|
PT Rnk |
TD Rnk |
Nov Distr. (000) |
PT Vwr (000) |
LW/LY | TD Vwr (000) |
TD HH | TD Vwr LW/LY |
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|
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
 |
97370 |
3463 |
+1% |
1189 |
0.8 |
+1% |
|
= |
= |
84% |
3463 |
+15% |
1189 |
+3% |
+5% |
|||
|
2 |
= |
2 |
+1 |
 |
72066 |
1303 |
+82% |
344 |
0.2 |
+53% |
|
= |
= |
62% |
1761 |
+43% |
464 |
+40% |
+25% |
|||
|
3 |
= |
3 |
-1 |
 |
97407 |
386 |
-29% |
244 |
0.2 |
-15% |
|
= |
= |
84% |
386 |
-10% |
244 |
-12% |
-2% |
|||
|
5 |
+1 |
4 |
+1 |
 |
78139 |
169 |
+13% |
83 |
0.0 |
+4% |
|
+2 |
+4 |
67% |
211 |
+84% |
103 |
+3% |
+83% |
|||
|
4 |
= |
5 |
+1 |
 |
59078 |
209 |
-5% |
72 |
0.0 |
-3% |
|
+1 |
+1 |
51% |
344 |
+67% |
119 |
-17% |
+36% |
|||
|
6 |
-1 |
6 |
+1 |
 |
88556 |
155 |
-17% |
70 |
0.0 |
+0% |
|
= |
-1 |
76% |
170 |
+49% |
77 |
-0% |
+9% |
|||
|
7 |
+1 |
7 |
+1 |
 |
74882 |
134 |
+47% |
63 |
0.0 |
-8% |
|
-3 |
-3 |
65% |
174 |
-1% |
83 |
-20% |
-2% |
|||
|
9 |
-3 |
8 |
-4 |
 |
81751 |
89 |
-40% |
62 |
0.0 |
-24% |
|
-1 |
+1 |
71% |
106 |
+10% |
73 |
-44% |
+66% |
|||
|
8 |
+1 |
9 |
= |
 |
74685 |
118 |
+49% |
58 |
0.0 |
-5% |
|
+1 |
-2 |
64% |
154 |
+69% |
76 |
-18% |
+12% |
|||
|
10 |
= |
10 |
= |
 |
70036 |
72 |
+22% |
52 |
0.0 |
+44% |
|
+1 |
= |
60% |
100 |
+100% |
73 |
+128% |
||||
I’m serious, I’m actually falling further behind on these scorecards, which means I’m also falling behind on the weekly ratings reports. I had said I wasn’t going to do another two-month catch-up post; the next one is going to be three months and is going to include data from October. I want to avoid either having a mass of network roundup tables or contriving a reason to put up tables from interim weeks, and it seems ESPN2 has moved Numbers Never Lie to noon ET full-time which could give me a reason to introduce a new chart, so I’m going to still do a few more weeks of these, but if I don’t see any evidence that they’re attracting any audience – and why would they when they’re so late? – I’m going to be stopping at that point.
So earlier this month Awful Announcing had a piece on how Jay and Dan’s schedules on Fox Sports Live were going to be adjusted from a Sunday-Thursday to a Tuesday-Saturday schedule, and they noted that Friday and Saturday editions of FSL tended to be the highest-rated editions, and they suggested that this was because of the quality of the lead-ins those editions had and that Fox wanted to expose Jay and Dan to those larger lead-in audiences. I was surprised by this because I hadn’t thought the Friday lead-ins were that remarkable and AA’s data was from December, after college football season ended, so I wondered if AA’s data really showed that Jay and Dan’s antics were actively a turn-off.
Lo and behold, I get to this week and the Monday and Tuesday editions of FSL actually improve on their lead-ins, which is something that should be very encouraging to FS1 in and of itself. Now, FSL’s numbers are very volatile, so this doesn’t necessarily represent FSL’s “floor” in any way; Tuesday’s episode doubled Monday’s and Thursday’s episode that actually had a relatively strong lead-in did worse than them both (though it did keep nearly three-quarters of that lead-in), but there does seem to be some evidence in favor of AA’s hypothesis; boxing has been populating Fridays the last two weeks and done well, and UFC and college basketball have been carrying the flag on Saturdays, while Sundays basically have nothing going for them. We’ll see if this move helps give the Jay and Dan-helmed editions of FSL all the more momentum.
