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.

Fans tuning into the NBA this season will have to adjust their viewing habits to new networks and a seven-day-a-week national TV schedule.

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.

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 ...

Western Conference fans should appreciate NBC’s approach to its “Coast 2 Coast Tuesday” telecasts starting Oct. 28. In most weeks, NBC TV stations in the Western and Mountain time zones will get their own games in prime time at 8 p.m., rather than a 5 p.m. start time for an East Coast contest.

The 2025-26 NBA season has tipped off on Tuesday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Houston Rockets, while the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Golden State Warriors. With the regular season officially underway,

The NBA season tipped off with a noticeably slimmer Charles Barkley behind the broadcast desk. Barkley, 62, showed off his weight loss progress on the ESPN debut of Inside the NBA on Wednesday, October 22,