Caitlin Clark TV sweep
- The WNBA will nationally broadcast all 44 Indiana Fever games this season, centering Caitlin Clark on national TV. - Hawk Central reported every Fever game is nationally televised in 2026, with a May 9 home opener versus the Dallas Wings. - Sporting News said the move reflects Clark's commercial pull and is already affecting roster and marketing decisions around Indiana. (hawkcentral.com) (sportingnews.com)
Every Indiana Fever game will be on national TV or a national stream this season, putting Caitlin Clark in front of a coast-to-coast audience 44 times. (wnba.com) The WNBA said April 22 that 216 of its 330 regular-season games will air across ABC, CBS, ION, NBC, Prime Video and NBA TV in its 30th season. Indiana is scheduled for all 44 of its games, the most for any team and a league record for a single club. (wnba.com) (fever.wnba.com) Indiana’s regular season opens May 9 at home against the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, according to the team’s January schedule release. Hawk Central reported April 23 that the full 44-game slate is now nationally televised. (fever.wnba.com) (hawkcentral.com) The scheduling decision follows two seasons in which Clark became the league’s biggest television draw after Indiana drafted her No. 1 overall in 2024. Sporting News said the full-season national slate shows how strongly networks and the league are still betting on her audience pull. (sportingnews.com) (wnba.com) That bet has numbers behind it. The WNBA said Clark’s 2024 rookie season helped drive its most-watched regular season in 24 years, with ABC, ESPN, CBS and NBA TV all posting gains and total attendance topping 2.3 million, the league’s highest in more than two decades. (wnba.com) Indiana’s reach is also wider than a single network window. The Fever said their 44 games will be spread across all six of the league’s national media partners, a sign that Clark is now central to the WNBA’s broader distribution strategy, not just its marquee dates. (fever.wnba.com) Other teams will still dominate parts of the schedule, but not at Indiana’s volume. Yahoo Sports, citing the league release, reported Dallas has 38 national windows, New York 35 and Las Vegas 33. (sports.yahoo.com) (wnba.com) The result is a season in which the Fever move from occasional showcase to permanent fixture: every game, every market, every week. The opener is May 9, and there is no local-only stretch on the calendar. (fever.wnba.com) (hawkcentral.com)
