It’s time to grade the 2026 WNBA national TV broadcasters

Setting aside the controversies, narratives, and grifter meddling off the court, the WNBA had another stellar season, with fans tuning in at record numbers across the league’s various network and media partners.

NBC averaged 1.75 million viewers across its seven-game schedule, with its August 23 game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky averaging 3.3 million. Across 29 total games, the WNBA on ESPN and ABC averaged 1.37 million viewers, up 17% year over year, the most-watched in its history. CBS averaged 1.275 million for its 20-game WNBA schedule, up 9% from last year’s nine-game package (1.17 million). Scripps-owned ION finished the season averaging 617,000 viewers, while USA Network averaged around 543,000 viewers, and Prime Video averaged 437,000 viewers.

Last year, we asked you to grade the league’s local announcers. But given how much the WNBA’s TV audience has grown, we thought it was the ideal time to find out what you think of the league’s national broadcasters calling all those games.

A few caveats. We didn’t include ION in the grades because they simulcast the home team’s announcers depending on the game. Also, while all of the other broadcasters rotate announcers, analysts, and reporters throughout the season, ESPN/ABC had three dedicated broadcasting trios that worked independently, so we broke them out for their own grades.

You will be asked to grade each team’s broadcast setup individually on a scale from A to F. A is the best grade, and F is the worst. You will also see room to provide comments about each broadcasting team. These are optional, but may help us parse similar grades and understand what makes a booth work (or not work, as it were).

The voting form is below (and here). It will be open through 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Friday, October  2. We’ll announce the full rankings at Awful Announcing later next week.