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'Inside the NBA' Is Sticking Around—But It's Getting a New Broadcast Home

Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley (L-R) during a live presentation of "Inside the NBA" in Boston, Oct. 22, 2024
Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley (L-R) during a live presentation of "Inside the NBA" in Boston, Oct. 22, 2024 .

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Key Takeaways

  • Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its breach of contract lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, reaching a deal to extend their decades-long partnership.
  • The upshot: WBD will get some overseas broadcast rights to NBA games starting with the 2025-26 NBA season, with U.S. rights headed to other companies.
  • Meanwhile, the award-winning "Inside the NBA" will be licensed to ABC and ESPN starting next season.

The good news for fans of "Inside the NBA" is that the show isn't going away. It is, however, getting a new home.

A settlement, announced Monday, resolves Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) breach of contract lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, extending their decades-long partnership even as the actual games will move elsewhere. Meanwhile, beloved studio show "Inside" will remain on the air—albeit no longer on WBD-owned TNT starting next season.

In July, the NBA announced the winners of its new 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:11-year media rights deal, reportedly worth $77 billion, beginning with the 2025-26 season: The Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS) ABC and ESPN; Comcast (CMCSA) unit NBCUniversal's NBC and Peacock streaming service; and Amazon's (AMZN) Prime Video.

Left out in the cold was Warner Bros. Discovery, which sued the NBA after the league accepted Amazon's reported bid of $1.8 billion a year. Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports unit has held NBA rights since the late 1980s.

The new deal grants WBD "live NBA game telecast rights in the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), along with Poland and Latin America (excluding Brazil and Mexico) for the next 11 years." The company also has "license to create, produce and distribute new and existing NBA content across its platforms," as well as "expanded global content and highlight rights for TNT Sports, Bleacher Report and House of Highlights."

'Inside the NBA' To Be Licensed To Disney's ESPN, ABC

Meanwhile, the award-winning "Inside the NBA"—which features host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith—will be licensed to The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and ESPN starting next season. TNT Sports wilꦍl continue to produce the program.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the settlement and the "Inside the NBA" news over the weekend.

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