USA SPORTS' COVERAGE OF DREAM-VALKYRIES GAME 2 IS MOST-WATCHED WNBA FINALS GAME 2 EVER ON CABLE

Monday's Dream-Valkyries Game 2 Averages 1.33 Million Viewers, Up 9% vs. 2025 WNBA Finals Game 2 on Broadcast Television

USA Sports' WNBA Playoff Viewership Averaging 1.25 Million Viewers, Up 37% vs. Comparable Windows in 2025

USA Sports Presents Pivotal Game 3 Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network and CNBC as Tied Series Shifts to Atlanta; Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 7 p.m. ET

2026 WNBA Champion Will be Crowned on USA Sports! Up to Four More WNBA Finals Games (Games 3 and 5, 6-7 If Necessary) Live on USA Network with Live Simulcasts on CNBC

STAMFORD, Conn. - Oct. 21, 2026 - USA Sports delivered the most-watched WNBA Finals Game 2 ever on cable on Monday night, averaging 1.33 million viewers across USA Sports' linear platforms (USA Network, CNBC and E!) and streaming on Peacock, according to official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics. Monday night's Game 2 viewership was up 9% vs. the 2025 WNBA Finals Game 2 (PHX/LV) on broadcast television.

The Atlanta Dream evened the series 1-1 with a 79-65 victory over the Golden State Valkyries in Game 2 on Monday behind Angel Reese's 30-point, 16-rebound double-double, as she became the youngest player in WNBA history to record 30 points and 15 rebounds in a playoff game.

USA Sports' 2026 WNBA playoff coverage is averaging 1.25 million viewers, up 37% vs. the comparable First Round and Finals windows in 2025.

USA Sports' 2026 WNBA Finals coverage continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network and CNBC with a pivotal Valkyries-Dream Game 3 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. USA Sports will preview the game with an hour-long pregame show at 7 p.m. ET on USA Network, followed by tip-off at 8 p.m. ET.

Kate Scott (play-by-play), analysts Tamika Catchings and Amy Audibert, and courtside reporter Meghan McPeak will call Game 3 live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

Tonight's pregame, halftime and postgame coverage features Elle Duncan (host) and Renee Montgomery (analyst) anchoring coverage from State Farm Arena, with host Paris Lawson alongside analysts and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers Chamique Holdsclaw and Teresa Weatherspoon in-studio. Veteran WNBA Finals referee and the WNBA's current Referee Performance & Development Advisor Kurt Walker will serve as USA Sports' rules analyst.

With the series tied 1-1, the 2026 WNBA champions will be crowned on USA Sports as up to four more WNBA Finals games - Games 3 and 5 and 6-7 (if necessary) - will air live on USA Network.

All of USA Sports' WNBA Finals 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 3 7 p.m. 8 p.m. USA Network/CNBC
Mon., October 26 WNBA Finals Game 5 7 p.m. 8 p.m. USA Network/CNBC
Thurs., October 29 WNBA Finals Game 6* 7 p.m. 8 p.m. USA Network/CNBC
Sat., October 31 WNBA Finals Game 7* 7 p.m. 8 p.m. USA Network/CNBC
*if necessary

All games throughout the WNBA Finals will also stream live on Peacock. NBC Sports will present Game 4 on October 24 on NBC and Peacock.

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.

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