Report: Ratings for Woke ESPYs Crash by 81 Percent

[Franklin Pierce]

Ratings for last weekend’s woke ESPY Awards crashed to the lowest numbers the show has ever recorded. The ESPYs only earned 482,000 viewers over both ESPN and ESPN2 combined, making it the smallest audience the show has ever reached dating back to its inaugural awards in 1993. The previous low occurred in 2011 when 1.98 million viewers tuned in, according to Sports Media Watch.

Viewership fell 88% from last year (3.87M) and 2018 (3.94M), with the obvious caveat that the event aired as normal on ABC in those years. Viewership also fell 81% from 2014, the last time it aired on ESPN (2.55M).​

The decline has continued on a downward trend since 2015, the year the awards went full woke when Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award.”

Report: Ratings for Woke ESPYs Crash by 81 Percent

 

[Jxn Vol]

So I am figuring we are 1 to 2 more courageous male athletes removing their manhood to completely eliminate the ESPYS altogether.

 

[Doberman]

Bye ESPN.

I’ll cherish the memories.

 

[NEO]

I watch sports to get away from reality.

I dont want to hear opinions or have social debates. I want dunks, amazing shots, hard hits, interceptions, and great games. I dont want to hear how the player feels. Do anything you want off the field but while on the field you are getting paid to entertain. Just entertain.

ESPN is learning there are alot of people who feel this way.

 

[BeecherVol]

I didn't realize they still did the ESPY's.

 

[Doberman]

I watch sports to get away from reality.

I dont want go hear opinions or have social debates.

Sports were always an outlet to get away from things and just relax.

ESPN is learning there are alot of people who feel this way.

Are they learning, though?

Too much credit given.

 

[NEO]

Are they learning, though?

Too much credit given.

Eventually the money loss will force them too.........I think.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Eventually the money loss will force them too.........I think.

Don't count on it, the entire Disney empire is far Left.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

I didn't realize they still did the ESPY's.

Same

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

2020 ESPY Awards - Wikipedia

Instead of presenting traditional awards for athletic achievement during the event, awards were presented to honor extraordinary acts of activism and humanitarian efforts.

I get that ESPN's viewership is down in general due to a lack of televised American sports content, and accordingly you'd have fewer people (myself included) even aware of the event airing this past Sunday, but it's kind of hard not to blame ESPN for legitimately turning the awards show into solely an activism-laden snoozefest.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

ESPN has become MSNBC Sports

 

[volfanjustin]

I watch sports to get away from reality.

I dont want to hear opinions or have social debates. I want dunks, amazing shots, hard hits, interceptions, and great games. I dont want to hear how the player feels. Do anything you want off the field but while on the field you are getting paid to entertain. Just entertain.

ESPN is learning there are alot of people who feel this way.

They used to be really good 20 plus years ago when it was wall to wall sports but now they all want to be accepted by the liberal SJW crowd. The white guilt idiots on there make me want to smash the TV. For the record I never watch them only see their garbage when I’m at a bar and for whatever reason the put on the woke network

 

[LouderVol]

People wants sports from a sports channel it's not rocket surgery

 

[clarksvol00]

They used to be really good 20 plus years ago when it was wall to wall sports but now they all want to be accepted by the liberal SJW crowd. The white guilt idiots on there make me want to smash the TV. For the record I never watch them only see their garbage when I’m at a bar and for whatever reason the put on the woke network

Do you still watch live games on ESPN?

 

[n_huffhines]

I never watch the ESPY's, but I always know when it is broadcast because I see ads for it when I watch live sports on ESPN. I had no idea it was the ESPY's because I'm not watching live sports on ESPN. I imagine the same is true for others.

 

[volfanjustin]

Do you still watch live games on ESPN?

I do, that’s the only time I ever turn over there

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Get Caitlin to transition back to a man.
Get OJ to transition to a woman.
Have them hand dual courage awards to each other.
Ratings solved.

 

[GordonC]

had to Google SJW

 

[NEO]

They used to be really good 20 plus years ago when it was wall to wall sports but now they all want to be accepted by the liberal SJW crowd. The white guilt idiots on there make me want to smash the TV. For the record I never watch them only see their garbage when I’m at a bar and for whatever reason the put on the woke network

I used to watch skip Bayless when he was on there. I watch his new show undisputed and the one after it now on FS1 and like it alot. I still watch Pardon the Interruption and Around the Horn but ATH has gotten very woke also.

I used to have ESPN playing in the background on low while I worked but now its mainly METV. I love me some METV. Does that make me old? Dont answer that lol.

 

[volfanjustin]

I used to watch skip Bayless when he was on there. I watch his new show undisputed and the one after it now on FS1 and like it alot. I still watch Pardon the Interruption and Around the Horn but ATH has gotten very woke also.

I used to have ESPN playing in the background on low while I worked but now its mainly METV. I love me some METV. Does that make me old? Dont answer that lol.

Honestly I have no idea what that is haha

But I often compare ESPN to MTV, MTV was great when they played music then they got into the dumbass reality shows and such. ESPN was great when the just talked sports but then they wanted to get accepted by the phony SJW athlete crowd

 

[MG1968]

This is karma for airing non-sports crap like spelling bees and video game tournaments.

 

[C-south]

I never watch the ESPY's, but I always know when it is broadcast because I see ads for it when I watch live sports on ESPN. I had no idea it was the ESPY's because I'm not watching live sports on ESPN. I imagine the same is true for others.

I’m sure they advertise it on espn deportes.

 

[BreatheUT]

Ratings for last weekend’s woke ESPY Awards crashed to the lowest numbers the show has ever recorded. The ESPYs only earned 482,000 viewers over both ESPN and ESPN2 combined, making it the smallest audience the show has ever reached dating back to its inaugural awards in 1993. The previous low occurred in 2011 when 1.98 million viewers tuned in, according to Sports Media Watch.

Viewership fell 88% from last year (3.87M) and 2018 (3.94M), with the obvious caveat that the event aired as normal on ABC in those years. Viewership also fell 81% from 2014, the last time it aired on ESPN (2.55M).​

The decline has continued on a downward trend since 2015, the year the awards went full woke when Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award.”

Report: Ratings for Woke ESPYs Crash by 81 Percent

I didn't knownit was on, but wouldn't have watched it anyway. I found out when there was a newsbreak today that said Snoop did a rap for Kobe. Boy that's an incredible role model to do the tribute (smh).

 

[BreatheUT]

I watch sports to get away from reality.

I dont want to hear opinions or have social debates. I want dunks, amazing shots, hard hits, interceptions, and great games. I dont want to hear how the player feels. Do anything you want off the field but while on the field you are getting paid to entertain. Just entertain.

ESPN is learning there are alot of people who feel this way.

I enjoy speeches like how they got to where they got. Those are nice. The lecturing society stuff is diminishing returns.

This reminds me of people that should never be allowed in popular clubs because they are bad news. The club is amazing and everyone wants to go - beautiful people, fun atmosphere and still packed at 3am. Then the owner decides to relax the dress code to get the extra revenue. Someone get to shooting. Then not only do you lose the original crowd, even the jackwads that like to cause trouble don't even want to go. Then the club closes. That is Woke businesses in a nutshell. Liberals don't want to watch it anymore but they help destroy it on the front end.

 

[n_huffhines]

I used to watch skip Bayless when he was on there. I watch his new show undisputed and the one after it now on FS1 and like it alot. I still watch Pardon the Interruption and Around the Horn but ATH has gotten very woke also.

I used to have ESPN playing in the background on low while I worked but now its mainly METV. I love me some METV. Does that make me old? Dont answer that lol.

Skip is awful no matter the subject matter