| PT Rnk |
TD Rnk |
PT Vwr (000) |
PT/ ESPN |
TD Vwr (000) |
TD HH | TD/ ESPN |
|
|
1 |
1 |
 |
4256 |
4256 |
1591 |
1.1 |
1591 |
|
= |
= |
+50% |
+27% |
+27% |
1.1 |
||
|
2 |
2 |
 |
1312 |
1808 |
380 |
0.3 |
524 |
|
+3 |
+1 |
+442% |
+131% |
+116% |
0.4 |
||
|
3 |
3 |
 |
633 |
633 |
339 |
0.2 |
339 |
|
-1 |
-1 |
-22% |
-19% |
-18% |
0.2 |
||
|
9 |
4 |
 |
97 |
115 |
116 |
0.1 |
138 |
|
-1 |
+4 |
+3% |
+67% |
+92% |
0.1 |
||
|
4 |
5 |
 |
302 |
331 |
109 |
0.1 |
119 |
|
= |
-1 |
+20% |
-14% |
-15% |
0.1 |
||
|
5 |
6 |
 |
235 |
328 |
82 |
0.1 |
114 |
|
-2 |
-1 |
-10% |
-14% |
-10% |
0.1 |
||
|
6 |
7 |
 |
152 |
200 |
78 |
0.0 |
102 |
|
= |
-1 |
-13% |
-14% |
-25% |
0.1 |
||
|
8 |
8 |
 |
99 |
129 |
71 |
0.1 |
93 |
|
-1 |
-1 |
-17% |
-8% |
-9% |
0.1 |
||
|
7 |
9 |
 |
100 |
126 |
67 |
0.0 |
84 |
|
+2 |
= |
+19% |
+34% |
+64% |
0.0 |
||
|
10 |
10 |
 |
37 |
61 |
20 |
0.0 |
32 |
|
= |
= |
-5% |
-2% |
-62% |
0.0 |
I said on my tweeter a while back that big changes were coming to the scorecard, but even I didn’t know what sort of changes. The same week it added ratings for ESPNEWS, Son of the Bronx also listed primetime and total day rankings for ESPN. Because it was just ESPN, I didn’t think much of it. Fast forward to this week where SotB is listing primetime and total day ratings for EVERY sports network for this week and last! The table is still sorted by total day, as I consider that a more accurate measure of popularity for a sports network, and the total day numbers are still determined using the crude method I was using (which I can’t use for primetime because not every program fits neatly into the 8-11 block and 7 would be a more appropriate starting time for sports networks), which seems to slightly understate the total day viewership compared to the official numbers Son of the Bronx has, but allows for more precision for the new percent-change listing, especially for household rating which SotB doesn’t have the averages for at all.
SotB also has year-ago comparisons for every network that isn’t ESPNU (how come Nielsen has been reporting distribution for ESPNU for a few years yet I’ve seen evidence it wasn’t actually being rated until last year?), which is more apples-to-apples than the week-by-week changes that vary considerably over the course of the year (just look at the huge leap NFLN took with Thursday Night Football coming back), but I have no idea how to incorporate those comparisons into the chart.
Is ESPN underplaying NFL Matchup? I don’t mean in the sense that “ESPN buries all its actual good programs”, I mean in the sense that ESPN is missing an actual chance for actual good ratings. Yes, regular ESPN could put a test pattern on in the dead of night and get 250,000 viewers, but over 750k for a program at 4 AM ET, which is still 1 AM on the West Coast, is pretty impressive. Granted the 6:30 Sunday airing on ESPN is doing better than the new Saturday 8:30 airing on ESPN2, but it is new and Matchup fans might not be aware of it yet. When Fantasy Football Now was only 90 minutes on ESPN2, I wondered why the Deuce had an extra half-hour of SportsCenter that had to be bumped to ESPNEWS at the bottom of the hour, often to get bumped itself for NASCAR Countdown after another half hour, rather than putting on Matchup for that half-hour. FF Now is actually losing audience from its SportsCenter lead-in; I have to imagine Matchup would at least be on par with ESPN2’s other programming at that time if not retain more of SportsCenter’s audience.
