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'Inside the NBA' on ESPN, explained: What to know about future of Shaq, Charles Barkley and the cast after TNT
Starting with the 2025-2026 season, the 21-time Emmy-winning program "Inside the NBA" is broadcasting on ESPN and ABC. TNT Sports, the network that lost its game rights, reached a rare licensing agreement with ESPN to carry the show.
The legendary show felt exactly the same on its new network. And our columnists say that is exactly the point.
It’s only been a week, but the Inside the NBA era on ESPN is already off to an amazing start. ESPN made good on their promises to keep the best studio show in sports as is without changing what has made it so special over the years.
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.
Dedicated viewers will observe that TNT has been booted off entirely after 40 years of broadcasting the league. “Inside the NBA,” TNT’s poster broadcast, has been moved off Tuesdays and Thursdays and replaced by NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime, respectively.
Charles Barkley doesn’t plan on sticking around TV much longer. Inside the NBA on TNT has officially come to an end, and the show will is moving to ESPN for the new season, which started
TNT Sports will roll into the first season of new deals covering Big East and Big 12 basketball with the additions of recently retired coach Bruce Pearl, Jalen Rose and Jamal Mashburn to its studio coverage.
Former Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and Kentucky great Jamal Mashburn are part of TNT Sports for the 2025-26 college basketball season.
The NBA's return to NBC with a doubleheader on Tuesday night averaged 5.61 million viewers, marking the most-watched October opening night in 15 years.
This is the first season of a future-altering media rights extension that the Big 12 struck with ESPN and Fox back in 2022.
Former University of Michigan "Fab Five" teammates Chris Webber and Jalen Rose will be part of TNT Sports' college basketball studio show during the 2025-26 season.
A voice familiar to St. Louis sports fans could be heard during Tuesday night’s NBA games. Bob Costas, the longtime broadcaster who got his start right here in St. Louis made a special cameo in a preview ahead of Tuesday’s doubleheader between the Knicks and Bucks,