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.

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.

To watch the entire national lineup, you essentially need two subscriptions: a multi-channel provider (like cable or YouTube TV), and Amazon Prime Video. (Without the former, you need three direct-to-consumer subscriptions: ESPN’s new service, Peacock and Prime.)

Date TV/Live stream Games Oct. 22 ESPN ... While the Disney-owned company will present "Inside the NBA," TNT Sports will still independently produce the show from its studios in Atlanta. Johnson will remain the host, and Barkley, O'Neal and Smith ...

NBC’s streaming service has Peacock NBA Monday doubleheaders starting October 27, plus simulcasts of all NBC’s games and the November 1 game in Mexico City between Dallas and Detroit. Peacock and NBC combine to televise a Martin Luther King Jr. Day quadrupleheader January 19.

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.

NBA on NBC debut reviews: The best and worst reactions to network's 2025-26 opening night, including Carmelo Anthony and Michael Jordan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For the first NBA season since 2001-02, the league has returned to NBC airwaves.

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.

The countdown to the new NBA campaign is very much underway with the first game of the regular season commencing on October 21, 2025.