''NBA Action'' is a weekly show with news and highlights of the NBA. The show premiered in 1990 on

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. It airs on

NBA TV NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regula ...

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 * ''

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'' (Weekly NBA News) * ''

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'' (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 Ian Eagle ( ; born February 9, 1969) is an American sports announcer. He calls NBA, NFL, and college basketball games on CBS, TNT, and TBS, as well as Brooklyn Nets games on the YES Network and French Open tennis for Tennis Channel. Other ...

(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 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 primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, ...

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 su ...

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 a ...

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

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'' (Saturn and PC)

International broadcasts

By region

Latín America

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Bein Sports beIN Sports ( ) is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by the Qatari media group beIN. It has played a major role in the increased commercialization of Qatari sports. Its chairman is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and its CEO is Yousef O ...

DIRECTV Sports DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It ...

Telecanal Plus Telecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile, launched on December 5, 2005. It currently airs in Santiago on VHF channel 2. The station for the channel mostly airs American films and TV series. History Launch (2005–2010) Following the sh ...

(Argentina) Saturday at 02:00 pm *

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(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

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(Sunday at 11:30 pm in Free TV)

Philippines

* TV5 **

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Solar TV Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel Sol ...

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GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

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

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ABS-CBN Sports+Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action (stylized as ABS-CBN Sports+Action or simply S+A or S and A), was a free-to-air television network based in Quezon City. It was owned by ABS-CBN Corporation with some of its programs produced and licensed by ABS-CBN S ...

Basketball TV Basketball TV or BTV was a Philippine pay television sports channel with offices on Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. It was owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel. On S ...

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Europe

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/ TV4 (Sweden) Airs in news and documentary orientated sports channel

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* TV 2 (Denmark) *

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(Poland) *

(The Netherlands) SportTv (Hungary)

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