Monday Final Nationals: Aaron Judge Catapults MLB Home Run Derby on ESPN to 9-Year High

Like Yankees rookie slugger Aaron Judge, ESPN reigned supreme on Monday night with the 2017 edition of “MLB Home Run Derby”, the sport’s perennial pre-All-Star event. From 8-11 p.m., ESPN led among total viewers (approx. 7 million), adults 18-49 (approx. 2.3 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.9 rating), and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.5 rating).

It was the most-watched Home Run Derby telecast since 2008 and the second-most watched since 1999, according to Fast Nationals from Nielsen. ESPN generated an average total live audience of 8.689 million viewers, up 55 percent from last year. The total live audience includes ESPN, ESPN2’s Spanish-language simulcast, ESPN Deportes and English and Spanish streaming viewers.

The event: (1) drew its largest Hispanic audience ever, tripling last year’s viewership; (2) was the most-streamed ESPN MLB event ever, drawing an average minute audience of 209,900 viewers; and (3) reached its highest local ratings in both the New York (10.8 rating) and Los Angeles markets as far as Derby records go back (since 1998).

The Derby’s top five markets were Kansas City (13.6); New York (10.8); Hartford (9.7); Minneapolis (8.7); and Pittsburgh (7.9).

(Sources: ESPN [1], [2])

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Monday, July 10, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			3.0/6	4578	0.9/5	1.1/5	1.3/5
8:00	The Bachelorette	253	93	3.8/7	5679	1.2/7	1.4/6	1.7/6
10:01	The Gong Show (rs)	253	93	1.5/3	2321	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.7/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.4/5	3687	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.8/3
8:00	Kevin Can Wait (r)	254	93	2.6/5	3992	0.3/2	0.6/3	1.0/3
8:30	Man with a Plan (r)	254	93	2.3/4	3478	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.8/3
9:00	Mom (r)	254	93	2.6/5	3837	0.2/1	0.6/2	0.9/3
9:30	Life in Pieces (r)	254	93	2.2/4	3287	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.8/2
10:00	Scorpion (r)	254	93	2.5/5	3765	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.7/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.9/5	5103	0.7/4	1.3/5	1.6/5
8:00	American Ninja Warrior	245	93	3.2/6	5703	0.7/4	1.4/6	1.8/6
10:00	Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge	245	93	2.2/4	3903	0.6/3	1.0/4	1.3/4
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			1.6/3	2512	0.4/2	0.7/3	0.9/3
8:00	So You Think You Can Dance	258	93	1.9/4	2943	0.4/2	0.8/3	1.0/4
9:01	Superhuman	258	93	1.3/2	2066	0.3/1	0.6/2	0.8/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			0.7/1	1035	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
8:00	Supergirl (r)	249	90	0.7/1	1031	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
9:00	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	249	90	0.7/1	1070	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
9:30	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (r)	249	90	0.6/1	1008	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.9/2	1518		0.5/2
7:00	La Rosa de Guadalupe			0.9/2	1598		0.6/3
8:00	Jose de Egipto			1.1/2	1878		0.6/3
9:00	La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo			0.9/2	1546		0.5/2
10:00	Rosario Tijeras			0.6/1	1129		0.4/2
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.2/0	330		0.1/0
7:00	La Candidata			0.2/0	282		0.1/0
7:59	Totalmente Diva			0.2/0	370		0.1/1
9:00	El Bienamado			0.2/0	333		0.1/0
10:00	El Bienamado			0.2/0	286		0.1/0
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.8/2	1379		0.6/2
7:00	Caso Cerrado: Edición Estelar			0.8/2	1253		0.3/1
8:00	El Capo			0.7/1	1208		0.4/2
9:00	La Querida del Centauro			0.6/1	1064		0.4/2
10:00	El Señor de Los Cielos V			1.1/2	1864		0.9/4

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Monday 7/10/17

Cable Rankings – Monday 7/10/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Monday, July 10:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research