ESPN now owns the top 20 programs in cable history

[soxhop411]

 
http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/espn-now-owns-top-20-programs-cable-history.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=espn-now-owns-top-20-programs-cable-history

 

[Kliq]

I'm assuming one of them isn't the Snoop Dog special about his son playing HS football that is currently airing?

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

What used to be top-20 on non-ESPN that is no longer?
 
Sopranos last episode?
2nd season season premiere of Mad Men?

 

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

What used to be top-20 on non-ESPN that is no longer?
 
Sopranos last episode?
2nd season season premiere of Mad Men?

Apparently, the season five premiere of the Walking Dead with 17.3 million viewers. That is followed by some High School Musical showing.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/60979/10-most-watched-cable-programs-all-time

 

[Cellar-Door]

What used to be top-20 on non-ESPN that is no longer?
 
Sopranos last episode?
2nd season season premiere of Mad Men?

Walking dead.
Sopranos and Mad Men ratings are shit comparatively, something like 10M or so for the highest ever Sopranos I think. Walking dead was 17M plus.

 

[Devizier]

I wonder how meaningful ratings are in the era of balkanized entertainment.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I wonder how meaningful ratings are in the era of balkanized entertainment.

 
Not very, I'd guess. Plus, the idea of comparing single-shot sporting events with scripted cable series seems flawed from the outset

 

[Spacemans Bong]

It's pretty amazing that the difference in viewers for FSU-Oregon and Alabama-OSU was just over 100,000 viewers. Talk about a true doubleheader.