ESPN Ratings Buzz: December 1-7

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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 40 percent (2.843 million vs. 4.707 million) from one week earlier and down 17 percent (2.843 million vs. 3.426 million) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 32 percent (1.054 million vs. 1.559 million) from one week earlier and down 10 percent (1.054 million vs. 1.175 million) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Dec. 1-5): 451,000 (prior week: 465,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Dec. 1-5): 631,000 (prior week: 578,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Dec. 1-5): 764,000 (prior week: 752,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Dec. 1-5): 1.091 million (prior week: 1.041 million)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Dec. 2-5 & Dec. 7 early evening): 681,000 (prior week: 738,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Dec. 1-7 late night): 1.362 million (prior week: 1.699 million)

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 2 percent (423,000 vs. 413,000) from one week earlier and down 22 percent (423,000 vs. 541,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 13 percent (264,000 vs. 304,000) from one week earlier and down 8 percent (264,000 vs. 288,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 247,000 (prior week: 226,000)
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 383,000 (prior week: 459,000)
• “His & Hers” (formerly known as “Numbers Never Lie”; ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 267,000 (prior week: 288,000)
• “SportsNation” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 194,000
• “Olbermann” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 198,000
• “Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-5): 166,000
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Dec. 1-3 & 5): 165,000 (prior week: 111,000)

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 up 17 percent (116,000 vs. 99,000) from one week earlier and up 27 percent (116,000 vs. 91,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 10 percent (64,000 vs. 71,000) from one week earlier and down 6 percent (64,000 vs. 68,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

• “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 40,000 (prior week: 42,000)
• “CFB Daily” (live editions): 51,000 (prior week: 50,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon Dec. 1, 4-5): 40,000 (prior week: 34,000)

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is down 34 percent (75,000 vs. 113,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (75,000 vs. 79,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is down 22 percent (54,000 vs. 69,000) from one week earlier and down 11 percent (54,000 vs. 61,000) from the same week one year ago (December 2-8, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 53,000 viewers (prior week: 46,000) and “ESPN FC” averaged 53,000 (prior week: 58,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research