NBA Action
American TV series or program
| NBA Action | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | See Hosts |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs weekly) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes/1 hour |
| Production company | NBA Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | ESPN (1990-present) Fox Sports Networks/Bally Sports (1998-present) NBC Sports Regional Networks (1998-present) Setanta Sports (1999-present) NBA TV (2003-present) CBS Sports Network (2013-present) |
| Release | 1990 (1990) – present |
NBA Action is a weekly show with news and highlights of the NBA. The show premiered in 1990 on ESPN. It airs on NBA TV with new episodes at 6:30 ET/5:30 CT every Thursday night during the season.
Features (in chronological order)
- Western Conference Team of the Week
- Instant Replay (Weekly NBA News)
- Timeout (Player Features)
- Eastern Conference Team of the Week
- Spotlight (Special features on players, teams or great moments in the NBA)
- Sounds of the Game
- Courtside Countdown (Showcasing the Top 10 Plays, Dunks, Buzzer Beaters, Assists and Blocks during the week)
Hosts
- Jim Fagan (1990–2004)
- Spero Dedes (2004–2005)
- Ian Eagle (2005–present)
- Rich Ackerman (2003–present; occasional host)
Video games
There was a series of video games released by Sega Sports for the Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear and Sega Saturn with the name NBA Action.
- NBA Action '94 (Genesis)
- NBA Action '95 (Game Gear and Genesis)
- NBA Action (1996) (Saturn)
- NBA Action 98 (Saturn and PC)
International broadcasts
By region
Latín America
- ESPN
- Fox Sports
- Bein Sports
- DIRECTV Sports
- Telecanal Plus (Argentina) Saturday at 02:00 pm
- TV CABLE (Ecuador)
- TVC Deportes (México) Friday at 11:00 pm
- Unicanal Plus (Paraguay) Saturday at 02:00 pm
- Telecable TV (Peru) Sunday at 07:00 pm
- VTV Plus (Uruguay) Saturday at 02:00 pm
- Meridiano TV (Venezuela) Sunday at 08:00 pm
Brazil
- ESPN
- Fox Sports
- Rede Record (Sunday at 11:30 pm in Free TV)
Philippines
- TV5
- Radio Philippines Network
- GMA Network
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
- People's Television Network
- ABS-CBN
- Basketball TV
Europe
- Sky Sports (United Kingdom/Ireland)
- C More/TV4 (Sweden) Airs in news and documentary orientated sports channel Sportkanalen
- TV 2 (Denmark)
- Canal+ Premium (Poland)
- ESPN (The Netherlands)
SportTv (Hungary)
External links
- About the Show
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- George Bodenheimer
- Edwin Durso
- Chuck Pagano
- Norby Williamson
- James Pitaro
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sports networks
- Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009)
- ESPN 3D (2010–2013)
- ESPN America (2002–2013)
- ESPN Classic (U.S.) (1995–2021)
- ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013)
- ESPN Classic Canada (2001–2023)
- ESPN College Extra (2015–2023)
- ESPN Full Court (2007–2015)
- ESPN GamePlan (1992–2015)
- ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded (2010–2020)
- Grantland (2011–2015)
- ESPN HS (1997–2012)
- ESPN The Magazine (1998–2019)
- ESPN MVP (2005–2006)
- ESPNscrum (2007–2015)
- ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1996–2012; incl. ESPN Asia (1995–2013))
- ESPN5 (2017–2020)
- WatchESPN (2011–2019)
- Sony ESPN (2016–2020)
- ESPN West
Owners: Walt Disney Company (80%); Hearst Communications (20%)