All numbers are in thousands of viewers and are from Son of the Bronx.
| Approx. 6-10 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (6-9 avg.) | 571 | 693 | 442 | 428 | 457 |
| ESPN2: Mike and Mike | 339 | 229 | 245 | 267 | 234 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) | 45 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 4 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (7-9 avg.) | 11 | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NFLN: NFLAM | 142 | 68 | 61 | 41 | 141 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime (6-9 avg.) | 52 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 37* |
*Inside the NBA
| Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) | 650 | 642 | 488 | 434 | 479 |
| ESPN2: First Take (10-12) | 471 | 381 | 393 | 428 | 299 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) | 33 | 8 | 20 | 24^ | 9 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (9-11 avg.) | 17 | 31 | 46† | n/a | n/a |
| NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show | 43 | 52 | 56 | 44 | 47 |
| ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-1) | 27 | 46 | 35 | 23 | 24 |
| ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) | 91 | 80 | 107 | 33 | 57 |
| NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) | 160 | 84 | 90 | 70 | 115 |
| MLBN: Hot Stove (9-11 or 9-1) | 73 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 51 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime (9-12 avg.) | 32 | 25‡ | 12 | 29 | 44* |
*Inside the NBA
†Aired 10:30-12:30
‡9-10 AM only
^9-11 AM only
| 3 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Insiders | 732 | 617† | 449 | 403 | 472 |
| ESPN2: SportsNation | 228 | 157 | 162 | 366 | 225 |
| FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (3:30-4) | 16 | 166^ | 194^ | 43² | 31 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 42 | 29 | 27 | 101 | 41 |
| ESPNU: CFB Daily | 28~ | 22* | 44 | n/a | 26 |
| MLBN: MLB Tonight (3-5) | 86 | 139 | 137 | 105¹ | ‡ |
*First-run rating for The Experts 1-2:30; 2:30-4 re-air had 41,000 viewers
†Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 had 562,000 viewers
‡Intentional Talk 68k, Clubhouse Confidential 45k, Hot Stove 67k
^UEFA Champions League Soccer 2:30-5 PM
~Paul Finebaum Show 2-4
¹Aired 2-4; 4-6 airing had 90,000 viewers
²UEFA Europa League Soccer 3-5 PM
| 4 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Live | 731 | 666 | 463 | 520 | 529 |
| ESPN2: Highly Questionable (4-4:30) | 309 | 269 | 253 | 314 | 308 |
| ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) | 214 | 231 | 176 | 208 | 185 |
| FS1: NASCAR Race Hub | 64 | 29† | 57† | 30* | 75 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 79 | 94 | 75 | 92 | 27 |
*Aired at 11 AM
†Aired at noon
| 5 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) | 1064 | 953 | 741 | 732 | 681 |
| ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) | 1459 | 1180 | 1050 | 1123 | 995 |
| ESPN2: College Football Live (5-5:30) | 237 | 207 | 156 | 151 | 148 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC (5:30-6) | 100 | 143 | 85 | 70 | 69 |
| FS1: Crowd Goes Wild | 28 | 38 | 83 | 23 | 47 |
| NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (5:30-6:30) | 33 | 41 | 23 | 25 | 50 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 92 | 90 | 74 | 73 | 106 |
| ESPNU: College Football Live (5:30-6) | 44 | 35 | 49 | 40 | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 155 | 74 | 81 | 195 | 125 |
| MLBN: Intentional Talk | 73 | 115 | 140 | n/a | 55* |
*Aired 5-5:30; Clubhouse Confidential 5:30-6 had 33,000 viewers
| 6 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 973† | 771 | 804 | 763 | 777 |
| ESPN2: Around the Horn (6-6:30) | 193 | 215 | 165 | 130 | 151 |
| ESPN2: PTI (6:30-7) | 278 | 260 | 223 | 187 | 174 |
| FS1: Fox Football Daily | 34 | 25 | 44 | 23 | 31 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter at Winter Meetings | 39† | 63 | 57 | 39 | 94‡ |
| NFLN: Around the League Live | 101 | 141 | 120 | 141* | 164 |
| MLBN: MLB Tonight (aired for 1-3 hours) | 111 | 116 | 129 | 67~ | 53 |
| NBATV: The Starters | 35 | 31^ | 22 | 29 | 38 |
*Aired 2-5; NFL Total Access 6-8 had 561,000 viewers
†Monday Kickoff on ESPN, SportsCenter Special on ESPNEWS from 6-6:30; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6:30-7 had 118,000 viewers
‡SportsNation
^Aired at 5 ET; Pregame Show had 143,000 viewers
~Special Report
| Late-Night Retention |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 4038 | 664 | 1022 | 547 | 1040 | 1193 | 837 |
| 24.9% | 54.7% | 68.5% | 93.5% | 59.5% | 60.7% | Up | |
| ESPN2: SportsCenter or Olbermann |
124 | 194 | 154* | 131 | 365 | n/a | n/a |
| 36.2% | 36.7% | 72.0% | 88.5% | 63.8% | n/a | n/a | |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 19 | 38 | 113 | 17 | 46 | 137 | 95 |
| Up | Up | 23.5% | 73.9% | 24.5% | 64.6% | 43.8% |
