Inside the NBA' returns on ESPN this season with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neal and Ernie Johnson. Here's the schedule.

Johnson Jr. is the widely respected, six-time Sports Emmy Award-winning host and anchor of Inside the NBA. Beyond the NBA, he is the lead host for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament coverage on CBS/Turner and has covered numerous other major sporting events, including the MLB, NFL, and the Olympics.

Charles Barkley doesn’t plan on sticking around TV much longer. Inside the NBA on TNT has officially come to an end, and the show will is moving to ESPN for the new season, which started

Details for fans on how and when to watch the popular program "Inside the NBA" on ESPN during the 2025-26 NBA season.

Dedicated viewers will observe that TNT has been booted off entirely after 40 years of broadcasting the league. “Inside the NBA,” TNT’s poster broadcast, has been moved off Tuesdays and Thursdays and replaced by NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime, respectively.

The studio program to serve as pregame, halftime and postgame show for highth-profile NBA events on ESPN and ABC.

For years, ESPN's NBA studio shows couldn't match the alchemy of TNT's 'Inside the NBA.' So they went out and acquired it.

Postgame editions will be open-ended on ESPN while ABC will run a half-hour and then continue on the ESPN app. The program will air on 20 dates during the regular season and throughout the NBA Playoffs, including the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Finals.

Basketball’s most beloved studio show, Inside the NBA, went through a major shift this summer. After decades of laughter, debates, and unforgettable moments on TNT, the show’s rights were transferred to ESPN and ABC.

The NBA returned to NBC's airwaves for the first time in 23 years on Tuesday night and made an immediate impression on basketball fans, who have