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.) | 669 | 925 | 557 | 392 | 549 |
| ESPN2: Mike and Mike | 251 | 237 | 203 | 295 | 212 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (6-9 avg.) | 11 | 49 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (7-9 avg.) | 38 | 23 | 22 | 18* | 61* |
| NFLN: NFLAM | 139 | 129 | 101 | 87 | 217 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch (6-9 avg.) | 32 | 39 | 22 | 33 | 17 |
*Aired 6-7:30
| Approx. 9 AM-Noon ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (9-12 avg.) | 718 | 681 | 480 | 400 | 413 |
| ESPN2: First Take (10-12) | 437 | 408 | 353 | 444 | 396 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live (9-12 avg.) | 21 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 43† |
| GOLF: Morning Drive (9-11 avg.) | 28 | 17 | 25 | n/a | n/a |
| NBCSN: The Dan Patrick Show | 19 | 37 | 19 | 26 | 35 |
| ESPNEWS: Mike and Mike (10-1) | 44‡ | 47 | 32 | 39‡ | 18 |
| ESPNU: The Herd (10-1) | 87 | 58 | 29 | 73 | 113 |
| NFLN: NFLAM (10-2) | 154 | 158 | 126 | 96 | 162 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch (9-1 avg.) | 15 | 26 | 30* | 39* | 28 |
*9-12 average only
†Single episode at 9 AM before NCWTS practice
‡Aired 10-12 only
| 3 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Insiders | 627† | 685‡ | 502 | 346 | 713 |
| ESPN2: SportsNation | 263 | 239 | 174 | 184 | 287 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 58 | 50 | 85 | 27 | 100 |
| ESPNU: CFB Daily | 41 | 63* | 85 | 68 | 64 |
| MLBN: The Rundown (2-4) | 22 | 38 | 37 | 27^ | 27 |
*First-run rating for The Experts 1-2:30; 2:30-4 re-air had 77,000 viewers
†Aired an hour earlier due to MNF doubleheader
‡Aired from 3-3:30; Mike and Mike’s Best of the NFL 3:30-4 had 797,000 viewers
^Started at 1 PM
| 4 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: NFL Live | 735* | 997 | 624 | 562 | 773 |
| ESPN2: DLHQ (4-4:30) | 267 | 209 | 171 | 187 | 261 |
| ESPN2: Outside the Lines (4:30-5) | 171 | 136 | 158 | 169 | 156 |
| FS1: Fox Soccer Daily (4-4:30) | 50 | 17 | 74 | 59 | n/a |
| FS1: NASCAR Race Hub (4:30-5) | 166 | 281 | 240 | 188 | n/a |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 84 | 37 | 46 | 45 | 93 |
| MLBN: MLB Now | 35 | 46 | n/a | 43 | 31 |
*Aired an hour earlier due to MNF doubleheader
| 5 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: Around the Horn (5-5:30) | 684* | 1384 | 712 | 656 | 781 |
| ESPN: PTI (5:30-6) | 939* | 1390 | 900 | 1072 | 1019 |
| ESPN2: College Football Live (5-5:30) | 148 | 100 | 185 | 172 | 65† |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC (5:30-6) | 79 | 91^ | 129 | 113 | 193‡ |
| FS1: Crowd Goes Wild | 28 | 82 | 62 | 58 | 97 |
| NBCSN: The Crossover (5-5:30) | 19 | n/a | 42 | n/a | 30 |
| ESPNEWS: SportsCenter | 71 | 88 | 85 | 71 | 45 |
| ESPNU: College Football Live (5:30-6) | 61 | 56 | 51 | 66 | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | 190* | 185 | 163 | 187 | 168 |
| MLBN: Intentional Talk | 53 | 89 | 138 | 69 | 33 |
*Aired an hour earlier due to MNF doubleheader
†Aired on ESPNU
‡Aired at 6:30
^Aired 5:30-7 as World Cup qualifying pregame
| 6 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 151‡ | 990 | 602 | 752 | 822 |
| ESPN2: Around the Horn (6-6:30) | 95^ | 95^ | 148 | 131 | 82^ |
| ESPN2: PTI (6:30-7) | 128^ | 136^ | 269 | 204 | 87^ |
| FS1: Fox Football Daily | 36 | 63 | 25 | 41 | 79 |
| GOLF: Golf Central (6-6:30) | 39* | 31 | 77 | 344 | 410 |
| NBCSN: Pro Football Talk (5:30-6:30) | 24 | 57* | 49 | 51~ | 52 |
| NFLN: Around the League Live | 201† | 151 | 174 | 97¹ | 188 |
| MLBN: MLB Tonight | 86 | 100 | 132 | 93 | 60 |
*Aired from 6-7
†Aired an hour earlier due to MNF doubleheader
‡Aired on ESPN2
^Aired on ESPNEWS
~Aired from 6-6:30
¹Aired 2-5
| 11 PM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 384† | 937^ | 325† | 1038 | 1452 | 646† |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 63~ | 181 | 98~ | 185 | 171 | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 96 | 46 | 185 | 58 | 250 | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 83* | 176 | 200 | 3138‡ | 250 | 174 |
*Aired 11:30-12:30
†Aired on ESPN2
‡Thursday Night Football postgame
^10 PM show after soccer had 1.271 million viewers
~Aired on ESPNEWS
