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Fever regular-season ratings outdrew WNBA semifinal openers

10/9/2026

The Indiana Fever's regular-season television audience averaged more than double that of the WNBA semifinal openers, a disparity that highlights the star power of Caitlin Clark.

An OutKick review of ten Fever games broadcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC found an average audience of approximately 2.32 million viewers. In contrast, the two semifinal openers played on Oct.

4 averaged about 1.16 million viewers. This difference means the Fever drew roughly 100% more viewers per game than the playoff matchups, a gap of nearly 1.16 million people.

The specific figures underscore the scale of the difference. New York's Game 1 against Atlanta averaged 1.2 million viewers on ABC, according to ESPN figures provided to OutKick.

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