NBC is back in the WNBA business on Sunday afternoon, airing league games for the first time since 2002 as Peacock debuts its own coverage and the schedule puts the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces in front of a national audience. The Aces play the Atlanta Dream at 1:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock, and the Fever host the Seattle Storm at 6:00 PM ET on Peacock and NBCSN.
The return matters because it marks a new stage for the league’s television footprint, with Peacock and NBC set to share 22 national WNBA games per season and Peacock also carrying select playoff games. For the Fever, every one of their 44 regular-season games is scheduled to air nationally this year, a level of exposure that has made them one of the league’s most watched teams before the ball is even tipped on Sunday.
The Fever arrive with momentum and pressure. Indiana went 24-20 in 2025 despite playing most of the season without Caitlin Clark, then reached the playoffs for a second straight year before losing to the Aces in the semifinals. Kelsey Mitchell said there will always be a target on the Fever now, and that is the reality of a team whose profile has changed as much as its results.
Seattle is trying to answer a different question. The Storm finished 23-21 last season and were knocked out by the Aces in the first round of the playoffs, then spent the offseason replacing coach Noelle Quinn and moving on from Nneka Ogwumike, Skylar Diggins, Gabby Williams, Erica Wheeler and Brittney Sykes. That turnover has pushed Dominique Malonga to the front of the scoring line, where she leads Seattle with 16.0 points per game and 7.3 rebounds through the first three games.
Flau'jae Johnson has also become part of the Storm’s early identity, starting all three games and ranking third on the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game while adding 4.7 rebounds per game. That is the tension in Sunday’s matchup: Indiana is being sold to viewers as a rising national draw, while Seattle is still figuring out who it is after an offseason that stripped away much of its established core.
Stephanie White said she wants a team built on grit and toughness, one that leaves opponents feeling they had to work their butts off on both ends and were kept engaged the whole way. The TV partners will get exactly that kind of test on Sunday, with one game opening NBC’s return to WNBA coverage after more than two decades and another putting the Fever back in the center of the league’s biggest broadcast push.
