Atlanta Dream

Monday’s Fever-Dream Game Reached Historic Viewership

Published

4 months ago

August 31, 2024

Joshua

Monday's Fever-Dream Game Reached Historic Viewership

The Caitlin Clark Effect is alive and well (beyond well), as TV viewership has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. Hundreds of thousands of people tuned into the Indiana Fever against the Atlanta Dream on Monday night, which saw NBA TV gain historic numbers.

The game averaged a rating of 0.33 with 617,000 viewers. That number is the most watched WNBA game ever on the channel.

Previously, the record was 210,000 viewers. Indiana and Atlanta almost tripled the last record.

Also, speaking on the men’s side of viewership, this game out-ranked all but one of the NBA’s games on NBA TV.

It is a great time to be alive for women’s sports and the NBA TV network.

Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream Fire Tanisha Wright

Published

3 months ago

October 2, 2024

Joshua

According to the Atlanta Dream, they have fired head coach Tanisha Wright after three seasons of working together.

This announcement comes after being swept in the first round of this year’s postseason against the New York Liberty.

General manager Dan Padover said in an official statement that they were grateful for her work in their rebuild.

“Tanisha was an important contributor in our efforts to rebuild the Dream, and we want to thank her for her hard work and dedication to the Dream over the last three seasons and wish her the best in the future,” general manager Dan Padover said in a statement. “At this time, we believe a change is needed to lead our players and organization to the next chapter in our efforts to be a top team in the WNBA.”

While having an overall record of 48-68, Wright led Atlanta to back-to-back postseason runs. This season, she had a double-digit win season, with 15-25.

She had three double-digit win seasons, which is phenomenal considering that Atlanta hasn’t seen those feats since 2018.

Since 2021, the Dream has had four head coaches. Nicki Collen (2017-2021), Mike Petersen (2021 – interim), Darius Taylor (2021 – interim), and Wright (2021-2024).