I only wound up seeing a very limited set of the cable sports nets numbers for Monday…
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday August 31, 2015:
| Program | Net | Episode | Start | End | Viewers (000) | 18-49 Rtg |
| MLB MON NIGHT | ESPN | NY YANKEES/BOSTON | 7:00 PM | 10:58 PM | 1065 | 0.3 |
| TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME L | ESPN2 | EARLY ROUND | 7:01 PM | 11:49 PM | 962 | 0.2 |
| NFL PRESEASON | NFLN | 2015 – PHI VS. GB | 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 939 | 0.3 |
| PARDON THE INTERRUPTION | ESPN2 | 5:30 PM | 6:00 PM | 699 | 0.3 | |
| TENNIS: US OPEN AFT L | ESPN | EARLY ROUND | 1:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 680 | 0.1 |
| TENNIS: US OPEN AFT L | ESPN2 | EARLY ROUND | 6:00 PM | 7:01 PM | 677 | 0.2 |
| SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | 10:58 PM | 12:00 AM | 641 | 0.3 | |
| FIRST TAKE L | ESPN2 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 568 | 0.3 | |
| SPORTSCENTER 12AM L | ESPN | 12:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 492 | 0.2 | |
| NFL LIVE L | ESPN2 | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 478 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER EARLY L | ESPN | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 470 | 0.2 | |
| NFL TOTAL ACCESS | NFLN | NFL TOTAL ACCESS | 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM | 461 | 0.2 |
| NFL INSIDERS L | ESPN2 | 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 448 | 0.2 | |
| HIS & HERS L | ESPN2 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 415 | 0.2 | |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN2 | 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM | 414 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER 1AM L | ESPN | 1:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 387 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN2 | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 375 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 370 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 339 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING L | ESPN | 2:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 333 | 0.2 | |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L | ESPN2 | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 321 | 0.2 | |
| NFL TOTAL ACCESS | NFLN | NFL TOTAL ACCESS | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 320 | 0.1 |
| SPORTSCENTER LATE | ESPN | 7:30 AM | 9:00 AM | 317 | 0.2 | |
| MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L | ESPN2 | 6:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 304 | 0.1 | |
| NFL LIVE | ESPN2 | 11:49 PM | 12:05 AM | 289 | 0.1 | |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING | ESPN | 3:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 279 | 0.2 | |
| SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 272 | 0.1 | |
| SPORTSCENTER AM L | ESPN | 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 267 | 0.1 | |
| SPORTSCENTER LATE | ESPN | 6:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 254 | 0.1 | |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING | ESPN | 5:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 251 | 0.1 | |
| NFL PRESEASON | NFLN | 2015 – SF VS. DEN | 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 247 | 0.1 |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING | ESPN | 4:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 237 | 0.1 | |
| BASEBALL TONIGHT L | ESPN2 | 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | 231 | 0.1 | |
| NFL PRESEASON | NFLN | 2015 – PIT VS. BUF | 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 194 | 0.1 |
This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific.
Note to readers using mobile phones: on most phones the tables are easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation.
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Note: viewership of around 100,000 or lower is technically what Nielsen refers to as a “scratch” i.e., not enough Nielsen panelists watched for Nielsen to validate it. There are around 20,000 homes in the Nielsen panel and a bit over 50,000 panelists, where 1 Nielsen panelist watching a whole telecast represents around 5,800 people. So something averaging a million viewers averaged around 170 people out of the 50K+ panel — small, but still statistically significant. But when there’s a show with 30,000 viewers, that’s only around 5 or 6 Nielsen panelists…