ESPN has averaged 1.37 million viewers for its men’s college basketball games through Jan. 9, up 25% from the same period last year. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU also have combined to average 413,000 viewers for 249 men’s games to date this season, up 4%. Michigan State-Kentucky on Nov. 12 remains ESPN’s top college basketball audience this season to date with 4.0 million viewers, also marking the net’s second-best non-conference game ever (ESPN).
MX MARKS THE SPOT: Univision Deportes Network’s Liga MX telecasts saw viewership grow 25% in ’13, while sister station UniMas saw viewership grow 16%. Univision Deportes also was the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network in primetime in ’13 (Univision).
The charts below list final ratings from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| AFC Divisional Playoff: Chargers-Broncos |
1/12
|
CBS
|
4:40-7:59pm
|
23.1
|
41,211
|
| NFC Divisional Playoff: 49ers-Panthers |
1/12
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:45pm
|
19.9
|
33,300
|
| AFC Divisional Playoff: Patriots-Colts |
1/11
|
CBS
|
8:15-11:28pm
|
17.8
|
31,694
|
| NFC Divisional Playoff: Saints-Seahawks |
1/11
|
Fox
|
4:30-7:45pm
|
18.1
|
31,100
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/12
|
CBS
|
4:00-4:40pm
|
9.5
|
16,178
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/11
|
CBS
|
7:30-8:12pm
|
6.3
|
11,014
|
| "Fox NFL Special" |
1/11
|
Fox
|
3:30-4:30pm
|
4.8
|
n/a
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
1/12
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
4.3
|
n/a
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
1/11
|
NBC
|
8:00-11:00pm
|
2.7
|
4,183
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
1/11
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,208
|
| U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
1/12
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,075
|
| "NFL Game Changers" |
1/11
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:30pm
|
1.1
|
1,638
|
| College Basketball: Kentucky-Vanderbilt |
1/11
|
CBS
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,390
|
| College Basketball: Iowa-Ohio State |
1/12
|
CBS
|
1:30-4:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,285
|
| EPL: Manchester United-Swansea City |
1/11
|
NBC
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,101
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Chiapas |
1/12
|
UniMas
|
5:50-8:00pm
|
0.5
|
886
|
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul-Santos Laguna |
1/11
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.4
|
752
|
| "World of X Games: 2014 Snowboard Preview" |
1/11
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.5
|
747
|
| Liga MX: Tijuana-Club America |
1/10
|
Azateca
|
10:27pm-12:40am
|
0.4
|
729
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
1/11
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
722
|
| USSA: Sprint U.S. Grand Prix |
1/12
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
657
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Atlas |
1/11
|
Telemundo
|
9:00-11:01pm
|
0.3
|
647
|
| "PGA Tour 2014" |
1/12
|
NBC
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
0.3
|
385
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| BCS National Championship: Florida State-Auburn |
1/6
|
ESPN
|
8:30pm-12:10am
|
14.4
|
25,572
|
| NBA: Heat-Knicks |
1/9
|
TNT
|
8:16-10:43pm
|
2.0
|
3,144
|
| "College GameDay" |
1/6
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
1.6
|
2,634
|
| NBA: Heat-Nets |
1/10
|
ESPN
|
8:04-11:12pm
|
1.6
|
2,485
|
| College Basketball: Ohio State-Michigan State |
1/7
|
ESPN
|
9:02-11:27pm
|
1.5
|
2,305
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
1/12
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,783
|
| NBA: Thunder-Nuggets |
1/9
|
TNT
|
10:43pm-1:15am
|
1.2
|
1,709
|
| College Basketball: North Carolina-Syracuse |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
12:00-1:49pm
|
1.2
|
1,704
|
| NBA: Lakers-Clippers |
1/10
|
ESPN
|
11:12pm-1:15am
|
1.1
|
1,524
|
| College Basketball: Kansas State-Kansas |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
2:03-4:04pm
|
1.0
|
1,390
|
