Why ESPN May Be In Trouble Even Though It Dominates The Competition

Why ESPN May Be In Trouble
In this photo taken on Aug. 31, 2013, and provied by ESPN, from left, Desmond Howard, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit smile on the set of College GameDay at Clemson Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. ESPN is taking its College GameDay show to Fargo Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, for North Dakota State's game against Delaware State. Some Bison fans are ecstatic while others are grumbling about ESPN setting up downtown near the Fargo Theatre instead of the Fargodome, where dozens of green and yellow coach buses and other homemade party wagons tailgate. (AP Photo/Courtesy ESPN Images, Allen Kee)
In this photo taken on Aug. 31, 2013, and provied by ESPN, from left, Desmond Howard, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit smile on the set of College GameDay at Clemson Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. ESPN is taking its College GameDay show to Fargo Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, for North Dakota State's game against Delaware State. Some Bison fans are ecstatic while others are grumbling about ESPN setting up downtown near the Fargo Theatre instead of the Fargodome, where dozens of green and yellow coach buses and other homemade party wagons tailgate. (AP Photo/Courtesy ESPN Images, Allen Kee)

Yesterday we took a look at a couple of charts that showed a disturbing trend in ESPN's viewership. While the total number of people watching ESPN in prime time is up, ESPN's share of all prime-time sports viewers is actually down two straight years in August, September, and October.

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