| PT Rnk |
TD Rnk |
PT Vwr (000) |
PT/ ESPN |
TD Vwr (000) |
TD HH | TD/ ESPN |
|
|
1 |
1 |
 |
3387 |
3387 |
1306 |
0.9 |
1306 |
|
= |
= |
-20% |
-18% |
-16% |
0.9 |
||
|
2 |
2 |
 |
1393 |
1920 |
390 |
0.3 |
538 |
|
= |
= |
+6% |
+3% |
+2% |
0.4 |
||
|
3 |
3 |
 |
562 |
562 |
308 |
0.2 |
308 |
|
= |
= |
-11% |
-9% |
-7% |
0.2 |
||
|
7 |
4 |
 |
175 |
208 |
152 |
0.1 |
181 |
|
+2 |
= |
+80% |
+31% |
+37% |
0.1 |
||
|
8 |
5 |
 |
140 |
184 |
98 |
0.1 |
129 |
|
-2 |
+2 |
-8% |
+26% |
+32% |
0.1 |
||
|
5 |
6 |
 |
201 |
220 |
88 |
0.0 |
96 |
|
-1 |
-1 |
-33% |
-19% |
-29% |
0.1 |
||
|
9 |
7 |
 |
64 |
80 |
87 |
0.0 |
109 |
|
-2 |
+2 |
-36% |
+29% |
+30% |
0.1 |
||
|
4 |
8 |
 |
207 |
271 |
83 |
0.1 |
109 |
|
+4 |
= |
+109% |
+17% |
-3% |
0.1 |
||
|
6 |
9 |
 |
196 |
273 |
75 |
0.0 |
104 |
|
-1 |
-3 |
-17% |
-9% |
-14% |
0.1 |
||
|
10 |
10 |
 |
59 |
97 |
26 |
0.0 |
43 |
|
= |
= |
+59% |
+34% |
0.0 |
Yes, I’m aware I’m a week late with this. Here’s the thing: I’m not sure what role these posts actually have to play in the larger context of the site. I started the Studio Show Scorecard as a sports equivalent of the cable news scorecards regularly put up by TVNewser, and as such I pinned my hopes more on them to actually catch on and become popular. But while I’ve streamlined the process of creating them much more than I did when I first broached the idea, it’s still very tedious; stuff like Quick Pitch and Olbermann in late night are the worst because it’s not always clear what time slot to list them under when they get knocked off sequence.
Not that I don’t find these posts useful in their own way, but I consider the Sports Ratings Reports more useful just for me, even if a lot of what’s on them is fairly often repeated elsewhere, especially Sports Media Watch; the real payoff for them will come at the end of the year when I have a big blowout of the top-rated sports events that’s more comprehensive and balanced than what SMW will have at the same time. The fact that the SSS comes entirely from a single source, even if Son of the Bronx’s tables are very raw and the scorecards help organize them in a more comprehensible fashion, doesn’t help when sports sites like Awful Announcing discover SotB themselves and do analysis directly off it.
I really want one of these posts to catch on enough that my ad revenue gets boosted enough that I can afford an subscription to Sports Business Daily (at $120 a month!) so I don’t have to wait a month for the Top 20 Most-Watched Sports Events and I can make that the entire Sports Ratings Report, but I’m not sure what’s the best road to get there. In the meantime, I hope to take care of two weeks in a single Sports Ratings Report post later in the week.
Meanwhile, it’s probably not a good sign for Fox Sports Live that none of the three or four times it aired at midnight the first week it was normally bumped at that time for a Fox Football Daily re-air did better than any of the three Fox Football Daily re-airs.
