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Here is everything you need to know about "Inside the NBA," including how to watch the show during the 2025-26 season.
Fans of NBA on TNT will have to adjust to the new schedule and studio shows. Major sports league contracts don’t change hands often. But on Oct. 21, Comcast’s (CMCSA) NBCUniversal wrested the U.S.’s second most-popular — and fastest-growing worldwide — league out of Warner Bros.
Inside the NBA' returns on ESPN this season with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neal and Ernie Johnson. Here's the schedule.
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Johnson Jr. is the widely respected, six-time Sports Emmy Award-winning host and anchor of Inside the NBA. Beyond the NBA, he is the lead host for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament coverage on CBS/Turner and has covered numerous other major sporting events, including the MLB, NFL, and the Olympics.
Postgame editions will be open-ended on ESPN while ABC will run a half-hour and then continue on the ESPN app. The program will air on 20 dates during the regular season and throughout the NBA Playoffs, including the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.
A look at the new NBA television landscape, and what to expect as NBC, Peacock and Amazon Prime join ABC and ESPN as rights-holders.
This is the first season of a future-altering media rights extension that the Big 12 struck with ESPN and Fox back in 2022.
Bruce Pearl is freshly retired as Auburn's basketball coach, but he'll be staying busy this season, joining TNT's team of in-studio analysts.
The first full season of Luka Doncic begins in L.A. as the Lakers square off against Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors.