NBA on TNT
| NBA on TNT | |
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| Starring |
Ernie Johnson Jr. Charles Barkley Kenny Smith Shaquille O'Neal Marv Albert Chris Webber Kevin Harlan Reggie Miller David Aldridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 150 minutes+ Subject to change |
| Release | |
| Original network | TNT (1989–present) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | November 3, 1989 – present |
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| Website | |
The NBA on TNT is Turner Network Television's coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA), produced by Turner Sports since 1989. TNT's NBA coverage includes the Inside the NBA studio show, weekly doubleheaders throughout the regular season on Thursdays, as well as Mondays in the second half of the season, a majority of games during the first two rounds of the playoffs, and one conference finals series.
TNT airs many of the NBA's marquee games (the NBA All-Star Game, a full Conference Final, Opening Night games, and the vast majority of playoff games). In recent years, fans have reckoned it as what NBC was during that network's coverage of the league. TNT would seem to be the NBA's preferred carrier as well; from 2003 to 2005, TNT aired the Conference Final with the most interest from the national media (Spurs-Mavericks in 2003, Lakers-Wolves in 2004 and Pistons-Heat in 2005). TNT also airs most of the big games during the regular season (TNT aired a Lakers-Heat game for the third straight year in 2007), and TNT studio content is streamed to NBA.com via the TNT Overtime section.
Ernie Johnson Jr. has been TNT's NBA studio host since the 1990-1991 season. Currently, Johnson is joined by Kenny "The Jet" Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O'Neal. The NBA postgame show which features the four, Inside the NBA, has gained popularity in recent years for the chemistry and banter they have. Occasionally, Johnson, O'Neal, Smith and Barkley are joined by Chris Webber, Kevin McHale, David Aldridge or Reggie Miller.
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