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The WNBA is back for its 30th season with superstar A’ja Wilson and her WNBA Finals champions Las Vegas Aces looking to repeat, while superstars from across the league, such as Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and others, looking to hoist the WNBA Championship Trophy.
The five-and-a-half-month long season goes from May until Tuesday, Oct, 20, if the WNBA Finals goes to seven games, with a two-week break in August and September for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tournament. Check out a complete WNBA 2026 regular season schedule here.
Where to Watch 2026 WNBA Season, At a Glance:
- Date: May-October
- Broadcast Channels: ABC, ESPN, NBC, NBC Sports, USA Network, ION Television, CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBA TV
- Streaming: DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN Unlimited, WNBA League Pass
Keep reading for ways to stream WNBA games online live for free.
How to Watch 2026 WNBA Season Online
For the 2026 regular season, WNBA games broadcast across ABC, ESPN, NBC, NBC Sports, USA Network, ION Television, CBS, CBS Sports Network and NBA TV. In addition, games livestream on Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN Unlimited and Prime Video. You can also catch games on WNBA League Pass.
If you have access to live channels, through cable, streaming or satellite, check your local listings for channel information. Sports fan who don’t have cable can stream ABC, ESPN, CBS, NBC and other channels on platforms, such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and others.
You can stream a bunch of WNBA games on DirecTV, including networks such as ABC, ESPN, NBC, NBC Sports, USA Network, ION, CBS and NBA TV.
DirecTV offers “Choice” in their signature streaming package with more than 125 live channels, which includes plenty of other sports channels: ESPN2, FOX Sports, FS2, NHL Network and more. For a limited time, new subscribers can join DirecTV for just $84.99 for the first 24 months of service (reg. $94.99 per month). Sign up for a five-day free trial to start watching WNBA games.
If you don’t have a Hulu + Live TV subscription, the streamer offers a free trial that’ll get you your first three days free to access ABC, ESPN, NBC, USA Network, CBS and CBS Sports Network. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee starting at $89.99 per month. For even more content, Hulu + Live TV bundles with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited at no extra cost to watch even more exclusive and original sporting events and programming.
With prices starting at $48.99 per month for the first month of service, Fubo’s “Pro” plan is a cable alternative streaming service that offers WNBA games broadcasts on ABC, ESPN, ION, CBS, CBS Sports Network and NBA TV.
It features more than 200 other channels, including FOX, FOX Sports, ESPN2, MLB.TV, MLB Network, NHL Network and others. Fubo comes with a five-day free trial, so you can try out the service before you commit month-to-month.
A subscription to Sling Orange + Blue, which comes with ABC, ESPN, NBC, USA Network and ION, gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels. You can watch local networks such as FOX (in select markets), while you can watch many cable networks too. Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.
For WNBA on Prime Video, sign up for a 30-day free trial to take advantage of all that Amazon Prime has to offer, including Prime Gaming, Prime Reading and Amazon Photos; fast free shipping in less than two days with Prime Delivery; in-store discounts at Whole Foods Market; access to exclusive shopping events — such as Prime Day and Black Friday — and much more. Learn more about Amazon Prime and its benefits here.
If you’d like to watch WNBA on NBC, then it’s best to subscribe to Peacock, which is the official NBC streamer. You can watch games featured on NBC, NBC Sports and USA Network with the Peacock Premium plan for $10.99 per month. Unfortunately, there is no free trial for the streaming platform
The Paramount+ Essential Plan, which gives you access to WNBA games on CBS and CBS Sports Network, as well as other TV shows and movies with limited commercials, for $8.99 per month (or $89.99 per year). The ad-free plan goes for $12.99 per month (or $129.99 per year), but it now includes Showtime, along with everything in the Essential Plan and access to your local CBS station.
Select WNBA games livestream on ESPN Unlimited. You can get the sports streaming service for just $29.99 per month. It features every ESPN network, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network, ACC Network, as well as ESPN on ABC, ESPN+, ESPN3, SEC Network+ and ACC Network Extra — all in one app.
Meanwhile, basketball fans can watch WNBA out-of-market games with a subscription to WNBA League Pass. Prime Video subscribers can opt to include the service as an add-on with prices starting at $14.99 per month, or $39.99 per year to access live out-of-market games, plus every game on-demand and hundreds of archival games.
Prime Video comes included with a subscription to Amazon Prime, which is free for the first month and $14.99 per month after the trial period ends. Click here to launch your 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime, and a seven-day free trial to WNBA League Pass.
Are Celebrities Making Appearances During WNBA Games?
It’s likely there might be a number of celebrities and recording artists in attendance throughout the season, such as WNBA fans, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Aubrey Plaza, Natalie Portman, Common, Spike Lee, Flavor Flav, Ben Platt, Jason Sudeikis and others. Tune in to games to find out who’s sitting courtside.