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.) | 746 | 715 | 582 | 427 | 578 |
| ESPN2: Mike and Mike | 227 | 270 | 218 | 247 | 281 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) | 22 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (7-9 avg.) | 56 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 65 |
| NFLN: NFLAM | 116 | 108 | 107 | 116 | 226 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch (6-9 avg.) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 23 |
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| Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) | 697 | 505 | 409 | 449 | 445 |
| ESPN2: First Take (10-12) | 416 | 378 | 405 | 392 | 381 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) | 21 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 24 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (9-11 avg.) | 83‡ | 28 | 51‡ | n/a | n/a |
| NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show | 27 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 28† |
| ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-1) | 41 | 46 | 27 | 46 | n/a |
| ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) | 62 | 41 | 50 | 44 | 65 |
| NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) | 166 | 73 | 113 | 99 | 201 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch (9-1 avg.) | 18 | 15 | 49 | 33* | 24 |
*9-12 average only
†11 AM hour only; 9 AM half-hour before Formula 1 practice had 33,000 viewers
‡9-10 only due to other programming
| 3 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Insiders | 564 | 502† | 577 | 404 | 532 |
| ESPN2: SportsNation | 215 | 137 | 169 | 254 | 163 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 48 | 59 | 70 | 47 | 31 |
| ESPNU: CFB Daily | 51 | 65* | 42 | 55 | 95 |
| MLBN: The Rundown (2-4) | 16 | 24 | 32 | 30‡ | 21 |
*First-run rating for The Experts 1-2:30; 2:30-4 re-air had 50,000 viewers
†Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 had 560,000 viewers
‡Aired 1-4
| 4 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Live | 650 | 625 | 627 | 499 | 719 |
| ESPN2: DLHQ (4-4:30) | 205 | 206 | 183 | 247 | 167 |
| ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) | 114 | 75 | 136 | 111 | 59 |
| FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (4-4:30) | 43 | 138* | 149* | n/a | 31† |
| FS1: NASCAR Race Hub (4:30-5) | 137 | 152* | 158* | 145* | 291† |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 60 | 66 | 71 | 56 | 60 |
| MLBN: MLB Now | 43 | 34 | 38 | 40 | 26 |
*UEFA Champions League coverage 2:30-5; Race Hub aired at 12 PM
†Fox Soccer Daily aired at 3, Race Hub aired at 1:30
| 5 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) | 929 | 723 | 624 | 677 | 734 |
| ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) | 1253 | 955 | 860 | 922 | 825 |
| ESPN2: College Football Live (5-5:30) | 85 | 94 | 121 | 160 | 95 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC (5:30-6) | 74 | 66 | 76 | 96 | 92 |
| FS1: Crowd Goes Wild | 70 | 89 | 76 | 54 | 118 |
| NBCSN: The Crossover (5-5:30) | 132 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 148 | 95 | 93 | 58 | 82 |
| ESPNU: College Football Live (5:30-6) | 86 | 81 | 29 | 50 | 94 |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 199 | 163 | 109 | 252 | 186 |
| MLBN: Intentional Talk | 77 | 68 | 69 | 97 | 80 |
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| 6 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 1023† | 657 | 674 | 631 | 646 |
| ESPN2: Around the Horn (6-6:30) | 87 | 135 | 100 | 95 | 116 |
| ESPN2: PTI (6:30-7) | 195 | 176 | 156 | 207 | 181 |
| FS1: Fox Football Daily | 51 | 43 | 38 | 38 | 78 |
| GOLF: Golf Central (6-6:30) | 114* | 59 | 30 | 326 | 300 |
| NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (6-6:30) | 108^ | 37* | 19 | 72 | 61* |
| ESPNEWS: SportsNation | n/a | 59 | 93 | 62 | 99 |
| NFLN: Around the League Live | 223 | 148 | 205 | 155‡ | 178 |
| MLBN: MLB Tonight | 63 | 83 | 93~ | 101¹ | 73 |
*Aired from 6-7
†Aired from 6-6:30; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6:30-7 had 84,000 viewers
‡Aired 2-5; NFL Total Access 6-8 had 811,000 viewers
^Aired 5:30-6:30
~Began at 6:58 after bonus coverage (78,000 viewers)
¹Bonus coverage; no MLB Tonight
| 11 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 114† | 592 | 225‡ | 1311 | 237‡ | 2615 |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 152† | 163 | 117~ | 45~ | 69~ | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 37 | 35 | 107 | n/a | 33 | 69^ |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 61* | 225 | 231 | 3378* | 189 | 82 |
*Aired 11:30-12
†SportsCenter aired on ESPN2 11-11:45, with Olbermann following
