The WNBA Finals averaged 728,000 viewers per game on ESPN and its platforms, making it the most-watched Finals in 20 years, the network said Thursday.
The Las Vegas Aces beat the New York Liberty 70-69 in Game 4 to win the best-of-five series three games to one. They became the first team since the Los Angeles Sparks (2001-02) to win back-to-back WNBA championships.
The average audience across ABC and ESPN was the highest since the 2003 Finals between the Detroit Shock and Los Angeles. It marked a 36 percent increase from the viewership in 2022.
ESPN also said Game 4 averaged 889,000 viewers — making it the most-watched WNBA Finals Game 4 ever. It peaked at 1.3 million viewers late in the back-and-forth game.
The Finals pitted the top two playoff seeds in a battle of super-teams. The Aces, powered by two-time league MVP A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and others, went 34-6 in the regular season; the Liberty, in their first season with Breanna Stewart (the 2023 MVP), Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot, went 32-8.
Overall, the WNBA playoffs averaged 470,000 viewers, making it the most-watched postseason in 16 years.
–Field Level Media
Masyn Winn delivered the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning as the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to nine games with a 3-2 road victory over the…
Hockey Hall of Fame executive Ken Holland is likely to be the Los Angeles Kings’ next general manager, multiple media outlets reported on Monday. Holland, 69, was the Red Wings’…
Trent Grisham homered twice and Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe also went deep as the New York Yankees defeated the host Seattle Mariners 11-5 Monday night in a matchup of…
Reports: Kings likely to hire Ken Holland as GM
Trent Grisham homers twice as Yankees blast Mariners
Taylor Ward’s 9th-inning slam carries Angels past Padres
Yankees’ Oswaldo Cabrera (leg) taken off field in ambulance
Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM
