{"id":826733,"date":"2026-08-26T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:04:09","slug":"fever-sky-is-most-watched-regular-season-wnba-game-since-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826733\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever-Sky is most-watched regular-season WNBA game since 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Fever<\/a>–Chicago Sky<\/a> game Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the most-watched regular-season WNBA game since the league’s inaugural season in 1997.<\/p>\n

It also was the third-most-watched regular-season game ever and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. That is behind only the June 21-22, 1997, opening weekend games that featured the New York Liberty<\/a>–Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> (5.04 million) and Charlotte Sting-Phoenix Mercury<\/a> (3.59 million) matchups, also both on NBC.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark<\/a> and the Fever continue to be the league’s top draw. They also have set all-time viewing records this season for games on CBS, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n

Against the Sky, Clark made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 37 points in the Fever’s 113-90 victory. Teammate Kelsey Mitchell<\/a> added 30.<\/p>\n

That game was the first meeting since Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington<\/a> fouled Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham<\/a> on a breakaway in the Fever’s 90-86 victory on Aug. 8. Carrington was ejected for the flagrant foul 2.<\/p>\n

There were no such incidents between the two in the rematch.<\/p>\n

But there was controversy. Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom attended as a spectator and was ejected in the third quarter after he and the Sky’s Natasha Cloud<\/a> exchanged words. Freedom has since been banned from Sky home games.br\/]<\/p>\n

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