‡Aired on ESPN2
^10 PM airing after UFC had 167,000 viewers
~Aired on ESPNEWS
| Midnight ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 4405 | 558 | 144† | 1029 | 1691 | 1942 |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | n/a | 104 | 138 | 114 | 122 | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Football Daily | 27* | 60 | 96 | 29* | 64 | 56* |
*Fox Sports Live
†Aired on ESPNEWS
| 1 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 178* | 629 | 398 | 758 | 826 | 1154 |
| ESPN2: Baseball Tonight | 137* | 60 | 96 | 86 | 102 | 263† |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 28 | 18 | 47 | 28 | 38 | 62 |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 137 | 160 | 146 | 666 | 154 | n/a |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch | 78 | 94 | 76 | 51 | 147 | 71 |
*Baseball Tonight aired 12:42-1, followed by SportsCenter on ESPN2 at 1; NFL Primetime had 1.926 million viewers
†Aired 2:30-3:30; College Football Final 1:30-2:30 had 617,000 viewers
‡Aired 1:30-2:30
| 2 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 1437 | 453 | 319 | 449 | 586 | 910 |
| ESPN2: NASCAR Now (2-2:30) | n/a | 43* | 84 | 67 | n/a | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 14 | 11 | n/a | 10 | 6 | 55 |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 99 | 121 | 141 | 520 | 119 | 125 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch | 27 | 45 | 65 | 20 | 99 | 39 |
*Aired at 2:30
| Saturday Morning | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 8 ET | 742 |
| ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET | 193 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-10 avg. | 82 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive 7-9 avg. | 44 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch 8-12 avg. | 59 |
| ESPN: College Gameday 9 ET | 1828 |
| ESPN2: SportsCenter 9-12 avg. | 363 |
| ESPNU: Dari and Mel 9 ET | 44 |
| FS1: Fox College Saturday 10 ET | 50 |
| ESPNU: First Take CFB 10 ET | 9 |
| ESPNU: Film Room 10:30 ET | 9 |
| ESPNU: Whiparound 11 ET | 43 |
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| Sun | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | Noon | ||
|
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
Sunday NFL Countdown |
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|
633K/.5 |
941K/.8 |
1.140M/.9 |
2.235M/1.6 |
|||||
|
CFB Final |
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
Fantasy FB Now |
||
|
325K/.3 |
266 |
274 |
318K/.3 |
344K/.3 |
443K/.3 |
|||
|
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
NASCAR RaceDay |
Fox NFL Kickoff |
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|
46K</.05 |
52K/<.05 |
329K/.2 |
227K/.2 |
|||||
|
Morning Drive |
|||||||
|
54K/<.05 |
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|
CFB Final |
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
||
|
99K/.1 |
84K |
74K |
61K/<.05 |
73K/.1 |
65K/.1 |
|||
|
NFL Gameday First |
NFL Gameday Morning |
||||||
|
159K/.1 |
577K/.4 |
|||||||
|
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
||
|
23K/<.05 |
40K/<.05 |
50K/<.05 |
44K/<.05 |
54K/<.05 |
54K/<.05 |
|||
*Aired to 8:30
| Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge | |
| NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:30) | 11.31M |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (7-8) | 789 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) | 431 |
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| Sunday Night | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 11 | 844 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 | 814 |
| ESPN2: NASCAR Now 11:30 | 214 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC 12:30 | 112 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 11 | 33 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 12:30 | 43 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 11:30 | 252 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 12 | 471 |
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| Top 10 Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart | ||
| NFLN: Lexus Prekick Show | Thu 8p | 4810 |
| ESPN: Monday Night Countdown | Mon 6:30p | 2728 |
| ESPN: NASCAR Countdown (NSCS) | Sun 1p | 1269 |
| ESPN: E:60 | Tue 7p | 691 |
| ESPN: Top NFL Matchup Airing | Sat/Sun 4a | 559 |
| ESPNEWS: NASCAR Countdown (NNS) | Sat 7p | 334 |
| NFLN: A Football Life | Tue 9p | 327 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Scoreboard | Sun 4p | 291 |
| ESPN2: Baseball Tonight SNB Pregame | Sun 7p | 285 |
| NFLN: Playbook NFC | Fri 10p | 230 |
| ESPN2: NFL Kickoff | Fri 7p | 224 |
| NFLN: Playbook AFC | Fri 9p | 199 |