|
PT Rnk |
MM Rnk |
TD Rnk |
Nov Distr. (000) |
PT Vwr (000) |
LW/LY | TD Vwr (000) |
TD HH | TD Vwr LW/LY |
MM Vwr (000) |
MM HH | ||||
|
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
 |
97370 |
3060 |
-12% |
1161 |
0.8 |
-2% |
624 |
0.5 |
|
= |
= |
84% |
3060 |
-14% |
1161 |
-3% |
-10% |
624 |
-5% |
|||||
|
2 |
+1 |
2 |
= |
2 |
+1 |
 |
97407 |
656 |
+70% |
307 |
0.2 |
+26% |
249 |
0.2 |
|
= |
= |
84% |
656 |
+32% |
307 |
+19% |
+5% |
249 |
+9% |
|||||
|
3 |
-1 |
3 |
= |
3 |
-1 |
 |
72066 |
206 |
-84% |
135 |
0.1 |
-61% |
115 |
0.1 |
|
+1 |
= |
62% |
278 |
+17% |
182 |
-55% |
-11% |
155 |
-15% |
|||||
|
5 |
+2 |
6 |
+4 |
4 |
+3 |
 |
74882 |
157 |
+17% |
85 |
0.1 |
+34% |
46 |
0.0 |
|
= |
+2 |
65% |
204 |
+1% |
111 |
+51% |
+31% |
60 |
+31% |
|||||
|
4 |
+1 |
7 |
= |
5 |
-1 |
 |
78139 |
187 |
+11% |
76 |
0.0 |
-8% |
45 |
0.0 |
|
+5 |
+3 |
67% |
233 |
+217% |
95 |
-1% |
+81% |
56 |
+2% |
|||||
|
6 |
-2 |
5 |
+2 |
6 |
-1 |
 |
59078 |
153 |
-27% |
68 |
0.0 |
-6% |
49 |
0.0 |
|
-3 |
-1 |
51% |
252 |
-29% |
112 |
-7% |
-7% |
81 |
+11% |
|||||
|
8 |
= |
4 |
+2 |
7 |
+2 |
 |
74685 |
106 |
-10% |
62 |
0.0 |
+6% |
57 |
0.1 |
|
= |
= |
64% |
138 |
+22% |
81 |
+17% |
+13% |
74 |
+24% |
|||||
|
9 |
= |
8 |
-4 |
8 |
= |
 |
81751 |
104 |
+17% |
53 |
0.0 |
-13% |
43 |
0.0 |
|
-2 |
+1 |
71% |
124 |
+13% |
64 |
-18% |
+37% |
51 |
-17% |
|||||
|
7 |
-1 |
9 |
= |
9 |
-3 |
 |
88556 |
144 |
-7% |
52 |
0.0 |
-26% |
37 |
0.0 |
|
-1 |
-5 |
76% |
158 |
+14% |
57 |
-43% |
-33% |
41 |
+3% |
|||||
|
10 |
= |
10 |
-5 |
10 |
= |
 |
70036 |
53 |
-26% |
36 |
0.0 |
-31% |
33 |
0.0 |
|
+1 |
= |
60% |
74 |
+56% |
50 |
-62% |
+30% |
46 |
-31% |
|||||
I’ve added a new metric of my own devising to the table above, which I call the median minute, and represents a crude attempt at measuring the viewership level at which half the minutes of the week are above that point and half below. I think this better represents the top-to-bottom health of a network, especially its studio shows, compared to the primetime and total day metrics that can be unduly influenced by live events. Generally, you would expect that, while the primetime viewership is usually higher than the total day viewership, the median minute is the reverse (and more reliably so), and a network that ranks higher in primetime than in total day will rank lower in median minute than total day and vice versa. Because I’m calculating median minute entirely on my own, comparisons to a year ago will not be available at first.
Also, when I’m taking the average of a repeated studio show and the result comes out to something with a .5 at the end, I’m going to mark it by including a “½” in the recorded number, rather than blindly rounding up as normal rounding rules would suggest, because it’s impossible for me to know what side of the line the average would actually be on. Finally, because a substantial number of (especially ESPN) studio shows took the holidays off, I may skip the next two weeks in order to catch up.
