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Created by
  
NBA Entertainment

Country of origin
  
United States

Running time
  
30 minutes/1 hour

Starring
  
See Hosts

No. of episodes
  
n/a (airs weekly)

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Original network
  
ESPN (1990-present) Fox Sports Networks (1998-present) NBA TV (2003-present) CBS Sports Network (2013-present)

NBA Action is a weekly show with news and highlights of the NBA. The show first premiered in 1990 on ESPN. It currently airs on NBA TV with new episodes at 6:30 ET/5:30 CT every Thursday night during the season.

Contents

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, Buzzer Beaters, Assists and more during the week)

    • Hosts

  • Jim Fagan (1990–2004)
  • Ian Eagle (2004–present)
  • Rich Ackerman (2003–present; occasional host)

    • Video game

    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 rights

    By región

    Latín America

  • ESPN
  • Fox Sports
  • DIRECTV Sports
  • DeporTV (Argentina) Saturday at 01:00 pm
  • TV CABLE (Ecuador)
  • TVC Deportes (México) Friday at 11:00 pm
  • Unicanal (Paraguay) Saturday at 02:00 pm
  • VTV Plus (Uruguay) Saturday at 02:30 pm
  • Meridiano TV (Venezuela) Sunday at 08:00 pm

    • Brazil

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

    • Philippines

  • GMA Network
  • People's Television Network
  • Solar TV
  • Studio 23
  • ABS-CBN Sports+Action
  • Basketball TV
  • CNN Philippines

    • References

    NBA Action Wikipedia
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