Caitlin Clark helps Fever deliver WNBA's largest regular-season TV audience in 29 years
Still, the nearly 3.5 million people who watched on NBC and Peacock got more than a typical Fever game.First, there was Carrington spending two weeks making the rematch personal.Then, there was Kanter bringing the WNBA’s women’s-sports debate directly courtside.WHO IS DIJONAI CARRINGTON? WNBA STAR WHO SMACKED SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM, GOT EJECTED AND BLAMED 'WHITE PRIVILEGE'Indiana’s 113-90 win averaged 3.31 million viewers and peaked at 3.82 million, making it the most-watched WNBA regular-season game since opening weekend in 1997, the league’s inaugural season, and the third-most-watched WNBA regular-season game ever.Caitlin Clark's 37-point performance against the Chicago Sky drew 3.31 million viewers, the most-watched WNBA regular season game since 1997.Chicago, Ill.
(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Clark had already shown what she does with a national television window.Indiana’s July 12 game against the defending champion Las Vegas Aces averaged 2.64 million viewers across NBC and Peacock.That's been a theme throughout the season.
Clark's popularity even had rival networks arguing about which one aired the most-watched WNBA game of the season last month.Clark and the Fever had already broken all-time WNBA viewership records on CBS, ESPN, ION and Prime Video with the Aug.16 Fever-Dream game on ESPN also becoming the largest cable audience in league history.CAITLIN CLARK HELPS WNBA SHATTER ANOTHER TV RATINGS RECORD AS FEVER-DREAM DRAWS MASSIVE AUDIENCENBC deserves credit for putting Indiana in a rare Sunday-night primetime spot.
But it can’t manufacture the appetite.Fever games are appointment viewing, and Clark is the reason.Carrington made sure this game came with more heat than a normal late-season matchup.
On Aug.8, she was ejected for a Flagrant Foul 2 after blasting Fever guard Sophie Cunningham in the face while Cunningham attempted a fast-break layup.Afterward, Carrington tagged the Fever in a Threads post reading "WHITE PRIVILEGE," then follow...