In the midst of the NFL and college football regular seasons and MLB postseason as well as the start of the NBA season, a couple of ESPN programs hit multi-week highs:

“Highly Questionable” (averaging 501,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) had its best week in total viewers since Feb. 6-10, the week of after Super Bowl LI (517,000 viewers average); HQ featured the ESPN debut of Katie Nolan on Oct. 19-20;

“Around The Horn” (averaging 536,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) – best week since Mar. 6-8 and 10, the week of college basketball conference tournaments (631,,000 viewers average);

“First Take” (averaging 507,000 viewers for Oct. 16-20) – best week since June 19-23, the week of the NBA Draft (514,000 viewers average);

“SportsNation” (averaging 450,000 viewers for Oct. 17-20; not counting its ESPN2 telecast on Oct. 16) – best week on solely the ESPN flagship network since Jan. 17-20 (450,000 viewers average);