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.) | 654½ | 679 | 399 | 564 | 389 |
| ESPN2: Mike and Mike | 283 | 280 | 259 | 258 | 255 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) | 8 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 24 |
| NFLN: NFLAM | 141 | 73 | 60 | 64 | 84 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime (6-9 avg.) | 34½ | 65 | 25 | 45 | 23* |
*Inside the NBA
| Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) | 563 | 464 | 385 | 469 | 393 |
| ESPN2: First Take (10-12) | 459 | 380 | 385 | 444 | 290 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) | 22½ | 30 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show | 70 | 35 | 24 | 33 | 60 |
| ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-1) | 40 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 11 |
| ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) | 76 | 67 | 79 | 46 | 38 |
| NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) | 144 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 100 |
| MLBN: Hot Stove (9-11) | 41 | 55 | 20 | 35 | 41 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime (9-12 avg.) | 20 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 34* |
*Inside the NBA
| 3 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Insiders | 613 | 447† | 481 | 381 | 369 |
| ESPN2: SportsNation | 152 | 154 | 260 | 205 | 191 |
| FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (3:30-4) | 32 | 44* | 22* | 31 | 47 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 56 | 95 | 27 | 27 | 75 |
| MLBN: Intentional Talk (3-3:30) | 35 | 80 | 21 | 37 | 72 |
| MLBN: Clubhouse Confidential (3:30-4) | 45 | 79 | 48 | 54 | 61 |
*Aired at 2 as Club World Cup pregame
†Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 had 545,000 viewers
| 4 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Live | 637 | 691 | 493 | 523 | 604 |
| ESPN2: Highly Questionable (4-4:30) | 263 | 162 | 316 | 212 | 241 |
| ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) | 217 | 129 | 284 | 161 | 142 |
| FS1: NASCAR Race Hub* | 55 | n/a | n/a | 53 | 40 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 67 | 99 | 24 | 74 | 72 |
| MLBN: Hot Stove | 57 | 63 | 64 | 36 | 63 |
*All airings were delayed from noon (there were also noon airings on Tuesday and Wednesday); Monday and Friday did better than noon airings, Thursday did worse
| 5 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) | 850 | 832 | 693 | 691 | 764 |
| ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) | 1303 | 1055 | 1027 | 982 | 905 |
| ESPN2: College Football Live (5-5:30) | 199 | 152 | 141 | 149 | 115 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC (5:30-6) | 81 | 116 | 53 | 99 | 64 |
| FS1: Crowd Goes Wild | 19 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 37 |
| NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (5:30-6:30) | 60* | 18 | 51 | 32 | 72 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 103 | 102 | 53 | 35 | 73 |
| ESPNU: College Football Live (5:30-6) | 50 | 33† | 22 | 46 | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 122 | 186 | 122 | 83 | 52 |
| MLBN: Intentional Talk (5-5:30) | 77 | 92 | 72 | 51 | 29 |
| MLBN: Clubhouse Confidential (5:30-6) | 62 | 72 | 47 | 45 | 18 |
*Aired 5-6:30
†Aired at 6; ESPNU Film Room 5-6 had 19,000 viewers
| 6 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 992* | 782 | 843 | 647 | 691 |
| ESPN2: Around the Horn (6-6:30) | 123 | 147 | 178 | 185 | 152 |
| ESPN2: PTI (6:30-7) | 203 | 266 | 274 | 277 | 175 |
| FS1: Fox Football Daily | 22 | 53 | 37 | 24 | 46 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsNation | n/a | 34 | 49 | 70 | 83 |
| NFLN: Around the League Live | 256 | 176 | 125 | 147 | 122 |
| MLBN: MLB Tonight | 68 | 74 | 60 | 66 | 27 |
| NBATV: The Starters | 27 | 61 | 20 | 19 | 26 |
*Monday Kickoff from 6-6:30; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6:30-7 had 102,000 viewers
| Late-Night Retention |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 4264 | 670 | 1357 | 464 | 900 | 1349 | 923 |
| 30.1% | 66.5% | 68.9% | 99.4% | 65.1% | 65.3% | Up | |
| ESPN2: SportsCenter or Olbermann |
91 | 311 | 352 | 161 | 290 | 232* | n/a |
| n/a | 61.0% | 54.2% | 32.3% | 35.7% | 63.0% | n/a | |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 52 | 13 | n/a | 58 | 124 | 63 | 62 |
| 34.7% | 24.5% | n/a | 90.6% | 53.7% | 27.5% | 30.2% |
*NBA Tonight
| 11 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN2: SportsCenter | 91 | 311 | 352 | 464† | 290 | 150‡ |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 52 | 13* | 40 | 58 | 124 | 63 |
| ESPNEWS: Olbermann | 42 | 57 | 102 | 138 | n/a | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 142* | 155 | 145 | 272 | 173 | 142 |
*Aired 11:30-12
†Aired on ESPN
‡Aired on ESPNEWS
