| NBA Action | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 – 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
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
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