Among the sports networks ESPN, as ever, came out on top in the weekly rankings. With both of the weekend’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoff conference finals games on the NBC mothership rather than NBC Sports Network, Fox Sports 1 took second place honors in viewership (though in primetime NBCSN beat FS1 rather handily among adults 18-49).
Note the good showing by Univision Deportes in primetime. Pretty impressive considering it’s in fewer than half the homes Fox Sports 1 is in (see coverage table at bottom of the post).
Primetime rankings for the week ending May 17, 2015:
| Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
| ESPN | 2159 | 1,002 |
| FS1 | 680 | 199 |
| NBCS | 636 | 293 |
| UDN | 272 | 163 |
| ESP2 | 246 | 79 |
| MLBN | 199 | 85 |
| ESNU | 111 | 36 |
| ENN | 103 | 54 |
| GOLF | 94 | 27 |
| NFLN | 85 | 42 |
| FOXD | 56 | 35 |
| NBAT | 54 | 17 |
| FS2 | 40 | 17 |
| BEIN | 9 | 3 |
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Total Day:
| Net | Viewers (000) | Viewers 18-49 (000) |
| ESPN | 848 | 452 |
| FS1 | 243 | 84 |
| ESP2 | 211 | 116 |
| NBCS | 175 | 81 |
| MLBN | 121 | 58 |
| GOLF | 101 | 25 |
| UDN | 73 | 42 |
| NFLN | 60 | 33 |
| ENN | 58 | 31 |
| ESNU | 51 | 20 |
| NBAT | 42 | 19 |
| FOXD | 38 | 24 |
| FS2 | 23 | 12 |
| BEIN | 13 | 5 |
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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 |