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ESPN’s signature lineup of daily studio shows recorded a 14% gain in average viewership for the Nielsen first quarter of 2026, with five shows scoring their highest Q1 averages ever and two others drawing their largest Q1 viewership average in 10 years.
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ESPN closed the first quarter of 2026 with one of its strongest viewing performances of the past decade, including its largest Nielsen Q1 prime time average audience on record.
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LALIGA action this weekend features a marquee showdown Saturday at 3 p.m. ET as Atlético de Madrid host league leaders FC Barcelona on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes. At Stake: Fresh off knocking FC Barcelona out of the Copa del Rey, Atlético de Madrid faces an even bigger test: a high-stakes LALIGA showdown at the Metropolitano. Atlético’s resilient 4-3 aggregate win not only puts them on a path to silverware but injects belief into Diego Simeone’s side at a pivotal moment. Meanwhile, the pressure is on Barcelona; after their cup exit, another slip against Atleti would leave Barcelona’s title ambitions vulnerable, while a result (win or tie) for Barcelona would keep them firmly in the driver’s seat.
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ESPN’s signature studio show lineup built on its record-setting 2025, with the lineup in its entirety seeing a 13% year-over-year viewership increase in Jan., featuring record months, multi-year highs and significant growth for programs across its daily schedule.
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Immediately following a superlative-filled end to 2025, ESPN starts the year with its second most-watched month in three decades adding to a list of viewership milestones, powered by sports fans and the platform’s industry-leading rights portfolio, including multiple NFL Playoff games and College Football Playoff matchups that generated historic back-to-back days earlier this month.
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ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot finished a truly historic year as the confetti fell on the 2025-26 college football season, delivering record-breaking audiences across the regular season and the 11-game College Football Playoff. From unprecedented fan engagement to landmark viewership milestones, the show reinforced its position as the preeminent college football pregame show.
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ESPN’s presentation of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff delivered a blockbuster postseason across all 11 games, headlined by a thriller between No. 10 Miami and top-seeded Indiana that will go down as the most watched college football game since January 2015, the second most watched title game of the CFP era and the No. 2 cable telecast on record.
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ESPN’s coverage of the 2025-26 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs and Championship delivered historic audiences across its networks, highlighted by the third most-watched FCS Championship game on record and multiple viewership milestones throughout the postseason.
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ESPN’s coverage of the 2025-26 Bowl Season delivered substantial year‑over‑year gains across non‑College Football Playoff (CFP) games, highlighted by record highs, multi‑year bests and two of the most‑watched non‑CFP/New Year’s Six bowls in recent years.
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ESPN closed out 2025 with numerous viewership milestones, including its most-watched year in over a decade
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