ESPN Ratings Buzz: November 24-30

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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 33 percent (4.707 million vs. 3.538 million) from one week earlier and up 34 percent (4.707 million vs. 3.513 million) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is up 31 percent (1.559 million vs. 1.192 million) from one week earlier and up 24 percent (1.559 million vs. 1.258 million) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

Find out how the Friday, Nov. 28 afternoon college football games on ABC, CBS and Fox performed in the ratings.

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

• “NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Nov. 24-26): 465,000 (prior week: 491,000)
• “NFL Live” (ESPN, Nov. 24-26): 578,000 (prior week: 650,000)
• “Around the Horn” (ESPN, Nov. 24-26): 752,000 (prior week: 723,000)
• “Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Nov. 24-26): 1.041 million (prior week: 943,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Nov. 25-26, 28 & Nov. 30 early evening): 738,000 (prior week: 677,000)
• “SportsCenter” (ESPN, Nov. 24-30 late night): 1.699 million (prior week: 994,000)

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 11 percent (413,000 vs. 465,000) from one week earlier and down 47 percent (413,000 vs. 785,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is up 1 percent (304,000 vs. 301,000) from one week earlier and down 16 percent (304,000 vs. 364,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

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

• “Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Nov. 24-28): 226,000 (prior week: 259,000
• “First Take” (ESPN2, Nov. 24-28): 459,000 (prior week: 432,000)
• “His & Hers” (formerly known as “Numbers Never Lie”; ESPN2, Nov. 24-25): 288,000 (prior week: 345,000)
• “NBA Tonight” (ESPN2, Nov. 24, 26, 28): 111,000 (prior week: 193,000)

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 56 percent (99,000 vs. 223,000) from one week earlier and down 38 percent (99,000 vs. 160,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is down 27 percent (71,000 vs. 97,000) from one week earlier and down 18 percent (71,000 vs. 87,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

• “The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 42,000 (prior week: 54,000)
• “CFB Daily” (live editions): 50,000 (prior week: 49,000)
• “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon Nov. 24): 34,000 (prior week: 69,000)

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 up 30 percent (113,000 vs. 87,000) from one week earlier and down 16 percent (113,000 vs. 134,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is up 11 percent (69,000 vs. 62,000) from one week earlier and up 6 percent (69,000 vs. 65,000) from the same week one year ago (November 25-December 1, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 46,000 viewers (prior week: 51,000) and “ESPN FC” averaged 58,000 (prior week: 48,000).

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research