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 |
3470 |
-3% |
1383 |
1.0 |
-4% |
|
= |
= |
84% |
3470 |
+5% |
1383 |
-3% |
+6% |
|||
3 |
+1 |
2 |
= |
97407 |
877 |
+57% |
397 |
0.3 |
+16% |
|
= |
= |
84% |
877 |
+99% |
397 |
+15% |
+20% |
|||
2 |
= |
3 |
= |
72066 |
959 |
+1% |
264 |
0.2 |
-3% |
|
= |
= |
62% |
1296 |
+12% |
357 |
-4% |
+5% |
|||
4 |
-1 |
4 |
= |
88556 |
289 |
-54% |
113 |
0.1 |
-29% |
|
= |
= |
76% |
318 |
+29% |
125 |
-39% |
-11% |
|||
6 |
+1 |
5 |
+2 |
74882 |
153 |
+43% |
83 |
0.0 |
+17% |
|
-1 |
= |
65% |
199 |
-18% |
109 |
+24% |
-7% |
|||
5 |
+1 |
6 |
-1 |
78139 |
193 |
+30% |
68 |
0.0 |
-14% |
|
+3 |
+2 |
67% |
240 |
+133% |
85 |
-1% |
+58% |
|||
8 |
+1 |
7 |
+2 |
74685 |
83 |
-13% |
62 |
0.0 |
-3% |
|
-1 |
-1 |
64% |
108 |
-7% |
81 |
+9% |
-23% |
|||
9 |
-1 |
8 |
= |
81751 |
76 |
-28% |
60 |
0.0 |
-15% |
|
= |
+1 |
71% |
91 |
+12% |
72 |
-26% |
+44% |
|||
7 |
-2 |
9 |
-3 |
59078 |
88 |
-48% |
55 |
0.0 |
-25% |
|
-1 |
-2 |
51% |
145 |
-25% |
90 |
-25% |
-18% |
|||
10 |
= |
10 |
= |
70036 |
36 |
+33% |
22 |
0.0 |
+4% |
|
= |
= |
60% |
50 |
+6% |
31 |
-9% |
Because I screwed up and forgot how I did week-to-week comparisons for FS1 studio shows last time, and because I have another big game coming up with its own attendant potential effects on FS1 ratings, I’m going to do at least two more Scorecards and do four weeks’ worth of comparisons on the second one. However, the overall averages for FS1 this week remain far enough ahead of any competitors that aren’t ESPN, ESPN2, or NFL Network to be very encouraging.
I’m so late that I’ve integrated the November viewership numbers into the chart above, complete with ESPN2 being in more households than ESPN. I can actually see how some small cable systems might offer ESPN2 to subscribers but not ESPN, but in any case ESPN dismisses this as an anomaly and the result of “a small number of misclassified homes”. I would expect ESPN2 to take a “small” but significant drop in future months if this were fixed, but so far as I can tell SportsBusiness Daily has not published December numbers at all. In any case, ESPN and ESPN2 have been running close enough to neck-in-neck that it doesn’t much matter, and I’m going to keep listing ESPN ahead of ESPN2 in the charts. (ESPNU also seems to have leapfrogged ESPNEWS, but I’m too lazy to reverse their positions on the charts they both appear on, at least this week. Besides, I don’t know if that’ll hold in future months.)
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.) | 632 | 607 | 581 | 519 | 557 |
ESPN2: Mike and Mike | 318 | 139† | 204 | 262 | 279 |
FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) | 36 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
GOLF: Morning Drive (7-9 avg.) | 21 | 58 | 44 | 22‡ | 64‡ |
NFLN: NFLAM | 114 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 88 |
NBATV: NBA Gametime (6-9 avg.) | 29 | 33 | 52 | 47 | 33* |
*Inside the NBA
†Aired on ESPNEWS
‡Aired 8-10
Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) | 640 | 460 | 435 | 385 | 410 |
ESPN2: First Take (10-12) | 428 | n/a | 353 | 362 | 410 |
FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) | 66 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
GOLF: Morning Drive (9-11 avg.) | 23 | 23 | 32 | n/a | n/a |
NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show | 21 | 37 | 19 | 20 | 35 |
ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-1) | 44 | 115 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) | 74 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 41 |
NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) | 98 | 99 | 83 | 82 | 70 |
MLBN: Hot Stove (9-11) | 23 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 22 |
NBATV: NBA Gametime (9-12 avg.) | 13 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 23* |
*Inside the NBA
†Aired 10:30-12
‡9 AM episode only
3 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
ESPN: NFL Insiders | 625 | 229†‡ | 236‡ | 371 | 477 |
ESPN2: SportsNation | n/a | n/a | n/a | 212 | n/a |
FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (3:30-4) | 32 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 49^ |
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 41 | 119 | 70 | 48 | 34 |
ESPNU: CFB Daily | 51 | 56* | 35 | 53 | 51 |
MLBN: Intentional Talk (3-3:30) | 10 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
MLBN: Clubhouse Confidential (3:30-4) | 34 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 16 |
*First-run rating for The Experts 1-2:30; 2:30-4 re-air had 49,000
†Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 (also on ESPN2) had 246,000 viewers
‡Aired on ESPN2
^Aired at 2:30 as pregame to friendly
4 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
ESPN: NFL Live | 757 | 371* | 410* | 469 | 584 |
ESPN2: Highly Questionable (4-4:30) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 203 | n/a |
ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 102 | n/a |
FS1: NASCAR Race Hub | 124 | 124 | 102 | 111 | n/a |
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 35 | 142 | 128 | 60 | 63 |
MLBN: Hot Stove | 28 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 18 |
*Aired on ESPN2
†Aired 11:30-12:30
‡Aired 4:30-5:30
^Aired at noon
5 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) | 1018 | 551‡ | 526‡ | 607 | 751 |
ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) | 1186 | 833‡ | 641‡ | 878 | 1045 |
ESPN2: College Football Live (5-5:30) | 22† | n/a | 26† | 106 | 116^ |
ESPN2: ESPNFC (5:30-6) | 110 | 50¹ | 205~ | 72 | 210^ |
FS1: Crowd Goes Wild | 37 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 55 |
NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (5:30-6:30) | 30* | 81 | 49 | 23 | 48² |
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 40 | 126 | 135 | 72 | 103 |
ESPNU: College Football Live (5:30-6) | 45 | 38 | 50 | 26 | n/a |
NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 147 | 143 | 160 | 170 | 150 |
*Aired 5-6:30
†Aired on ESPNU; re-air on ESPNEWS 6 ET had
‡Aired on ESPN2
^ESPN2 shows switched time slots
~Aired at 6
¹Aired on ESPNEWS at 6:30
²Aired at 6:30 after Olympic Trials coverage
6 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
ESPN: SportsCenter | 1132† | 474~ | 583 | 782 | 861 |
ESPN2: Around the Horn (6-6:30) | n/a | n/a | 58^ | 105 | 68‡ |
ESPN2: PTI (6:30-7) | 73† | n/a | 122‡ | 233 | 73‡ |
FS1: Fox Football Daily | 22 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 58 |
ESPNEWS: SportsNation | 179~ | 118¹ | 78¹ | 53 | n/a |
NFLN: Around the League Live | 184 | 141 | 150 | 121* | 159 |
MLBN: BBWAA Awards | 64 | 48 | 45 | 94 | 40² |
NBATV: The Starters | 30 | 18 | 34 | 29 | 71 |
*Aired 2-5; NFL Total Access 6-8 had 464,000 viewers
†Monday Kickoff on ESPN and PTI on ESPNEWS from 6-6:30; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6:30-7 had 87,000 viewers
‡Aired on ESPNEWS
^Aired on ESPNEWS at 5:30
~Aired on ESPN2
¹Aired 6-6:30
²MLB Tonight
11 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
ESPN: SportsCenter | 79† | 265~ | 496~ | 739 | 105^ | 1894 |
ESPN2: Olbermann | n/a | 75*^ | 112*^ | 108 | n/a | n/a |
FS1: Fox Sports Live | n/a | n/a | 185 | 40 | 207 | 111‡ |
NFLN: NFL Total Access | 46* | 164 | 108 | 2485* | 217 | 138 |
*Aired 11:30-12:30
†Aired on ESPNEWS 11-11:30
‡Airing at 10 after UFC prelims had 145,000 viewers
^Aired on ESPNEWS
~Aired on ESPN2
Midnight ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
ESPN: SportsCenter | 3474 | 1862 | 81~ | 727 | 819* | 1288 |
ESPN2: Olbermann | n/a | 268† | 188† | 121 | 97^ | n/a |
FS1: Fox Sports Live | 34 | 39¹ | 96‡ | 14 | 58‡ | 97 |
*Aired on ESPN2 12:30-1
†Aired 12:30-1:30
‡Fox Football Daily
^Aired for a half-hour on ESPNEWS at 12:30
~Aired on ESPNEWS
¹Started before 11:30
1 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
ESPN: SportsCenter | 84* | 1091 | 878 | 593 | 802 | 982 |
ESPN2: NBA Tonight (1:30-2) | n/a | 217 | 149 | n/a | 324‡ | 307† |
FS1: Fox Sports Live | 26 | 13 | 58 | 25 | 57 | 249^ |
NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 87 | 123 | 92 | 480 | 95 | n/a |