| Midnight ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 4264 | 670 | 1357 | 480 | 120* | 178* |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 112~ | 209~ | 201 | 161 | 165† | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 15 | 40‡ | 42^ | 40 | 72‡ | 40 |
*Aired on ESPNEWS
†Average of two half-hour Holiday Specials
‡Fox Football Daily
^UFC Tonight
~Aired 11:30-12:30; 12:30 airing Tuesday had 158,000 viewers
| 1 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 125* | 467 | 1000 | 484 | 900 | 1349 |
| ESPN2: NBA Tonight (1-1:30) | 79† | 130 | 114 | n/a | 143 | 232‡ |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 14 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 31 | 22 |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 82 | 130 | 94 | 124 | 95 | n/a |
*Aired on ESPN2; NFL Primetime had 1.554 million viewers
†Aired 12:30-1
‡Aired 2-2:30
| 2 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 1066 | 433 | 830 | 404 | 730 | 832 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 16 | 2 | 33 | 30 | 34 | 13 |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 51 | 111 | 107 | 72 | 98 | 65 |
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| Saturday Morning | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 8-10 avg. (re-airs) | 743½ |
| ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET | 174 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-12 avg. | 39 |
| NBATV: NBA Gametime 8-12 avg. | 31 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 10-12 avg. | 902 |
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| Sun | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | Noon | ||
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SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
Sunday NFL Countdown |
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|
531K/.4 |
734K/.6 |
970K/.7 |
1.902M/1.4 |
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OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
Fantasy FB Now |
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|
157 |
209 |
215K/.2 |
241K/.2 |
347K/.2 |
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Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox NFL Kickoff |
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|
25K/.0 |
29K/.0 |
43K/.0 |
43K/.1 |
96K/.1 |
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|
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
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|
81K/.1 |
117K/.1 |
172K/.1 |
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NFL Gameday First |
NFL Gameday Morning |
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|
148K/.1 |
453K/.3 |
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MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
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4K/.0 |
11K/.0 |
20K/.0 |
26K/.0 |
24K/.0 |
16K/.0 |
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NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
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41K/.0 |
41K/.0 |
40K/.0 |
29K/.0 |
80K/.1 |
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Morganwick.com
| Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge | |
| NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:20) | 10,617 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (7-8:30) | 511 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) | 356 |
morganwick.com
| Sunday Night | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 11 | 923 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 | 955 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC 12 | 101 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 11 | 62 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 12:30 | 24 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 11:30 | 271 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 12 | 241 |
morganwick.com
| Weekly Shows on ESPN and Networks Not On Chart | ||
| ESPN: Monday Night Countdown | Mon 6:30p | 2409 |
| ESPN: KIA NBA Countdown | Fri 7p | 758 |
| ESPN: Top NFL Matchup Airing | Sat/Sun 4a | 588 |
| ESPN: NFL Primetime First-Run | Mon 2p | 560 |
morganwick.com
| Top 10 Non-ESPN Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart | ||
| NFLN: A Football Life | Tue 9p | 326 |
| NFLN: NFL GameCenter | Sun 1p | 203 |
| NFLN: A Football Life: Backstory | Tue 10p | 197 |
| GOLF: Big Break XX: NFL | Tue 9p | 196 |
| NFLN: Sound FX | Wed 10:30p | 193 |
| ESPN2: NFL Kickoff | Fri 7p | 176 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Scoreboard | Sun 4p | 176 |
| NFLN: The Aftermath | Mon 2p | 134 |
| NFLN: Playbook NFC | Fri 10p | 114 |
| NBCSN: NFL Turning Point | Thu 12a | 100 |
| ESPN2: Football Sunday on ESPN Radio | Sun 1p | 96 |