''NBA Action'' is a weekly show with news and highlights of the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

. The show premiered in 1990 on

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

. 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 Time-out, Time Out, or timeout may refer to: Time * Time-out (sport), in various sports, a break in play, called by a team * Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken * Timeout (computing), an enginee ...

'' (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) *

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(2004–2005) * Ian Eagle (2005–present) *

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(2003–present; occasional host)

Video game

There was a series of video games released by Sega Sports for the

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Sega Game Gear The is an 8-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear pri ...

and

Sega Saturn The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the succ ...

with the name ''NBA Action''. *''NBA Action '94'' (Genesis) *''

NBA Action '95 ''NBA Action '95: Starring David Robinson'' is a video game developed by American studio Double Diamond Sports and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. Gameplay ''NBA Action '95'' is a basketball game featuring complete player rosters for al ...

'' (Game Gear and Genesis) *''NBA Action'' (1996) (Saturn) *''

NBA Action 98 ''NBA Fastbreak '98'' is a basketball simulator released for the Sony PlayStation in 1997. It takes place during the 1997-98 National Basketball Association season. It was published by Midway Games and GT Interactive. Originally announced under ...

'' (Saturn and PC)

International broadcasts

By region

Latín America

* Fox Sports * Bein Sports * DIRECTV Sports * Telecanal Plus (Argentina) Saturday at 02:00 pm *

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(Ecuador) *

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(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 *

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(Venezuela) Sunday at 08:00 pm

Brazil

* Fox Sports * Rede Record (Sunday at 11:30 pm in Free TV)

Philippines

* TV5 ** One Sports *

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People's Television Network People's Television Network ( fil, Telebisyon ng Bayan; abbreviated PTV) is the flagship State broadcasting, state broadcaster owned by the Government of the Philippines. Founded in 1974, PTV is the main brand of People's Television Network, In ...

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

** Studio 23 **

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* Basketball TV **

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Europe

* C More/

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(Sweden) Airs in news and documentary orientated sports channel

Sportkanalen Sportkanalen was a sports channel started by Kinnevik on 23 March 1996 and is considered the predecessor to Viasat Sport V Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic countries, owned by Nordic Entertainment Group. ...

* TV 2 (Denmark) *

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(Poland) *

(The Netherlands) SportTv (Hungary)

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