WNBA Playoffs ratings crash by over 40% after Caitlin Clark’s Fever get eliminated in first round
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What happened
The 2026 WNBA Playoffs have seen a sharp decline ever since Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated in the first round. Clark is one of the biggest individual draws the WNBA has ever seen, setting multiple viewership and attendance records for the modern era and birthing a new popularity bloom for the league.
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