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The NBA on TBS is an American presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season and playoff game telecasts that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games were produced by Turner Sports , the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner , TBS's corporate parent.
TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System) is an American basic cable television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. [1] It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events through TNT Sports, including Major League Baseball, Stanley Cup playoffs, and the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Ernest Thorwald Johnson Jr. (born August 7, [2] 1956) is an American sportscaster for TNT Sports.He is the television voice and a studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts Inside the NBA for TNT and NBA TV, and contributes to the joint coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for TNT Sports and CBS Sports.
Major League Baseball on TBS (2008) NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (2011) ELeague (2016) NBA on TNT (2015; NBA All-Star Game simulcasts and alternate broadcasts & 2023; regular season simulcasts) NHL on TNT (2022; Stanley Cup playoffs games and simulcasts)
Turner Sports then replaced ESPN and USA Network as national cable partners under a four-year deal beginning with the 1984-85 season, in which TBS shared the NBA television package along with CBS. In the summer of 1987, Turner signed a new joint broadcast contract between TBS and TNT to split broadcast NBA games starting from the 1988-89 season.
During the 1980s, the division began using separate brands such as TBS Sports and TNT Sports for TBS and TNT, respectively. In 1995, a unified Turner Sports rebranding began to be used, accompanied by an intro and outro sequence featuring the voice of CNN Headline News anchor Don Harrison and music from Edd Kalehoff .
TNT will air more than 65 games (more that 50 men's basketball games and at least 15 women's basketball games) over the course of the six-year deal. While most games will air on TNT, select games will air on TBS and TruTV, with all games available on Max. [26] On August 22, 2024, TNT Sports announced it had acquired the rights to the Acrisure ...
The 2001–2002 season would ultimately mark TBS's final year of NBA coverage. Turner Sports signed a new NBA television contract in which TNT would assume rights to the company's NBA package, while TBS would discontinue game coverage altogether; ESPN assumed TBS's half of the league's cable television rights. During 2002, TBS aired ...