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re: ESPN is replacing Sunday Night Baseball with "Women's Sports Sundays'"
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:17 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:17 pm to lsufball19
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have no idea what this is
National Women’s Soccer League
We go to Racing Louisville FC games and they’re pretty fun. And usually have a good crowd.
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:18 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Will there not be a game on Sunday night somewhere? Sunday is a travel day. I always enjoyed turning on a game Sunday night relaxing getting ready for my work week.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:21 pm to saint tiger225
Wnba games have better ratings than the NHL
Caitlin Clark is more popular than any player from hockey or baseball not named Ohtani. Espn gets to promote her more often on her own time slot now
Caitlin Clark is more popular than any player from hockey or baseball not named Ohtani. Espn gets to promote her more often on her own time slot now
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:21 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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Goodbye ratings
pretty sure this is a sign that Sunday Night Baseball was already not getting any ratings
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:24 pm to UnluckyTiger
To say they are burying themselves is an understatement. They will be killing a program on the rise that was doing better numbers than the WNBA.
Sunday Night Baseball actually saw its best year ratings-wise in 8 years, last season, lol.
Sunday Night Baseball actually saw its best year ratings-wise in 8 years, last season, lol.
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In 2025, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball experienced its most-watched season in eight years, averaging roughly 1.68 to 1.8 million viewers, a significant 21% increase over 2024. Key matchups frequently exceeded 2 million viewers, with a June 1, 2025, Yankees-Dodgers game peaking at over 3 million, driven by higher youth engagement and increased popularity
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The 2025 WNBA regular season on ESPN networks averaged 1.3 million viewers across 25 games, marking a 6% increase year-over-year and the most-watched regular season in their history. Across all major networks (ESPN, CBS, ION), the season saw a 3% rise to 969,000 average viewers, with the 2025 playoffs averaging 1.2 million viewers.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:46 pm to littleavery1948
Is this just a situation where the cost to acquire/ keep SNB wasn’t worth the ratings it brought in?
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:53 pm to Jwho77
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Leftism is all about gaslighting and propaganda.
They’ve done so much trying to convince the world the NWSL is a big thing
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:55 pm to RelicBatches86
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Wnba games have better ratings than the NHL
What does the NHL have to do with Sunday Night Baseball being replaced?
Does the WNBA have better ratings than Sunday Night Baseball? No, it does not. What about women's soccer? Because this change is not just to put Caitlin Clark on TV every Sunday. This change is to broadcast both WNBA games and women's soccer games.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 12:57 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Sunday Night Baseball was a godawful production anyways. Good riddance Eduardo Perez and auxiliary puff piece bullshite
Posted on 2/19/26 at 1:15 pm to Tiger Prawn
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NWSL
Combining women with "the future TV sport of America" (proclaimed circa 1970)...what could go wrong?
Pushing domestic women's soccer (as a $ generating fixture outside of quadrennial global tournaments) is the poster-child for delusional progressives indoctrinated by feminist dogma.
Meaning, ESPN is building its programming on sand...ignoring the rock where Bristol once stood. Disney must hate their investors.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 1:22 pm to HeLeakin
yeah I won't be watching either way so put on whatever you want
I would guess this is more of a cost cutting move that gives them some PR points. The majority applauding or condemning it won't be watching either
Prime time regular season baseball is no longer something casuals are just going to watch because it's on.
I would guess this is more of a cost cutting move that gives them some PR points. The majority applauding or condemning it won't be watching either
Prime time regular season baseball is no longer something casuals are just going to watch because it's on.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 2/19/26 at 1:35 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Pushing domestic women's soccer (as a $ generating fixture outside of quadrennial global tournaments) is the poster-child for delusional progressives indoctrinated by feminist dogma
Is it? Or is it just that they can get it for dirt cheap and because of that the ROI is better comparatively to SNB.
My house watches way more women’s soccer than baseball due to my daughter being a high level player and nobody liking baseball. I know that’s the exception but there are also a lot of girls who follow the stars of the national team. If they’re keeping exposure low and only putting the Trinity Rodman’s of the world on I’d imagine it’ll outperform whatever pittance they’re paying for it.
If they’re paying out the arse for SNB and comparatively it’s not crushing it then seems like a cost cutting move more than anything.
This post was edited on 2/19/26 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 2/19/26 at 1:50 pm to RelicBatches86
Is there data on this? The NHL is the last vestige of the big 4 leagues, in terms of selling out for money and social activism
Posted on 2/19/26 at 2:34 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Joe Morgan is rolling over in his grave, him and Jon Miller in the early days were great.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 2:47 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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ESPN is replacing Sunday Night Baseball with "Women's Sports Sundays'"
I have not seen a company tell the world that they wanted to lose money like this since OnlyFans tried to get rid of nudity and porn.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 2:57 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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top matchups from the WNBA and NWSL
Posted on 2/19/26 at 3:57 pm to Kinderman
MLB has the Sunday Night Baseball games going to NBC this season folks. How has no one posted that extremely pertinent fact ITT yet?
Lmfao at the liberal nonsense ITT about ratings. Get a clue. I watch Sunday Night Baseball every Sunday. I just renewed my MLB.TV and Reds.TV subscription for the upcoming season yesterday, since Spring Training games start tomorrow.
ESPN can go ahead and shoot themselves in the foot with women's sports nonsense no one is going to watch.
Lmfao at the liberal nonsense ITT about ratings. Get a clue. I watch Sunday Night Baseball every Sunday. I just renewed my MLB.TV and Reds.TV subscription for the upcoming season yesterday, since Spring Training games start tomorrow.
ESPN can go ahead and shoot themselves in the foot with women's sports nonsense no one is going to watch.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 4:20 pm to lsufball19
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NWSL
have no idea what this is
Not Wang Sucking Lips
Posted on 2/19/26 at 4:24 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Hell yes
Posted on 2/19/26 at 4:32 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
wait, no baseball sun night?
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