*Aired on ESPNEWS; NFL Primetime had 1.567 million viewers
†College Football Final 1:30-2:30; NBA Tonight afterwards had 236,000 viewers
‡Aired at 2 AM
^UFC Post-Fight Show
2 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
ESPN: SportsCenter | 1166 | 772 | 689 | 536 | 605 | 757 |
ESPN2: NASCAR Now (2-2:30) | n/a | 131 | 107 | 16* | n/a | n/a |
FS1: Fox Sports Live | 22 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 86 |
NFLN: NFL Total Access | 54 | 72 | 68 | 323 | 82 | 122 |
*Aired on ESPNEWS at noon
†Airing following college football
Saturday Morning | |
ESPN: SportsCenter 8 ET | 821 |
ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET | 145 |
FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-10 avg. | 24 |
GOLF: Morning Drive 8-10 avg. | 66 |
NBATV: NBA Gametime 8-12 avg. | 41 |
ESPN: College Gameday 9 ET | 1768 |
ESPN2: SportsCenter 9-12 avg. | 333 |
ESPNU: Dari and Mel 9 ET | 15 |
FS1: Fox College Saturday 10 ET | 55 |
ESPNU: First Take CFB 10 ET | 27 |
ESPNU: Film Room 10:30 ET | 24 |
ESPNU: Whiparound 11 ET | 41 |
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Sun | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | Noon | |||
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
Sunday NFL Countdown |
||||||
818K/.6 |
978K/.8 |
1.309M/1.0 |
2.135M/1.5 |
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CFB Final |
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
Fantasy FB Now |
||||
312K/.2 |
319 |
406 |
338K/.2 |
339K/.2 |
384K/.3 |
||||
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox Sports Live |
Fox NFL Kickoff |
|||||
14K/.0 |
31K/.0 |
42K/.0 |
96K/.0 |
99K/.1 |
|||||
|
MD |
Morning Drive |
Morning Drive |
||||||
|
48K |
49K/.0 |
43K/.0 |
||||||
|
|
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
|||
|
|
71 |
100 |
79K/.1 |
92K/.1 |
122K/.1 |
|||
NFL Gameday First |
NFL Gameday Morning |
||||||||
263K/.1 |
394K/.3 |
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MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
MLB Tonight |
||||
2K/.0 |
5K/.0 |
4K/.0 |
15K/.0 |
10K/.0 |
7K/.0 |
||||
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
NBA Gametime |
||||
44K/.0 |
49K/.0 |
44K/.0 |
50K/.0 |
36K/.0 |
|
*Aired to 8:30
Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge | |
NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:20) | 14,017 |
ESPN: SportsCenter (6:30-8:30) | 1708 |
NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) | 441 |
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Sunday Night | |
ESPN: SportsCenter 11 | 349 |
ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 | 792 |
ESPN2: NASCAR Now 11 | 154 |
ESPN2: ESPNFC 12 | 49 |
FS1: Fox Sports Live 11 | 38 |
FS1: Fox Sports Live 12:30 | 18 |
NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 11:30 | 209 |
NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 12:30 | 262 |
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Weekly Shows on ESPN and Networks Not On Chart | ||
ESPN: Monday Night Countdown | Mon 6:30p | 2325 |
ESPN: NASCAR Countdown (NSCS) | Sun 1p | 1635 |
ESPN: NASCAR Countdown (NNS) | Sat 4p | 1349 |
TNT: Inside the NBA | Thu 1:30a | 897 |
ESPN: KIA NBA Countdown | Fri 7:30p | 864 |
ESPN: BCS Countdown | Sun 8:30p | 762 |
ESPN: KIA NBA Countdown | Wed 7:30p | 772 |
ESPN: NFL Primetime First-Run | Mon 2p | 644 |
ESPN: Top NFL Matchup airing | Sun 6:30a | 546 |
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Top 10 Non-ESPN Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart | ||
FS1: NASCAR RaceDay | Sun 12p | 589 |
NFLN: A Football Life | Tue 9p | 266 |
NFLN: NFL Gamecenter | Sun 1p | 244 |
ESPN2: NFL Kickoff | Fri/Sat 2:30a | 234 |
FS1: NCWTS Setup | Fri 7:30p | 234 |
NFLN: NFL Gameday Scoreboard | Sun 4p | 210 |
GOLF: Big Break XX: NFL | Tue 9p | 204 |
FS1: NASCAR Victory Lane | Sun 7p | 171 |
NBCSN: NFL Turning Point | Wed 11p | 158 |
NFLN: Playbook AFC | Fri 9p | 143 |
NFLN: A Football Life Backstory | Tue 10p | 136 |
NFLN: Playbook NFC | Fri 10p | 135 |