Draft:NBC Sunday Night Basketball

*NBC Sunday Night Basketball*
NBC Sunday Night Basketball
Also known as	Sunday Night Basketball; SNB
Genre	NBA game telecasts
Presented by	Mike Tirico;
Theme music composer	John Tesh
Opening theme	"Roundball Rock"
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11;
Production
Production locations	Various NBA arenas (game telecasts);
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	150 minutes or until game ends
Production company	NBC Sports
Original release
Network	NBC; Peacock
Release	February 2026
Related
	NBC Sunday Night Football; NBA on ESPN; NBA on Prime Video; NBA on NBC;

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NBC Sunday Night Basketball is an upcoming American weekly broadcast of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on NBC and Peacock in the United States. It will begin airing in February of 2026, and will air after the conclusion of the NFL season. It will share similarities to NBC Sunday Night Football with its coverage of games between the best teams in the NBA and an amplified production value.

Coverage

On July 23, 2024, NBC parent company Comcast confirmed in a conference call with its investors that NBC Sports had secured an agreement with the NBA on an 11-year media rights deal beginning in the 2025–26 season, marking the league's return to NBC after a 23 year absence. The agreement, which is valued at $2.5 billion per season, will see games broadcast on NBC and streaming on Peacock; NBC will a Sunday night prime time game of the week package which would air after the conclusion of the NFL season and Sunday Night Football.^[1]^[2]

In the announcement of the deal, NBC announced that their Sunday night games would be branded under the title of Sunday Night Basketball and would resemble the Sunday Night Football franchise with a high production value and teams with a high national draw.^[3]

Scheduling

The first Sunday Night Basketball telecast is scheduled to debut in February 2026 on the Sunday after Super Bowl LV, However with the 2026 Winter Olympics happening along with that it might get moved to a later date.

References

^ Flint, Joe; Sharma, Amol; Simonetti, Isabella (5 June 2024). "NBA Nears $76 Billion TV Deal In Defining Moment for Media". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal.
^ Marchand, Andrew (10 July 2024). "NBA finalizes TV deals with ESPN, NBC, Amazon, but TNT could still match: Sources". The Athletic. The Athletic Media Company.
^ Deitsch, Richard (24 July 2024). "Sunday Night Basketball' on NBC — part of new NBA media rights deal — could be a hit". The Athletic. The Athletic Media Company.

External links

Official website

Basketball on NBC CNBC original programming NBA on television|NBC NBC original programming

[1] Flint, Joe; Sharma, Amol; Simonetti, Isabella (5 June 2024). "NBA Nears $76 Billion TV Deal In Defining Moment for Media". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal.

[2] Marchand, Andrew (10 July 2024). "NBA finalizes TV deals with ESPN, NBC, Amazon, but TNT could still match: Sources". The Athletic. The Athletic Media Company.

[3] Deitsch, Richard (24 July 2024). "Sunday Night Basketball' on NBC — part of new NBA media rights deal — could be a hit". The Athletic. The Athletic Media Company.

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