The Studio Show Scorecard for Week of November 25-December 1

PT Rnk

TD Rnk

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

1

=

1

=

97370

3513

+11%

1254

0.9

+5%

=

=

84%

3513

+30%

1254

+3%

+15%

2

+1

2

=

97407

745

+6%

363

0.3

+8%

+1

+1

84%

745

+38%

363

+6%

+34%

3

+4

3

+3

88556

513

+277%

192

0.1

+153%

+2

+2

76%

564

+274%

211

+147%

+159%

10

-8

4

-1

72066

30

-97%

107

0.1

-63%

-8

-2

62%

41

-97%

145

-53%

-63%

6

-1

5

=

78139

139

-22%

87

0.0

+6%

+3

+4

67%

173

+96%

108

-5%

+123%

5

-1

6

-2

74882

160

-30%

87

0.1

-21%

+1

=

65%

208

+27%

113

-14%

+34%

4

+2

7

+1

59078

171

+16%

70

0.0

+21%

=

-3

51%

282

-22%

115

+40%

-9%

7

+1

8

-1

74685

134

+46%

65

0.0

+2%

+1

-1

64%

175

+79%

85

+0%

+5%

8

+1

9

=

81751

68

-24%

47

0.0

-20%

-1

-1

71%

81

-20%

55

-50%

-21%

9

+1

10

=

70036

37

-29%

29

0.0

-2%

+1

=

60%

51

-8%

40

-96%

+32%

We’re waiting another week before chiming in with analysis of the effects of Oklahoma-Baylor and Oregon-Oregon State on FS1 studio show ratings, but there is one thing that FS1 should be very, very concerned about. The Civil War was not only the most-watched show in FS1 history, it also produced the most-watched edition of Fox Sports Live. But said edition of FSL only beat the one from launch night – a record the post-Oklahoma-Baylor edition failed to break – by about 50,000 viewers. On launch night, FSL’s retention was 26.7%. Its Oklahoma/Baylor retention? Only 16.2%. FSL’s post-Civil War retention rebounded to 24%, and earlier in the week on Monday FSL kept almost all of its college basketball lead-in, but the folks at FS1 should still keep a close eye on how FSL does going forward, and don’t be afraid to conclude that some of it may not be working.

(Obviously, don’t read too much into FS1 ranking ahead of NFL Network in a week in which NFLN didn’t have a Thursday Night game.)

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.) 557 633 473 731 641
ESPN2: Mike and Mike 319 249 277 200 228
FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) 16 6 26 25 72
GOLF: Morning Drive (7-9 avg.) 33 28 36 n/a n/a
NFLN: NFLAM 115 77 76 147 88
NBATV: NBA Gametime (6-9 avg.) 28 32 38 50 22*

*Open Court

Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) 474 586 459 1178 980
ESPN2: First Take (10-12) 470 429 414 434 366
FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) 6 13 23 50‡ 127
GOLF: Morning Drive (9-11 avg.) 18 30 17 n/a n/a
NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show 30 35 35 11† 17†
ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-12) 36 39 35 48 35
ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) 74 42 51 45 80
NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) 71 82 81 320^ 101
MLBN: Hot Stove (9-11) 18 26 50 n/a n/a
NBATV: NBA Gametime (9-12 avg.) 17 18 31 57 32*

*Open Court
†Average of Best Of episodes (Friday’s continued to 12:30)
‡9 AM episode only
^NFL Gameday Morning 10-12:30

3 PM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

ESPN: NFL Insiders 552 424 510 n/a n/a
ESPN2: SportsNation n/a n/a 213 n/a n/a
FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (3:30-4) 6 122‡ 210‡ n/a n/a
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter 90 94 158 72 90
ESPNU: CFB Daily 43 37* n/a n/a n/a
MLBN: Intentional Talk (3-3:30) 43 48 51 n/a n/a
MLBN: Clubhouse Confidential (3:30-4) 22 40 53 n/a n/a

*First-run rating for The Experts 1-2:30; 2:30-4 re-air had 56,000 viewers
†Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 had 538,000 viewers
‡UEFA Champions League Soccer 2:30-5 PM

4 PM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

ESPN: NFL Live 593 571 751 n/a n/a
ESPN2: Highly Questionable (4-4:30) n/a n/a 184 n/a n/a
ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) n/a n/a 218 n/a n/a
FS1: NASCAR Race Hub 94 57† 89† n/a 116†
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter 62 117 167 117* 88
MLBN: Hot Stove 41 20 36 n/a n/a

*Aired to 4:30
†Aired at noon; Wednesday’s and Friday’s episodes were tape-delayed, Friday’s aired for a half-hour

5 PM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) 926 845 889 n/a n/a
ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) 1309 1148 1104 n/a n/a
FS1: Crowd Goes Wild 66 37 51 n/a n/a
NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (5:30-6:30) 78 71 45 n/a n/a
ESPNEWS: SportsCenter 73 79 115 36 119
ESPNU: College Football Live (5-5:30) 79* 76 97 n/a n/a
NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live 112 144 106 n/a 95

*108,000 from 5:30-6
†Aired to 5:30

6 PM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

ESPN: SportsCenter 951 885 767 168‡ 91*
FS1: Fox Football Daily 57 29 60 n/a n/a
NFLN: Around the League Live 124 115 108 n/a 73
MLBN: MLB Tonight 61 53 57 n/a n/a
NBATV: The Starters 44 18^ 92 n/a n/a

*Aired on ESPNEWS 6:23-7
†Monday Kickoff from 6-6:30; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6:30-7 had 79,000 viewers
‡Aired for a half-hour at 7 ET; SportsCenter on ESPNEWS 6-7 had 31,000 viewers
^Aired at 5 ET; NBA Special 6-6:30 had 28,000 viewers, Pregame Show 6:30-7 had 90,000 viewers

Late-Night Retention

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

ESPN: SportsCenter 3760 842 871 987 1069 3557 881
28.6% Up 89.9% 60.1% 87.5% 62.2% Up
ESPN2: NBA Tonight 126 211‡ 691† 160‡ 117 322* n/a
50.2% 42.0% 76.2% 57.6% 64.6% 71.1% n/a
FS1: Fox Sports Live 57 37 185 209 522 377 73
96.6% 14.1% 29.1% 20.4% 24.0% 33.4% 20.3%

*College Football Final
†SportsCenter
‡Olbermann Thanksgiving Special

11 PM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

ESPN: SportsCenter 48† 842 18 987 1069 3557
FS1: Fox Sports Live 57 37 185 209 522 n/a
NFLN: NFL Total Access 66* 201 167 106* 99 120

*Aired 11:30-12
†Aired on ESPNEWS 11-11:30
‡Aired on ESPNEWS

Midnight ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

ESPN: SportsCenter 3760 n/a 871 1056 967 1659
FS1: Fox Sports Live 21 48* 66* 67 n/a n/a

*Fox Football Daily
†Aired 12:30-1

1 AM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

ESPN: SportsCenter 76* 693 823 897 782 1096
FS1: Fox Sports Live 15 22 35 58 97 377
NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live 67 122 83 n/a 67 n/a

*Aired on ESPNEWS; NFL Primetime had 1.692 million viewers

2 AM ET

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

ESPN: SportsCenter 1162 585 679 797 671 802
FS1: Fox Sports Live 7 24 28 45 63 82
NFLN: NFL Total Access 54 117 79 110 41 62

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Saturday Morning  
ESPN: SportsCenter 8 ET 990
ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET 179
FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-10 avg. 25
NBATV: NBA Gametime 8-12 avg. 49
ESPN: College Gameday 9 ET 2052
ESPN2: SportsCenter 9-12 avg. 398
ESPNU: Dari and Mel 9 ET 11
FS1: Fox College Saturday 10 ET 67
ESPNU: Film Room 10:30 ET 13
ESPNU: Whiparound 11 ET 55

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Sun 7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM Noon

SportsCenter

SportsCenter

SportsCenter

Sunday NFL Countdown

686K/.5

1.253M/.8

1.272M/.9

1.934M/1.4

CFB Final

OTL

SR

Colin on FB

SportsCenter

Fantasy FB Now

248/.2

185

252

200K/.2

381K/.3

340K/.3

Fox Sports Live

Fox Sports Live

Fox Sports Live

Fox Sports Live

Fox NFL Kickoff

55K/.0

82K/.1

74K/.1

101K/.1

105K/.1

OTL

SR

Colin on FB

SportsCenter

SportsCenter

73

116

79K/.1

122K/.1

131K/.1

NFL Gameday First

NFL Gameday Morning

105K/.1

373K/.3

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

GT

37

33

30

37

62

36

54

68

55

27

28

19

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Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge  
NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:20) 9025
ESPN: SportsCenter (7-8:30) 487
NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) 234

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Sunday Night  
ESPN: SportsCenter 11 881
ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 992
ESPN2: ESPNFC 12 72
FS1: Fox Sports Live 10:30 73
FS1: Fox Sports Live 12 68
NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 11:30 213
NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 12 223

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Weekly Shows on ESPN and Networks Not On Chart  
ESPN: BCS Countdown Sun 8:30p 758
ESPN: Football Sunday on ESPN Radio Sun 3p 179
ESPN: Monday Night Countdown Mon 6:30p 2616
ESPN: KIA NBA Shootaround Wed 7p 753
ESPN: Top NFL Matchup airing Sat/Sun 4a 541
ESPN: NFL Primetime First-Run Mon 2p 490

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Top 10 Non-ESPN Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart  
NFLN: A Football Life Tue 9p 197
GOLF: Big Break XX: NFL Tue 9p 184
FS1: UFC Tonight Wed 7p 156
NFLN: Sound FX Wed 12a 153
NFLN: Sound FX: Best Of Wed 12:30a 135
NFLN: NFL Gamecenter Sun 1p 122
NBCSN: NHL Top 10 Tue 11p 118
NBCSN: Premier League Goal Zone Sun 1:15p 118
NFLN: NFL Gameday Scoreboard Thu 3:30p 113
ESPN2: Football Sunday on ESPN Radio Sun 1p 110
ESPNU: Big 12 Weekly Wed 4:30p 109
NFLN: The Aftermath Mon 2p 108

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