The Studio Show Scorecard for Week of November 11-17

PT Rnk

TD Rnk

Nov Distr.
(000)
PT Vwr
(000)
LW/LY TD Vwr
(000)
TD HH TD Vwr
LW/LY

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

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

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

 

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