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WNBA experienced a significant drop in television ratings while Indiana Fever Star Caitlin Clark Stay away with a quad injury.
Clark missed five consecutive games after tense a quadriceps during fever 90-88 defeat against New York Liberty last month.
Initially, she was to miss two weeks, but the second -year goalkeeper has not yet been authorized for Saturday’s match against freedom, which will mark three weeks.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22) fever goalkeeper asked an official on May 4, 2025, during a pre-season game against the Brazilian national team at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Imagn)
His absence on the courtyard not only harmed a fever. This injured the WNBA television ratings.
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USA today I said on Thursday that, according to Nielsen Data, television television on a national scale has been down 55% since Clark was injured on May 24. The report indicates that the national television fever matches also fell by 53%.
Clarified Outkick These figures, indicating that on the four previous games, Clark have played, two were broadcast on CBS and ABC. A third was broadcast on NBA TV, and a fourth was not classified by Nielsen because it was broadcast on Amazon Prime.
Three of the four fever games after Clark broadcast were broadcast on NBA TV or Ion. And the last fever game against the Chicago sky attracted an average of 1.92 million viewers, WNBA announced on Tuesday.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22) fever goalkeeper and the Chicago Sky Angel Reese (5) attacker serve a hand before a match in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on May 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski / Magn Images)
Fever, Sky Matphus attracts a large audience while a wounded Clark Caitlin encourages the touch
These figures reflect the third highest audience for a game transported by CBS. It was also a sharp increase compared to the average hearing of the regular network of the network. But it was a drop in the opening of the season between these two teams.
Head coach Stephanie White said on Monday that the team was ready for Clark to start “back”, but she hadn’t said if she had been cleared for basketball activities. White added Thursday that Clark and Sophie Cunningham, who have been sidelined since May 30, had “limited” representatives during training.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22) fever guard with head coach Stephanie White during the third quarter against the Brazilian national team in Carver-Haweye. (Images Jeffrey Becker / Imagn)
Clark is on average 19 points, 9.3 assists and six rebounds in four games this season.
