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ESPN Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS

(000) 1 NFL REGULAR SEASON: Philadelphia at Indianapolis Mon 8:15PM-11:33PM 198 9.2 14891 2 SPORTSCENTER (live) Mon 11:33PM- 1:00AM 87 2.7 4047 3 NASCAR SPRINT CUP: New Hampshire (Sept.) Sun 1:55PM- 5:31PM 216 2.4 3850 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Auburn at Kansas State Thu 7:25PM-10:51PM 206 2.3 3846 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Mississippi State at LSu Sat 7:16PM-10:50PM 214 2.1 3472 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Oregon at Washington State Sat 10:50PM- 1:54AM 184 2.0 3184 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Sat 12:01PM- 3:30PM 209 2.1 3144 8 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN (live) Mon 6:00PM- 8:15PM 135 1.7 2559 9 NFL COUNTDOWN (live) Sun 10:00AM- 1:00PM 180 1.3 1942 10 COLLEGE GAMEDAY (live) Sat 9:00AM-12:01PM 181 1.3 1847 11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Virginia vs. BYU Sat 3:30PM- 7:16PM 226 1.0 1638 16 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Connecticut at South Florida Fri 7:57PM-11:00PM 183 1.0 1360 22 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT: Cincinnati at St. Louis Sun 8:00PM-11:10PM 190 0.7 1120 30 SPORTSCENTER: Roger Goodell Press Conference Fri 3:00PM- 4:33PM 93 0.6 887 44 NFL MATCH-UP Sat 3:54AM- 4:24AM 30 0.5 714 62 MLB WED NIGHT – EARLY: Washington at Atlanta Wed 7:00PM-10:00PM 180 0.4 588 93 MLB WED NIGHT – LATE: Seattle at L.A. Angels Wed 10:00PM-12:48AM 168 0.3 437

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN is up 15 percent (3.644 million vs. 3.157 million) from one week earlier and up 8 percent (3.644 million vs. 3.387 million) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN is down 2 percent (1.334 million vs. 1.363 million) from one week earlier and up 2 percent (1.334 million vs. 1.305 million) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

ESPN’s daily programs viewership averages for the week:

“NFL Insiders” (ESPN, Sep. 15-18): 472,000

“NFL Live” (ESPN, Sep. 15-18): 645,000

“Around the Horn” (ESPN, Sep. 15-19): 788,000

“Pardon the Interruption” (ESPN, Sep. 15-19): 1.111 million

“SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 16-19 & 21 early evening): 793,000

“SportsCenter” (ESPN, Sep. 15-21 late night): 1.475 million

ESPN2 Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS

(000) 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Miami at Nebraska Sat 8:00PM-11:32PM 212 1.0 1824 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Bowling Green at Wisconsin Sat 12:00PM- 3:33PM 213 0.6 856 3 SPORTSCENTER LATE (live) Sat 11:32PM-11:58PM 26 0.4 717 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 7:01PM- 8:00PM 59 0.4 644 5 FANTASY SHOW (live) Sun 11:00AM- 1:00PM 120 0.4 587 6 NHRA DRAG RACING: Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Sun 8:30PM-11:30PM 180 0.3 560 7 FIRST TAKE (live) Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.4 492 8 MLB POST SEASON IMPACT: Detroit at Kansas City Fri 8:00PM-11:27PM 207 0.3 487 9 SPORTSCENTER 12AM (live) Sat 11:58PM- 1:00AM 62 0.3 478 10 FIRST TAKE (live) Tue 10:00AM-12:00PM 120 0.3 452 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Texas A&M at SMU Sat 3:33PM- 6:50PM 197 0.3 403 61 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 8:30AM- 9:00AM 30 0.2 227 73 USA SOCCER WOMEN: USA vs. Mexico Thu 7:00PM- 9:02PM 122 0.1 197 75 COLIN’S NEW FOOTBALL SHOW (live) Sun 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.1 189 78 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND (live) Sun 8:00AM- 8:30AM 30 0.1 182 83 USA BASKETBALL MEN: Canada vs. USA Mon 7:00PM- 8:45PM 105 0.1 177 88 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lubbock Cooper(TX) vs. Stephenville(TX) Thu 9:02PM-12:24AM 202 0.1 170 124 CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Calgary vs. Montreal Sun 1:00PM- 4:07PM 187 0.1 81 134 BASEBALL TONIGHT: SUNDAY COUNTDOWN (live) Sun 7:00PM- 8:00PM 60 0.0 66

