radford at Coastal Carolina
Sat
12:00PM- 2:10PM
130
0.0
83
7
COLLEGE LACROSSE: Ohio State at Michigan
Sun
2:10PM- 4:05PM
115
0.0
72
8
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Sun
9:18PM-11:00PM
102
0.0
68
9
HERD (live)
Mon
10:00AM- 1:00PM
180
0.0
67
10
COLLEGE BASKETBALL LIVE (live)
Mon
5:30PM- 7:00PM
90
0.0
66
11
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Arizona at Arizona State
Sat
10:32PM- 1:37AM
185
0.0
65
11
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Mississippi at Vanderbilt
Thu
7:30PM-10:00PM
150
0.0
65
13
COLLEGE LACROSSE: Syracuse at North Carolina
Sat
4:17PM- 6:21PM
124
0.0
63
14
COLLEGE LACROSSE: Penn State at Johns Hopkins
Sat
6:21PM- 8:39PM
138
0.0
62
16
COLLEGE BASEBALL: North Carolina State at North Carolina
Fri
7:30PM-10:16PM
166
0.0
53
17
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Fri
6:00AM- 7:30AM
90
0.0
50
17
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Thu
5:30AM- 6:00AM
30
0.0
50
21
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Thu
3:00PM- 5:00PM
120
0.0
49
26
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Oregon State at Oregon
Fri
10:30PM- 2:09AM
219
0.0
39
35
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Louisville at Virginia
Mon
7:00PM-10:10PM
190
0.0
30
40
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Campbell at Liberty
Sun
4:05PM- 7:00PM
175
0.0
28
42
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Maine at Fort Wayne
Tue
7:00PM- 9:30PM
150
0.0
26
46
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Wed
5:00PM- 7:00PM
120
0.0
25
47
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Santa Cruz at Oklahoma City
Wed
9:30PM-12:00AM
150
0.0
24
53
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Thu
1:00PM- 3:00PM
120
0.0
22
74
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Sioux Falls at Canton
Wed
7:00PM- 9:30PM
150
0.0
12
81
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Austin at Bakersfield
Tue
9:30PM-11:43PM
133
0.0
11
86
COLLEGE SWIMMING: NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship
Fri
7:30AM- 9:30AM
120
0.0
8
88
COLLEGE FENCING: NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing
Wed
2:30PM- 4:30PM
120
0.0
7
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 6 percent (51,000 vs. 54,000) from one week earlier and down 30 percent (51,000 vs. 73,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 25 percent (30,000 vs. 40,000) from one week earlier and down 14 percent (30,000 vs. 35,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
Viewership averages for “The Herd” (Apr. 6-10) was 32,000 (prior week: 38,000), “College Basketball Live” (Apr. 6-7) was 48,000 and live telecasts of “SportsCenterU” (Apr. 6 & 9) averaged 16,000 (prior week: 45,000).
ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs
RANK
PROGRAM
DAY
TIME
DUR
HH
VWRS
(000)
1
SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live)
Sun
10:00PM-11:00PM
60
0.1
182
2
SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live)
Thu
8:00PM- 9:00PM
60
0.1
173
3
SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live)
Sun
9:00PM-10:00PM
60
0.1
160
4
SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live)
Sun
8:00PM- 9:00PM
60
0.1
151
5
SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live)
Thu
9:00PM-10:00PM
60
0.1
150
5
SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live)
Thu
10:00PM-11:00PM
60
0.1
150
7
SPORTSCENTER LATE (live)
Wed
11:00PM-11:50PM
50
0.1
146
8
SPORTSCENTER TOP 10
Sun
11:00PM-11:28PM
28
0.1
140
9
SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live)
Mon
8:00PM- 9:00PM
60
0.1
137
10
SPORTSCENTER TOP 10
Sun
12:00AM-12:30AM
30
0.1
119
48
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: LSU at Tennessee
Sat
7:30PM- 7:46PM
16
0.0
61
48
COLLEGE BOWLING (live)
Sat
8:00PM- 8:41PM
41
0.1
61
56
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Oklahoma City Blue vs. Santa Cruz Warriors
Fri
10:30PM- 1:00AM
150
0.0
54
109
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Bakersfield vs. Austin
Sun
2:00PM- 4:36PM
156
0.0
31
146
COLLEGE SOFTBALL REGULAR SEASON: Auburn at Texas A&M
Sat
2:00PM- 2:16PM
16
0.0
23
175
NBA D LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Fort Wayne Mad Ants vs. Maine Red Claws
Sat
4:00PM- 6:20PM
140
0.0
15
In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is down 13 percent (97,000 vs. 112,000) from one week earlier and up 9 percent (97,000 vs. 89,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 28 percent (44,000 vs. 61,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (44,000 vs. 46,000) from the same week one year ago (April 7-13, 2014).
For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” (Apr. 6-10) averaged 35,000 viewers (prior week: 54,000), and “ESPN FC” (Apr. 6-10) averaged 55,000 viewers (prior week: 50,000).
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
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