NBA Action

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.

NBA Action
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
Original release
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 (1990) – present

Features (not in chronological order)

• Western Conference Team of the Week
• Instant replay (weekly NBA News)
• Timeout (Player Features)
• Eastern Conference Team of the Week
• Encore (showcasing the best plays during the week that didn't make the Courtside Countdown including buzzer beaters, long range shots, alley oops, assists, dunks, circus shots, blocks)
• 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
• Canal 4 (El Salvador) (Voice-over translation) Thursday at 07:00 pm

Brazil

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

Philippines

• ABS-CBN (2018)
• Basketball TV (2006–2019)
• GMA Network (1988–1996)
• IBC (1996–2001, 2002–2004)
• NBA Premium TV (2010–2019)
• NBN (2001–2002)
• S+A (2014–2019)
• Solar TV (2009–2011)
• Studio 23 (2011–2013)

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

• About the Show