Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese Sets New WNBA Viewership Records
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are box office stars.
Clark and the Indiana Fever played Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky on Sunday afternoon in a game aired by CBS Sports.
The game featured Reese going viral for her flagrant foul on Clark late in the fourth quarter, which received a lot of popular attention.
Angel Reese was called for a flagrant 1 for this foul on Caitlin Clark
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 16, 2024
According to Sports Media Watch, Sunday’s game was the most watched WNBA game in 23 years, as well as the most watched WNBA game on CBS.
Via Sports Media Watch
The WNBA’s second meeting of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese drew the season’s largest audience — and the highest in 23 years.
This just in from the #WNBA
The #IndianaFever–#ChicagoSky game on Father’s Day was the “most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years.”
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, who are both 22, weren’t even born yet the last time a WNBA game pulled in these kind of numbers. pic.twitter.com/1jy9jxuiDf
— James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) June 18, 2024
Sunday’s Sky Fever The WNBA regular season game averaged a 1.3 rating and 2.25 million viewers on CBS, surpassing Fever-Sun on ESPN2 Opening Night – Caitlin Clark’s debut (1.2, 2.12M) — as the most-watched WNBA game since Memorial Day 2001 (Sparks-Comets: 2.44 million).
According to CBS Sports, the Sky-Fever game peaked with roughly 3 million viewers on Sunday.
Clark and Reese have a promising future in the WNBA.
