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[10/31/26 - 10:48 AM]
USA Sports Delivers 1.5 Million Viewers for Valkyries-Dream Game 6 Thursday Matinee
USA Sports' Game 6 coverage delivered the fifth most-watched WNBA Finals game on cable on record.
[via press release from USA Sports]

USA SPORTS DELIVERS 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS FOR VALKYRIES-DREAM GAME 6 THURSDAY MATINEE

USA Sports' WNBA Finals Game 6 Coverage on USA Network, E!, and SYFY, Plus Streaming Led by Peacock, Was UP vs. Last Year's Series Clinching Game in Primetime

A Champion Will Be Crowned TONIGHT: USA Sports Presents Dream-Valkyries WNBA Finals Game 7 at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network and CNBC; Pregame Coverage Begins at 7 p.m. ET

Kate Scott (play-by-play), Tamika Catchings (analyst), Sarah Kustok (analyst), and Meghan McPeak (courtside reporter) Call Tonight's Game 7 from Chase Center in San Francisco

Basketball Hall of Famer and Four-Time WNBA Champion Cynthia Cooper to Join USA Sports' Game 7 Studio Coverage

Pre- and Post-Game Studio Coverage Features On-Site Team of Elle Duncan (host) and Renee Montgomery (analyst) from Chase Center, with Host Paris Lawson and Analysts Chamique Holdsclaw and Cooper In-Studio

STAMFORD, Conn. - Oct. 31, 2026 - USA Sports' coverage of Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday afternoon averaged 1.5 million viewers across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network, E!, and SYFY) and streaming led by Peacock, up 4% vs. last year's series-clinching game (LV-PHX Game 4), based on Nielsen panel-only data and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

The Dream topped the Valkyries, 80-69, on Thursday to force the first Game 7 in WNBA history tonight at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network and CNBC (pregame coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET).

Below are additional Finals Game 6 viewership notes:

· Live weekday coverage of Game 6 across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network, E!, and SYFY) and streaming led by Peacock was UP 4% compared to last year's LV-PHX Finals LV-PHX clinching broadcast in primetime.

· USA Sports' Game 6 coverage delivered the fifth most-watched WNBA Finals game on cable on record

· USA Sports averaged a total of 1.7 million viewers for Game 6 on Thursday when factoring in encore presentations on USA Network and CNBC in the original 8 p.m. ET broadcast window, marking the second time that USA Sports has averaged 1.7 million viewers for a rescheduled Finals game, following Game 3's move to Wednesday night.

TONIGHT: DREAM-VALKYRIES GAME 7 LIVE ON USA NETWORK & CNBC AT 8 P.M. ET AS A WNBA CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED

USA Sports' coverage of the 2026 WNBA Finals culminates tonight with a winner-take-all Game 7 live at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network and CNBC as Gabby Williams and the Golden State Valkyries host Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream with each franchise looking to take home its first WNBA title. Tonight's pregame coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET.

Kate Scott (play-by-play), analysts Tamika Catchings and Sarah Kustok, and courtside reporter Meghan McPeak will call Game 7 live from Chase Center tonight.

USA Sports continues to surround the WNBA Finals with comprehensive pregame shows and extended postgame coverage. Pregame, halftime and postgame coverage, beginning tonight at 7 p.m. ET, features Elle Duncan (host) and Renee Montgomery (analyst) anchoring coverage from Chase center, with host Paris Lawson alongside analysts and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers Chamique Holdsclaw and Cynthia Cooper in-studio. Cooper, a four-time WNBA champion and four-time WNBA Finals MVP, is set to join tonight's Game 7 studio coverage for the first time with USA Sports this season.

Veteran WNBA Finals referee and the WNBA's current Referee Performance & Development Advisor Kurt Walker serves as USA Sports' rules analyst.

USA Sports' WNBA Finals Game 7 coverage on USA Network will simulcast live on CNBC. Throughout the regular season, CNBC's game simulcasts introduced 1 million new viewers to the WNBA.

USA SPORTS' 2026 WNBA FINALS SCHEDULE

DATE GAME PREGAME (ET) TIP TIME (ET) NETWORK

TONIGHT WNBA Finals Game 7 7 p.m. 8 p.m. USA Network/CNBC

All games throughout the WNBA Finals also stream live on Peacock.

Earlier this week, USA Sports delivered the second-most watched WNBA Finals Game 5 ever, averaging 1.4 million viewers for Monday night's coverage across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network and CNBC) and streaming on Peacock, according to official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics. Click here for more.

Last week, USA Sports delivered the most-watched WNBA Finals Game 3 since 1999 - second-best all-time and most-watched ever on cable - averaging 1.71 million viewers coverage across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network and CNBC) and streaming on Peacock, according to official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics. Click here for more on USA Sports' record Finals Game 3 viewership.

USA Sports presented three First Round WNBA Playoffs games, with coverage of the Las Vegas Aces' 94-83 Game 3 win over the Indiana Fever averaging 2.3 million viewers across USA Network and CNBC to rank as the second most-watched First Round game in WNBA history. Click here for more.

Last year, USA Sports and the WNBA announced an 11-year media rights agreement for USA Network to present WNBA games - including the regular-season and portions of the Playoffs and WNBA Finals in select years - beginning with the 2026 season.

As part of the multi-year agreement which runs through 2036, USA Sports will present at least 50 WNBA games annually on USA Network, including coverage of the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel and WNBA Finals games in select years beginning this year.

About USA Sports

USA Sports is home to premier sporting events across USA Network, Golf Channel, CNBC, and Fandango, throughout the calendar year, including NASCAR, PGA TOUR, Premier League, Bundesliga, WWE, WNBA, Pac-12 Football and Basketball, USGA, R&A, LPGA Tour, PGA of America, Atlantic 10 Basketball, DP World Tour, Augusta National, League One Volleyball (LOVB), and more. Golf Channel - the first-ever single-sport cable network which was founded in 1995 - delivers comprehensive live golf tournament, studio and shoulder programming and is the television home of the sport and industry in the United States. USA Sports is a division of Versant (Nasdaq: VSNT), an industry-changing media and entertainment business with a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, along with digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and Full Swing.

-USA SPORTS-





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