WNBA 2025 Season: A Broadcast Bonanza with ESPN/ABC
Hey basketball fans, get ready to mark your calendars because the 2025 WNBA season is shaping up to be a thrilling ride, and ESPN/ABC is making sure you won’t miss a moment of the action. With a lineup of 26 games set to be broadcast this season, including a whopping 10 games featuring the Indiana Fever, nine for the reigning champions, the New York Liberty, and eight for the Las Vegas Aces, there’s plenty to look forward to. And let’s not forget, 13 of these games will be aired on ABC, including the much-anticipated All-Star Game on July 19 in Indianapolis.
But that’s not all. ESPN/ABC is also stepping up its game by airing the entire postseason, which has been expanded this year to feature a best-of-seven series for the WNBA Finals, a change from the previous best-of-five format. The regular season itself is also getting a boost, expanding to 44 games, ensuring fans have more opportunities to catch their favorite teams in action.
Overall, the league announced on Thursday that more than 175 games will be broadcast across various platforms during the regular season, which runs from May 16 to September 11. Fans can catch games on ION, Amazon, CBS, CBS Sports Network, and NBA TV. Plus, the WNBA League Pass will stream over 200 live, out-of-market games, with additional streaming details for Meta platforms to be released later.
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert expressed her excitement, stating, “The WNBA is coming off a 2024 season in which incredible basketball and countless memorable performances paved the way for the WNBA to deliver a record-breaking season. Now, with so much excitement around the player movement that took place this winter through free agency and trades, the WNBA’s broadcast and streaming partners in 2025 will spotlight the league’s superstars, rising stars, and must-see matchups like never before.”
ABC is kicking things off with an opening weekend doubleheader on May 17, featuring the last two WNBA champions, the Liberty and the Aces. All three matchups between these powerhouses—on May 17, July 8, and August 13—will be broadcast on ABC or ESPN, showcasing recent WNBA MVPs A’ja Wilson for Las Vegas and Breanna Stewart for New York.
The second part of the May 17 doubleheader will see the Fever take on the Chicago Sky, featuring last season’s rookie sensations Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. These two teams will face off five times throughout the season: on ABC on May 17 and 27, on CBS on June 7 and August 9, and on ION on September 5.
Fans of last year’s WNBA Finals participants, the Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx, can look forward to four matchups: on ESPN on July 30, ABC on August 10, CBS on August 16, and NBA TV on August 19.
And let’s not forget the league’s newest addition, the expansion Golden State Valkyries, who will tip off their inaugural season on May 16 on ION. It’s an exciting time for WNBA fans, with so much talent and competition to look forward to this season.
- 26 WNBA games on ESPN/ABC
- 10 games for Indiana Fever
- 9 games for New York Liberty
- 8 games for Las Vegas Aces
- 13 games on ABC, including the All-Star Game
- Expanded postseason with a best-of-seven WNBA Finals
- Regular season expanded to 44 games
- Over 175 games broadcast across multiple platforms
- WNBA League Pass to stream over 200 live games
Originally Written by: Michael Voepel
