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NBA Action

Field	Value
runtime	30 minutes/1 hour
presenter	See Hosts
country	United States
company	NBA Entertainment
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)
first_aired
last_aired	present
num_episodes	n/a (airs weekly)

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)

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.

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)
Sky Sport (Italy)
C More/TV4 (Sweden) Airs in news and documentary orientated sports channel Sportkanalen
TV 2 (Denmark)
Canal+ Premium (Poland)
ESPN (The Netherlands)
SportTv (Hungary)

Wikipedia Source

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