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The NBA on NBC is the branding used for presentations of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by NBC Sports. The NBA was first televised by NBC from 1954 to 1962. In 1990, the NBA returned to NBC under a multi-year contract. Its contract coincided with the dynastic run of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls; the league rose to ...
Mike Fratello – game analyst (1990–1993), studio analyst (2001–2002) Jim Gray – sideline reporter. Greg Gumbel – play-by-play (1994–1998) Matt Guokas – game analyst (1993–2001) Tom Hammond – play-by-play (1990–2002) Dan Hicks – play-by-play. Dan Issel – game analyst. Kevin Johnson – studio analyst. Lewis Johnson ...
During NBC's partnership with the NBA in the 1990s, the league rose to unprecedented popularity, with ratings surpassing the days of Johnson and Bird in the mid 1980s. Upon expiration of the contracts in 2002, the NBA signed a six-year, $2.4 billion ($400 million/year) deal with Disney-owned ABC and ESPN. ABC took over the package from NBC, and ...
NBC has a nostalgic relationship with fans, dating back to the Michael Jordan-dominated days of the 1990s’ “The NBA on NBC.” CNBC first reported NBCUniversal’s interest in again airing NBA ...
The highest NBA Finals ratings on NBC after Jordan left was the 2001 Finals, which featured the dominant and then-defending champion Lakers with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant versus the polarizing Allen Iverson and the underdog Philadelphia 76ers. The ratings for that series were a 12.1, still down 35 percent from 1998.
Tim Capstraw. WFAN AM and FM. New York. Tyler Murray Kenny Albert (During Murray's Absences) Don La Greca (select games) Pat O'Keefe (select games) Monica McNutt (Primary) Alan Hahn (select games) Wally Szczerbiak (select games) WHSQ. Philadelphia. Tom McGinnis Matt Murphy (select games) WPEN.
NBA on television in the 2000s. As the national broadcaster of the NBA, CBS aired NBA games from the 1973–74 until the 1989–90 season, during which the early 1980s is notoriously known as the tape delay playoff era. NBC then succeeded the broadcast rights from 1990 to 2002. [ 1] During NBC's partnership with the NBA in the 1990s, the league ...
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC. NBA Showtime is a basketball arcade game released by Midway in 1999, featuring teams and players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The game is modeled after the NBA presentations on NBC and takes its name from NBC's NBA pregame show. It is the successor to Midway's previous basketball titles NBA Hangtime ...