NBA Action

NBA Action
Created by	NBA Entertainment
Starring	See Hosts
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	n/a (airs weekly)
Production
Running time	30 minutes/1 hour
Release
Original network	ESPN (1990-present) FSN (1998-present) NBA TV (2003-present) CBS Sports Network (2013-present)
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original release	1990 – 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.

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
• Myx
• CNN Philippines

External links

• About the Show