ESPN, ESPN2 coast to victory in sports network rankings for the week ending June 7, 2015

 

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

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


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

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