Updated with ratings data: The University of South Carolina overwhelmed the Iowa Hawkeyes Sunday in a rollicking NCAA Women’s College Basketball Championship game that capped an unprecedented run for women’s sports. The game that ended 87-75 saw University of Iowa megastar Caitlin Clark wrap her collegiate career and the birth of not one but two WNBA stars, as Clark and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso head off to next week’s WNBA draft.
The game delivered 18.7 million viewers for ESPN and ABC, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings. That means the game qualifies as the second most-watched women’s sporting event ever on U.S. television behind only the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final in July 2015, which grabbed 25.4 million viewers.
“With a record-setting audience of 18.7 million viewers, Sunday’s Iowa-South Carolina title game was a fitting finale to the most-viewed ever NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament,” said ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro.
The game delivered 18.7 million viewers for ESPN and ABC, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings. That means the game qualifies as the second most-watched women’s sporting event ever on U.S. television behind only the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final in July 2015, which grabbed 25.4 million viewers.
“With a record-setting audience of 18.7 million viewers, Sunday’s Iowa-South Carolina title game was a fitting finale to the most-viewed ever NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament,” said ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro.
- 4/7/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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