Wondering where to watch NBA basketball during the 2025-2026 season? On, ABC & ESPN will team up to nationally televise all five NBA games on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 – a slate that spans about 13 consecutive hours of marquee live event coverage.

The NBA media landscape has experienced some significant changes ahead of the 2025-26 season. ABC and ESPN remain key networks on the NBA's TV schedule, but TNT is out after Turner Sports failed to reach an agreement on a new deal with the league.

With Inside the NBA still being produced by Turner Sports, those fears disappeared immediately after the first show of the 2025–26 season aired on opening night, when everyone saw that the show featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal was the same as it had always been.

The studio program will serve as the pregame, halftime and postgame show for highth-profile NBA events on ESPN and ABC. Official release ESPN today unveiled its robust Inside the NBA schedule for the 2025-26 regular season. As previously announced ...

The 80th NBA season tipped off Tuesday, Oct. 21, marking the start of nine beautiful months of basketball. Here’s how you can tune into the 2025 NBA season, even without cable. For the 2025 season, NBA games will air across NBC and ESPN, and stream on ...