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Now that the analysts at the beloved "Inside the NBA" program are syndicated at ESPN, their schedule will look very different with the new TV deal.
Despite the shuffling, not much will change for Sixers fans. Sixty nine of the team’s 82 games will air on NBC Sports Philadelphia (seven on NBC Sports Philadelphia+), with Kate Scott and Alaa Abdelnaby back to call all the action.
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.
The new NBA season is here and with it comes a new-look broadcast schedule. The 2025-26 season is the first under the NBA's new media-rights deal that marks an end of the NBA on TNT and the return of games on NBC.
Inside The NBA has long held center stage and has remained unchanged for many years. ESPN rotates analysts pretty regularly and long had a set-in-stone broadcast team. Those will still be around this season, but the NBC and Prime Video rosters will have fresh faces.
Tirico touched on that later in his interview, and he also shared a staggering stat pertaining to his new colleagues: Hearing from that generation that grew up on the NBA of Jordan and the other guys,
The NBA is launching a new multi-platform streaming offering and the reimagined NBA TV, which will offer live basketball games, highlights and original programming, starting Wednesday.
NBC is returning to the sport after decades on the sideline, and streaming power player Amazon is joining the fray as key placements sell out.
The countdown to the new NBA campaign is very much underway with the first game of the regular season commencing on October 21, 2025.