After a very rare week where ESPN abdicated its primetime throne to NBCSN, ESPN was back on top across-the-board and NBCSN faded back to the background.
Sixteen hours of U.S. Open first and second-round coverage on FS1 plus Women’s World Cup wasn’t enough to propel FS1 past ESPN, but it was enough to send it past ESPN2.
Primetime rankings for the week ending June 21, 2015:
| Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
| ESPN | 942 | 320 |
| FS1 | 566 | 222 |
| ESP2 | 313 | 128 |
| MLBN | 202 | 61 |
| BEIN | 166 | 87 |
| NBCS | 105 | 30 |
| GOLF | 103 | 32 |
| NFLN | 76 | 40 |
| ENN | 66 | 34 |
| NBAT | 64 | 28 |
| FS2 | 56 | 21 |
| UDN | 34 | 18 |
| FOXD | 29 | 13 |
| ESNU | 26 | 10 |
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Total Day:
| Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
| ESPN | 475 | 226 |
| FS1 | 351 | 111 |
| ESP2 | 241 | 118 |
| MLBN | 126 | 49 |
| GOLF | 111 | 30 |
| NBCS | 67 | 23 |
| NFLN | 59 | 31 |
| BEIN | 58 | 29 |
| NBAT | 51 | 25 |
| FS2 | 39 | 14 |
| ENN | 37 | 21 |
| ESNU | 31 | 11 |
| FOXD | 19 | 10 |
| UDN | 19 | 10 |
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As of February 2015, here are the Nielsen coverage estimates for the sports networks listed above:
| Network name | Estimated # of Homes (000) | Coverage % |
| BEIN SPORT | 16,945 | 14.6 |
| ESPN | 94,396 | 81.1 |
| ESPN CLASSIC | 25,516 | 21.9 |
| ESPN2 | 94,379 | 81.1 |
| ESPNEWS | 71,989 | 61.8 |
| ESPNU | 73,594 | 63.2 |
| FOX DEPORTES | 21,831 | 18.8 |
| FOX SPORTS 1 (Formerly SPEED) | 84,836 | 72.9 |
| FOX SPORTS 2 (Formerly FUEL) | 45,393 | 39.0 |
| FUSE | 71,491 | 61.4 |
| GOLF CHANNEL | 79,250 | 68.1 |
| MLB NETWORK | 69,991 | 60.1 |
| NBA-TV | 57,129 | 49.1 |
| NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 81,578 | 70.1 |
| NFL NETWORK | 71,867 | 61.7 |
| UNIVSION DEPORTES | 39,686 | 34.1 |