ESPN2’s “Film Room” saw a dip in viewership during the Alabama-Clemson CFP National Championship. The alternative feed drew 227,000 viewers this year, down from 294,000 last year for the Ohio State-Oregon matchup. The initial “Film Room” feed during the ’14 Florida State-Auburn BCS National Championship drew 100,000 viewers on ESPNews. ESPN2 that year aired a “Title Talk” alternate feed with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith, drawing 389,000 viewers. Meanwhile, ESPNU this year aired a “Homer Telecast” for the first time. That drew 231,000 viewers for an alternative feed featuring former players from Alabama and Clemson. The figure is up from “ESPN Voices” on ESPNU in ’15, which drew 146,000 viewers. Figures for ESPNews’ feed of “ESPN Voices” this year was not available at presstime.
KEEP ON KICKIN': EPL telecasts across NBC and NBCSN are averaging 547,000 viewers to date, up 13% from the same period last season, when the nets were combining to average 485,000 viewers.
The chart below lists final audience figures for recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFC Wild Card: Redskins-Packers |
1/10
|
Fox
|
4:45-8:15pm
|
21.8
|
38,800
|
| NFC Wild Card: Seahawks-Vikings |
1/10
|
NBC
|
1:06-4:06pm
|
21.0
|
35,300
|
| AFC Wild Card: Steelers-Bengals |
1/9
|
CBS
|
8:16-11:56pm
|
17.5
|
31,226
|
AFC Wild Card: Chiefs-Texans
(simulcast; includes ESPN) |
1/9
|
ABC
|
4:20-7:40pm
|
14.8
|
25,424
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
1/10
|
Fox
|
4:00-4:45pm
|
7.6
|
13,091
|
| "The NFL Today" |
1/9
|
CBS
|
7:30-8:08pm
|
6.8
|
11,927
|
"Postseason NFL Countdown"
(simulcast; includes ESPN) |
1/9
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:20pm
|
4.7
|
7,308
|
| "Football Night in America" |
1/10
|
NBC
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
4.7
|
7,278
|
AFC Wild Card: Chiefs-Texans
(ESPN portion only) |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
4:20-7:40pm
|
3.7
|
6,057
|
| College basketball: Oklahoma-Kansas |
1/4
|
ESPN
|
9:08pm-12:03am
|
1.7
|
2,753
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
1/10
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
n/a
|
2,424
|
| "NFL Championship Chase" |
1/9
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,072
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-LSU |
1/5
|
ESPN
|
9:03-11:08pm
|
n/a
|
2,018
|
| "Postseason NFL Countdown" |
1/9
|
ESPN
|
3:00-4:20pm
|
n/a
|
1,812
|
| NBA: Cavaliers-T'Wolves |
1/8
|
ESPN
|
8:05-10:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,734
|
| NBA: Thunder-Lakers |
1/8
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-1:07am
|
n/a
|
1,642
|
| NBA: Grizzlies-Thunder |
1/6
|
ESPN
|
9:35pm-12:06am
|
n/a
|
1,455
|
| NBA: Celtics-Bulls |
1/7
|
TNT
|
8:00-10:34pm
|
n/a
|
1,393
|
College football:
U.S. Army All-American Bowl |
1/9
|
NBC
|
1:00-4:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,353
|
FCS National Championship:
North Dakota State-Jacksonville State |
1/9
|
ESPN2
|
12:00-3:17pm
|
n/a
|
1,350
|
PGA Tour: Hyundai Tournament
of Champions: Third Round |
1/9
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,241
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Puebla |
1/9
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,238
|
| College basketball: LSU-Florida |
1/9
|
CBS
|
1:30-3:48pm
|
0.8
|
1,188
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Surfing" |
1/9
|
ABC
|
1:00-2:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,118
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Veracruz |
1/10
|
UniMas
|
5:50-8:00pm
|
0.5
|
921
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-Indiana |
1/10
|
CBS
|
1:30-3:49pm
|
0.6
|
883
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
1/9
|
CBS
|
1:00-1:30pm
|
0.5
|
689
|
| "Road to the CFP: Alabama" |
1/10
|
ABC
|
4:30-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
554
|
| "Road to the CFP: Clemson" |
1/10
|
ABC
|
4:00-4:30pm
|
0.4
|
517
|
| "SportsCenter Star Wars Special" |
1/10
|
ABC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
472
|
| "UFC Embedded" |
1/10
|
Fox
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
471
|
