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Revision as of 05:28, 25 December 2024 by BornonJune8 (talk | contribs) (Attribution: content in this section was copied from NBA on CBS, 2024 WNBA season, 2022 WNBA season, 2021 WNBA season, List of current WNBA broadcasters on December 24, 2024. Please see the history of that page for full attribution.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The WNBA on CBS is the branding used for presentations of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) games produced by CBS Sports and broadcast on the CBS television network and CBS Sports Network in the United States.
Terms of the deal
On April 22, 2019, CBS Sports Network and the WNBA struck a deal to televise 40 games in primetime and on weekends during the 2019 season. The games broadcast on CBS from local broadcasts already airing on the WNBA's streaming site, WNBA League Pass.
Production
Initially, most games were broadcast via clean feeds provided by the league and the home team's regional broadcaster. Beginning in the 2024 season, the games carried on the CBS network are now produced in-house by CBS Sports, with the clean feed productions now used solely for games on CBS Sports Network.
Schedules
The 2021 season had 100 games broadcast on national networks, including 40 on CBS networks.
The remaining national broadcast schedule for the 2022 season was released in April and May 2022—including two regular season games on CBS and 38 on CBS Sports Network.
2024 was the first year of a two-year deal with CBS Sports. Also in 2024, CBS Sports aired 20 regular-season games, with eight airing on CBS and 12 airing on CBS Sports Network.
Commentators
See also: List of current WNBA broadcasters and CBS_Sports_Network § BasketballOn June 19, 2021, CBS broadcast a WNBA game between the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky with Lisa Byington providing the play-by-play and Lisa Leslie providing analysis. On June 26, 2021, CBS broadcast a game between the Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings. The two games on CBS on June 19 and 26 averaged about 427,000 and 567,000 viewers respectively.
Play-by-play announcers
Color analysts
- Julianne Viani
- Isis Young
Sideline reporters
- Tiffany Blackmon
- Tina Cervasio
- Emily Proud
- AJ Ross
References
- Steinberg, Brian (April 22, 2019). "CBS Sports, WNBA Strike TV Deal". Variety.
- Megdal, Howard. "New CBS Deal With WNBA Is Latest Reminder Of League's New Revenue Streams". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- Dominguez, Mariana (April 24, 2019). "Column: CBS Sports and the WNBA teaming up is great for women's sports". The Daily Campus.
- Hernández, Kristian (2024-05-24). "WNBA Tip-Off 2024: CBS Sports Commits to Women's Pro Basketball With Full Onsite Productions". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- Ward, Zack (2021-05-03). "WNBA to have 100 nationally televised games". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- Kria, Nikki (May 4, 2022). "Twitter announces a diverse slate of premium content partnerships at 2022 Digital Content NewFronts". Twitter. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- Lucia, Joe (April 10, 2024). "CBS Sports announces new multi-year deal with WNBA". Awful Announcing. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- Spangler, Todd (April 5, 2024). "Amazon Prime Video Extends WNBA Exclusive Streaming Pact for Two More Years". Variety. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- Maloney, Jack (April 10, 2024). "2024 WNBA schedule: CBS to nationally broadcast 20 games, including three featuring Caitlin Clark and Fever". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- "2021 WNBA TV schedule". Sports Media Watch.
- "Chicago Sky Announce TV Schedule for 2021 Season". WNBA. May 10, 2021.
- "CBS Sports' WNBA Viewership Continues to Rise, Delivering the Most-Watched WNBA Game on CBS". Twitter. June 29, 2021.
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