| Midnight ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 57† | 788 | 163† | 1051 | 1064 | 650* |
| ESPN2: Olbermann | 160 | 93 | 224 | 148 | 109 | n/a |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 62 | 27 | 33 | 105 | 77 | n/a |
*Aired on ESPN2
†Aired on ESPNEWS
| 1 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 127* | 516 | 456 | 763 | 761 | 553† |
| ESPN2: Baseball Tonight | 150* | 93 | 140 | 81 | 63 | 287† |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 39 | 14 | 36 | 27 | 42 | n/a |
| NFLN: NFL Fantasy Live | n/a | 150 | 125 | 702 | 235 | n/a |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch | 56 | 50 | 102 | n/a | 111 | 92‡ |
*SportsCenter aired on ESPN2 to 1:30, then Baseball Tonight aired 1:30-2:30
†SportsCenter aired on ESPN2, followed by College Football Final at 1:55 (364,000 viewers), then Baseball Tonight at 2:55
‡Aired 12:30-1:30
| 2 AM ET |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| ESPN: SportsCenter | 2763* | 485 | 393 | 543 | 845 | 1359 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live | 42 | 12 | n/a | 21 | 51 | 79 |
| NFLN: NFL Total Access | 122† | 153 | 83 | 500 | 213 | 109 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch | 26 | 24 | 66 | 40 | 74 | 57‡ |
*Show airing after MNF doubleheader
†Aired 2:30-3:30
‡Aired 1:30-2:30
| Saturday Morning | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 8 ET | 786 |
| ESPN2: NFL Matchup 8:30 ET | 193 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 8-10 avg. | 58 |
| MLBN: Quick Pitch 8-12 avg. | 63 |
| ESPN: College Gameday 9 ET | 1874 |
| ESPN2: SportsCenter 9-12 avg. | 269 |
| ESPNU: Dari and Mel 9 ET | 28 |
| FS1: Fox College Saturday 10 ET | 68 |
| ESPNU: First Take CFB 10 ET | 20 |
| ESPNU: Film Room 10:30 ET | 24 |
| ESPNU: Whiparound 11 ET | 62 |
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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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|
619K/.5 |
1.045M/.8 |
1.338M/.9 |
2.266M/1.6 |
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|
CFB Final |
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
Fantasy FB Now |
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|
281K/.2 |
273K |
295K |
296K/.2 |
456K/.3 |
420K/.3 |
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Fox Sports Live |
NASCAR RaceDay |
Fox NFL Kickoff |
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|
48K/.0 |
336K/.2 |
274K/.2 |
||||||
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Morning Drive* |
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|
64K/.1 |
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|
CFB Final |
OTL |
SR |
Colin on FB |
SportsCenter |
SportsCenter |
||
|
92K/.1 |
131K |
108K |
93K/.1 |
121K/.1 |
152K/.1 |
|||
|
NFL Gameday First |
NFL Gameday Morning |
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|
168K/.1 |
539K/.4 |
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|
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
Quick Pitch |
||
|
32K/.0 |
58K/.0 |
70K/.1 |
88K/.1 |
98K/.1 |
73K/.1 |
|||
*Aired to 8:30
| Afternoon Post/SNF Bridge | |
| NBC: Hyundai Sunday Night Kickoff (8-8:30) | 14.09M |
| ESPN: SportsCenter (7-8) | 1.242M |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Highlights (7:30-8:30) | 436 |
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| Sunday Night | |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 11 | 602 |
| ESPN: SportsCenter 12:30 | 920 |
| ESPN2: NASCAR Now 12 | 604 |
| ESPN2: ESPNFC 1 | 256 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 11 | 27 |
| FS1: Fox Sports Live 12:30 | 21 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Overtime 12:30 | 225 |
| NFLN: NFL Gameday Final 1 | 323 |
morganwick.com
| Top 10 Weekly Shows Not Otherwise On Chart | ||
| NFLN: Lexus Prekick Show | Thu 8p | 4825 |
| ESPN: NASCAR Countdown (NSCS) | Sun 1p | 2221 |
| ESPN: Monday Night Countdown | Mon 5p | 1771 |
| ESPN: Top NFL Matchup Airing | Sat/Sun 4a | 776 |
| FS1: NCWTS Setup | Fri 8p | 373 |
| ESPN2: Baseball Tonight SNB Pregame | Sun 7p | 328 |
| NFLN: Playbook AFC | Fri 9p | 315 |
| NFLN: Playbook NFC | Fri 10p | 288 |
| NFLN: A Football Life | Tue 9p | 285 |
| ESPN2: E:60 | Tue 7p | 267 |
| ESPN2: NFL Kickoff | Fri 7p | 239 |