Fueled by college football and U.S. Open Tennis, ESPN and ESPN2 easily took the top-two spots in the cable sports network rankings for the week.
A pretty woeful week for NBC Sports Network which was beaten by sibling Golf Channel , ESPN U, ESPN News and MLB Network in primetime viewership and didn’t fare much better in total day viewing.
Primetime rankings for the week ending September 6, 2015:
Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
ESPN | 1826 | 749 |
ESP2 | 1123 | 300 |
NFLN | 666 | 239 |
FS1 | 546 | 278 |
ESNU | 244 | 101 |
MLBN | 210 | 62 |
ENN | 190 | 84 |
GOLF | 126 | 33 |
NBCS | 112 | 34 |
UDN | 111 | 66 |
NBAT | 43 | 16 |
FOXD | 38 | 21 |
FS2 | 35 | 19 |
BEIN | 9 | 3 |
Total Day:
Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
ESPN | 903 | 404 |
ESP2 | 528 | 190 |
NFLN | 282 | 116 |
FS1 | 175 | 78 |
MLBN | 112 | 43 |
GOLF | 110 | 23 |
ESNU | 102 | 45 |
NBCS | 95 | 26 |
ENN | 85 | 42 |
UDN | 40 | 23 |
NBAT | 29 | 14 |
FOXD | 25 | 15 |
FS2 | 24 | 12 |
BEIN | 11 | 4 |
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As of July 2015, here are the Nielsen coverage estimates for the sports networks listed above:
Network name | Estimated # of Homes (000) | Coverage % |
BEIN SPORT | 18,161 | 15.6 |
ESPN | 92,940 | 79.8 |
ESPN CLASSIC | 25,191 | 21.6 |
ESPN2 | 92,855 | 79.8 |
ESPNEWS | 71,293 | 61.2 |
ESPNU | 73,091 | 62.8 |
FOX DEPORTES | 21,534 | 18.5 |
FOX SPORTS 1 (Formerly SPEED) | 84,309 | 72.4 |
FOX SPORTS 2 (Formerly FUEL) | 46,659 | 40.1 |
GOLF CHANNEL | 78,299 | 67.3 |
MLB NETWORK | 68,342 | 58.7 |
NBA-TV | 55,785 | 47.9 |
NBC SPORTS NETWORK | 83,874 | 72.1 |
NFL NETWORK | 70,466 | 60.5 |
UNIVISION DEPORTES | 44,221 | 38.0 |