LOS ANGELES \u2014 The WNBA\u2019s rapid growth in viewership has secured the league expanded game coverage on air, with CBS signing a new long-term, multiplatform agreement that will make it easier for fans to tune in across broadcast and streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
The new deal ensures that CBS will air up to 20 regular-season games each year as well as streaming them live on Paramount+. Compared to last season, the increase in televised matchups is significant because it marks a huge turning point for women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n
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CBS Sports Executive Vice President of Programming Dan Weinberg notes that the WNBA\u2019s rapid rise in popularity and cultural significance are some of the reasons they have agreed on expanding coverage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith our entire schedule of games on broadcast television, we are broadening the league\u2019s reach and amplifying the WNBA\u2019s momentum with best\u2011in\u2011class coverage that reflects the excellence of its athletes and resonates with fans,\u201d Weinberg said.<\/p>\n
Jordan Kent, Isis \u201cIce\u201d Young, and Tiffany Blackmon are set to return as the network\u2019s lead WNBA broadcast team.<\/p>\n
CBS\u2019s studio show, The WNBA Tip-off Show, which serves as a pregame, halftime, and postgame segment, is also set to return for the 2026 season. This program will feature six matchups on CBS and Paramount+ as well as four games exclusively on CBS Sports HQ.<\/p>\n
The show will be led by Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie, Renee Montgomery, and Jenny Dell.<\/p>\n
CBS has not announced the official broadcast schedule for the 2026 WNBA season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 The WNBA\u2019s rapid growth in viewership has secured the league expanded game coverage on air,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[216864,49,48,4846,4785,12196,12933,82,630,5689],"class_list":["post-561457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-broadcast-television","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cbs-sports","tag-connecticut","tag-la-sparks","tag-rickea-jackson","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}