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 |