’s studio shows kept climbing in April, with the lineup up 21% year over year as the network built on a 14% increase in the first quarter. The gains were broad, but the biggest lift came in the daytime hours, where SportsCenter at 2 p.m. ET averaged 394,000 viewers, up 64% from April 2025.
That kind of momentum matters because the afternoon window has become one of ’s clearest growth points. Get Up averaged 447,000 viewers in April, up 24%, while First Take rose 6% to 491,000. PTI had its best April since 2017 and averaged 719,000 viewers in the 5:30 p.m. ET half-hour. All SportsCenter windows combined averaged 643,000 viewers in April, up 21%.
The numbers also suggest is thinking about how to keep that run going. The Athletic is reporting that Peter Schrager could land a new hour-long show in the 2 p.m. ET window, a slot that has already shown sharp movement. For a network that has spent years trying to steady its studio identity around familiar names, the strength of the current numbers gives it room to try something new without waiting for a slump.
The surge is especially notable because it comes after a first quarter in which the studio lineup had already grown 14%. Mike Greenberg remains one of the faces most closely tied to ’s daytime push, and the broader company picture suggests viewers are still showing up for the network’s debate and news hours even as the sports calendar shifts. If you want a fuller sense of Greenberg’s recent reach across, the network’s own recent coverage of his on-air moments has remained a draw, whether it is his apology over Denzel Boston or his comments around Sergio Garcia at the Masters.
was not the only network posting healthy spring numbers. MLB Network is in its 18th season and is off to its best viewership start for live games since 2018, averaging 228,000 viewers for all games, up 36%. MLB Network Showcase games are averaging 350,000 viewers, also up 36%, and the strongest game so far was Mariners-Padres on April 16, which drew 460,000 viewers and marked the network’s best regular-season audience since July 2025. The Padres and Guardians have produced the best audience growth among teams on the network this season to date, while MLB Central is up 40% and MLB Now is up 11%.
There was also a strong result for spring football over the weekend, when Dallas Renegades-D.C. Defenders drew 1.05 million viewers in the 12 p.m. ET window on ABC. Through Week 6, UFL games across networks and Fox Sports networks are averaging 626,000 viewers, up 1%. For, MLB Network and the UFL, the pattern is the same: live sports and studio discussion are still delivering, and April showed that the audience is willing to follow when the product is strong.