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The CW ‘very happy’ with 2026 PBA Tour, ‘bullish’ on 2027, open to conversations about expansion, network executive says

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 7:00 am
The CW ‘very happy’ with 2026 PBA Tour, ‘bullish’ on 2027, open to conversations about expansion, network executive says
Mike Perman, senior vice president of sports for The CW. Photo by The CW.
With relatively strong and consistent viewership for its coverage of the 2026 PBA Tour, The CW is “bullish” on 2027 and open to conversations about expanding its coverage, a network executive told 11thFrame.com in an interview last week. When PBA and The CW announced their deal last year, it was called simply a “multi-year” deal, with no defined number of years. Mike Perman, senior vice president of sports for The CW, wouldn’t go beyond saying it was...