The destiny of the beloved section on TNT – ‘Contained in the NBA’ appeared fairly darn bleak, however it appears as if the present will reside past the 2024-25 season.
TNT will license ‘Contained in the NBA’ to air on ESPN and ABC starting subsequent season, after the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery (the mum or dad firm of TNT Sports activities) have settled their months-long lawsuit, Joe Flint of The Wall Avenue Journal first reported.
“The accord provides Warner Bros. Discovery the power to develop new exhibits with NBA content material within the U.S. and overseas, and worldwide NBA rights in components of Northern Europe and Latin America excluding Mexico and Brazil,” Flint wrote.
Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith will stay with the present, The Athletic experiences, although “O’Neal nonetheless must conform to an extension however has indicated his intention to stay on this system, in keeping with one of many sources.”
Despite the fact that the section will probably be on ESPN and ABC starting with the 2025-26 season, TNT Sports activities will proceed to provide the favored studio present.
The present is anticipated to air throughout key moments on the league’s calendar, like opening evening, Christmas Day, the playoffs and the NBA Finals. It should additionally doubtless air throughout Saturday nights of the second half of the season when ABC has a prime-time video games packages.
It’s unclear how ESPN plans to make use of ‘Contained in the NBA’ – whether or not that be along with its present program ‘NBA Countdown’ or not.
TNT Sports activities sued the NBA in late July after the league rejected its provide to match the phrases of Amazon Prime Video’s provide.
Simply days earlier than that, the NBA introduced an 11-year, $77 billion agreements with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime Video that begins within the 2025-26 season.
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