*Lead-in was NBA overflow
| 11 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 124† | 664 | 280^ | 547 | 365^ | n/a |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 119* | 194 | 68‡ | 131 | n/a | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 19 | 38 | 113 | 17 | n/a | 140 |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 149* | 129 | 104 | 3168* | 192 | n/a |
*Aired 11:30-12:30 on ESPN2 or 11:30-12 on NFLN (69,000 viewers on ESPNEWS 11-12; Thursday’s Total Access had retention of 35.4%)
†Aired on ESPN2 11-11:30
‡Aired on ESPNEWS
^Aired on ESPN2
| Midnight ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 4038 | 701 | 96* | 708 | 90* | 1095 |
| ESPN2: Baseball Tonight (half-hour) | 127 | 92 | 120† | 87 | n/a | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 6 | 44 | 18‡ | 16 | n/a | 142 |
*Aired on ESPNEWS
†Aired at 1:30
‡Fox Football Daily
| 1 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 152* | 517 | 1022 | 487 | 1040 | 840 |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 52†‡ | 61 | 65‡ | 38 | 176† | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 21 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 46 | 98 |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 68 | 74 | 107 | 663 | 158 | n/a |
*Aired on ESPN2; NFL Primetime had 1.530 million viewers
†Aired 12:30-1:30
‡Aired on ESPNEWS (Monday also had 36,000 1:30-2:30
| 2 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 1036 | 451 | 602 | 440 | 657 | 688 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 3 | 15 | 20 | 39 | 46 | 19 |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 49 | 72 | 88 | 583 | 159 | 150 |
morganwick.com
| Saturday Morning | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 8-10 avg. (re-airs) | 753 |
| ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET | 136 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-12 avg. | 77 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime 8-12 avg. | 48 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 10-12 avg. | 1072 |
morganwick.com
| Sun | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | Noon | |||
|
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
Sunday NFL Countdown |
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|
589K/.5 |
782K/.6 |
1.085M/.8 |
2.174M/1.5 |
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|
|
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
Fantasy FB Now |
|||
|
|
129 |
208 |
142K/.1 |
269K/.2 |
319K/.2 |
||||
|
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox NFL Kickoff |
||||
|
21K/.0 |
16K/.0 |
24K/.1 |
24K/.1 |
77K/.1 |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
OTL |
SR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
70K/.0 |
101K/.1 |
162 |
123 |
||
|
NFL Gameday First |
NFL Gameday Morning |
|||||||
|
207K/.2 |
450K/.3 |
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|
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
|||
|
15K/.0 |
9K/.0 |
14K/.0 |
22K/.0 |
19K/.0 |
34K/.0 |
||||
|
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
|||
|
31K/.0 |
49K/.0 |
45K/.0 |
34K/.0 |
44K/.0 |
42K/.0 |
||||
*Aired to 8:30
| Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge | |
| NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:20) | 10,812 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (7-8:30) | 698 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) | 447 |
morganwick.com
| Sunday Night | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 11 | 837 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 | 977 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC 12 | 45 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 11 | 95 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 12:30 | 13 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 11:30 | 245 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 12 | 376 |
morganwick.com
| Weekly Shows on ESPN and Networks Not On Chart | ||
| ESPN: Monday Night Countdown | Mon 6:30p | 3008 |
| ESPN: KIA NBA Countdown | Fri 7p | 860 |
| TNT: Inside the NBA | Thu 1:30a | 836 |
| Inside the NBA Retention | 62.6% | |
| ESPN: KIA NBA Countdown | Wed 7:30p | 797 |
| ESPN: Top NFL Matchup airing | Sat/Sun 3a | 678 |
| ESPN: NFL Primetime First-Run | Mon 2p | 658 |
morganwick.com
| Top 10 Non-ESPN Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart | ||
| NFLN: A Football Life | Tue 9p | 350 |
| NFLN: NFL Gamecenter | Sun 1p | 257 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Scoreboard | Sun 4p | 232 |
| ESPN2: NFL Kickoff | Fri 7p | 214 |
| NFLN: Playbook AFC | Fri 9p | 209 |
| NFLN: A Football Life Backstory | Tue 10p | 201 |
| GOLF: Big Break XX: NFL | Tue 9p | 191 |
| NFLN: Playbook NFC | Fri 10p | 183 |
| NBCSN: Premier League Goal Zone | Sat 2:30p | 176 |
| NBCSN: Premier League Goal Zone | Sun 1p | 175 |
| NFLN: The Aftermath | Mon 2p | 152 |
| FS1: UFC Tonight | Wed 7p | 127 |