The eagerly awaited fight between Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever and Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky set a new high standard for WNBA television viewing.
On Tuesday, CBS Sports announced that 2.252 million persons tuned in for the next 2024 conference between the Midwest groups, which aired on CBS and saw the Fever win, 91- 83. The highest popularity for a WNBA match since a Memorial Day activity in 2001 was recorded. The network’s claim that Sunday’s viewership reached a record high of almost 3 million people, though it was not immediately known when this occurred.
The TV viewers for the evening bend, which was played in front of a selling masses of 17, 274 at Indiana’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse, exceeded Clark’s professional comeback on May 14 when an average of 2.12 million watched the star face Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and the title-fighting Connecticut Sun. That activity, shown in nighttime, held its own against tight playoff competitors from the NBA and NHL.

The W and its broadcasting companions at CBS, ESPN/ABC, and Ion Television, each of whom have seen a popularity increase from a year ago, add Sky/Fever II to that cover.
The Horizon and Fever’s first encounter on June 1 was now significant because it marked the first time Clark and Reese faced off in the pros following a brutal conflict in college. The sport took on a aggressive change when Chicago guard Chennedy Carter shoulder-checked Clark in response to a past play by Clark; however, the league upgraded it the following day to a Flagrant 1 foul.
Time of hot takes within and beyond activities media included Reese’s cheering from the chair, her refusal to speak with the media later, and the team’s overall chippiness. The discussion immediately shifted away from baseball in favor of the upcoming U.S. women’s basketball team, which was announced in the presence of poorly equipped media personalities and terrible faith actors.
Due in large part to the mania around Clark and the intrigue surrounding fellow rookies Reese, Kamilla Cardoso ( also on the Sky ), and LA Sparks ‘ Cameron Brink, the viewership of W has increased in 2024, which had been rising in recent seasons. Although the group had put its routine together months in advance of Clark’s entry into the WNBA Draft, it heavily influenced the nation’s schedule when the team selected her for the top overall pick back in April. In fact, 36 of the Fever’s 40 sports have been or will be shown nationwide on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, CBS, CBS Sports Network, Ion or Prime Video.
Although the Fever have played better as of late, neither group is lighting the club on fire, with Indiana and Chicago standing eighth and ninth in the ranks, both. Nevertheless, they rate higher in Sportico’s first WNBA group prices, which also notes complete profit each group pulled in during the 2023 period.

Chicago is fifth and valued at$ 95 million, while Indiana is sixth and valued at$ 90 million. The average pricing for the 12 groups is$ 96 million.

For the first time this year, Clark may travel to Chicago for Round 3 between the Fever and Sky on June 23. On August 30 in Chicago, Ion will host their ultimate regular season meeting.