The WNBA on CBS is an American television sports presentation show broadcast by CBS. It premiered on May 25, 2019. The consist of branding used for presentation of Women's National Basketball Association.
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.
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.
The 2021 season had 100 games broadcast on national networks, including 40 on CBS networks. On 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 remaining national broadcast schedule for the 2022 season was released in April and May 2022âÂÂincluding 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.
For the 2025 season, CBS announced that it would be airing at least two regular season games in prime time involving the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever on June 7 and August 9. They will air six games during daytime and 12 on CBS Sports Network.
On March 25, 2026, it was announced that for the 2026 WNBA season, CBS would be a part of new multi year deal where they would air 20 games, all on the main CBS network. None however, were scheduled to air on CBS Sports Network.
The two games on CBS on June 19 and June 26, 2021 averaged about 427,000 and 567,000 viewers respectively.
For 2024, CBS Sports enjoyed its most watched regular season ever for the WNBA. CBS Sports average 1.10 million viewers. That's up by 86% from the previous year.
The most watched game in WNBA on CBS history is the June 16, 2024 contest between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever, which averaged 2.25 million viewers.