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPN2 is up 28 percent (548,000 vs. 428,000) from one week earlier and down 2 percent (548,000 vs. 562,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPN2 is down 9 percent (292,000 vs. 321,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (292,000 vs. 306,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

ESPN2’s daily talkers’ viewership averages for the week:

“Mike & Mike in the Morning” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19): 273,000

“First Take” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19): 409,000

“Numbers Never Lie” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19): 310,000

“SportsNation” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-18): 228,000

“Highly Questionable” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-18): 275,000

“You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-18): 244,000

“Olbermann” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19): 192,000

“Outside the Lines” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19): 151,000

“Baseball Tonight” (average of each day’s most-watched telecast): 144,000

“ESPN FC” (ESPN2, Sep. 15-19 & 21): 79,000

ESPNU Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS

(000) 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Iowa at Pittsburgh Sat 12:00PM- 3:12PM 192 0.6 884 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (live) Sat 3:12PM- 3:30PM 18 0.5 795 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: North Carolina vs. ECU Sat 3:30PM- 7:35PM 245 0.4 682 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas Sat 7:35PM-10:13PM 158 0.3 510 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.1 177 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Sun 10:00AM-11:00AM 60 0.1 165 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL REGULAR SEASON REPEAT: Georgia vs. South Carolina Tue 8:00PM-10:30PM 150 0.1 157 8 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Machern(Ga.) vs. Lovejoy(Ga.) Fri 8:00PM-11:01PM 181 0.1 142 9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPEAT: Clemson at Florida State Sun 7:00PM- 9:30PM 150 0.1 137 10 YOU HERD ME WITH COLIN Tue 10:30PM-11:00PM 30 0.1 114 54 EDGE (live) Sat 11:00AM-12:00PM 60 0.0 45 60 MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON: Georgetown vs. Princeton Wed 7:00PM- 9:00PM 120 0.0 44 61 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Arkansas Pine Bluff vs. Alabama State Thu 7:30PM-10:54PM 204 0.0 43 66 MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON: Notre Dame vs. Virginia Sun 12:00PM- 2:34PM 154 0.0 41 74 DARI & MEL (live) Sat 9:00AM-10:00AM 60 0.0 37 111 CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE (live) Mon 6:00PM- 7:00PM 60 0.0 17

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNU is down 31 percent (135,000 vs. 195,000) from one week earlier and down 4 percent (135,000 vs. 140,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNU is up 5 percent (92,000 vs. 88,000) from one week earlier and down 5 percent (92,000 vs. 97,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

Viewership averages for the following ESPNU programs of the week:

“The Herd” (10 a.m.-1 p.m.): 58,000

“CFB Daily” (live editions): 57,000

“You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” (afternoon): 45,000

ESPNEWS Top 10 (and Select) Programs

RANK PROGRAM DAY TIME DUR HH VWRS

(000) 1 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES: Kentucky Sat 7:30PM-10:16PM 166 0.5 708 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: Oregon at Washington State Sat 10:35PM-10:52PM 17 0.2 281 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Texas State at Illinois Sat 4:00PM- 5:38PM 98 0.2 242 4 SPORTS REPORTERS Sun 9:30AM-10:00AM 30 0.2 205 5 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-PM (live) Sat 10:16PM-11:05PM 49 0.1 190 6 SPORTSCENTER PRIME (live) Tue 8:00PM- 9:00PM 60 0.1 179 7 ESPN GOAL LINE (live) Sat 3:30PM- 5:52PM 142 0.1 167 7 SPORTSCENTER AFTERNOON (live) Fri 5:00PM- 6:00PM 60 0.1 167 9 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WEEKEND Sun 9:00AM- 9:30AM 30 0.1 165 10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFTERNOON: Western Illinois at Northwestern Sat 12:00PM- 3:25PM 205 0.1 162

In total viewership for its entire week in Prime Time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), ESPNEWS is up 62 percent (159,000 vs. 98,000) from one week earlier and down 23 percent (159,000 vs. 207,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

In total viewership for its entire week in Total Day (6 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), ESPNEWS is even (69,000 vs. 69,000) from one week earlier and down 17 percent (69,000 vs. 83,000) from the same week one year ago (September 16-22, 2013).

For the week, ESPNEWS’s daily talkers “SVP & Russillo” averaged 35,000 viewers and “ESPN FC” averaged 56,000.

Source: Nielsen Media Research