ESPN came out on top as always, but with both of the week’s NHL Stanley Cup Final games on the NBC broadcast network rather than the cable NBC Sports Network, ESPN2 cruised to easy across-the-board second place wins for the week and both Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network ran past NBCSN in primetime.
Primetime rankings for the week ending June 7, 2015:
Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
ESPN | 1039 | 431 |
ESP2 | 503 | 167 |
FS1 | 269 | 119 |
MLBN | 199 | 63 |
NBCS | 193 | 57 |
GOLF | 134 | 33 |
ENN | 100 | 49 |
ESNU | 86 | 33 |
NFLN | 76 | 34 |
UDN | 73 | 48 |
NBAT | 67 | 24 |
FS2 | 59 | 29 |
FOXD | 57 | 35 |
BEIN | 15 | 7 |
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Total Day:
Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
ESPN | 523 | 279 |
ESP2 | 266 | 113 |
FS1 | 211 | 74 |
GOLF | 136 | 34 |
MLBN | 114 | 43 |
NBCS | 79 | 26 |
ENN | 58 | 35 |
ESNU | 58 | 25 |
FOXD | 57 | 33 |
NFLN | 54 | 29 |
NBAT | 50 | 23 |
UDN | 34 | 21 |
FS2 | 25 | 13 |
BEIN | 14 | 6 |
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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 |