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Josh Robbins: The Orlando Magic are scheduled to play a total of six games on either NBC or ESPN: + Nov. 4 at Atlanta on NBC + Nov. 12 at New York on ESPN + Nov. 25 at Philly on NBC + March 11 vs. Cleveland on ESPN + March 24 at Cleveland on NBC + April 1 vs. Atlanta on ESPN. The Magic are scheduled to have eight other games on either Peacock or Amazon Prime.

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The NBA is returning to NBC this fall, and the league is celebrating the reunion by putting two marquee matchups on the network from the opening tip. The league announced Tuesday that the 2025-26 season will tip-off on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with two games on NBC and Peacock: Rockets-Thunder and Warriors-Lakers.

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NBA on NBC and Peacock: Game on. 🎮 NBA Tip-Off, October 21st on NBC and Peacock.

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As it turns out, NBC has added at least one more former All-Star to the group with McGrady joining Carter and Anthony in the studio squad. Of course, McGrady and Carter were famously teammates with the Toronto Raptors and are also second cousins. “I’m humbled and grateful for the opportunity to join NBC Sports as the game returns to a network that helped shape so many iconic basketball memories,” said McGrady in the NBC announcement. “Basketball has given me everything, and I’ve always just tried to give that same energy back. I hope I can bring the same passion, insight, and love for the game that’s driven me since I was a kid, to all who tune in to watch on NBC and Peacock. I couldn’t be more excited to join this team alongside so many others I admire.”

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NBA on NBC and Peacock: Six more talented names have joined the NBA on NBC and Peacock! Austin Rivers, Derek Fisher, Brian Scalabrine, Robbie Hummel, and Brad Daugherty join previously announced NBA veterans Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller, and Grant Hill. Michael Grady joins Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle, and Terry Gannon as NBC Sports’ play-by-play voices for the NBA on NBC & Peacock.

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NBCUniversal is discussing launching a sports cable network that could debut as early as the fall, people familiar with the matter said. The channel would primarily carry sports that are also streamed on NBCU’s Peacock platform. The network would be offered to cable and satellite distributors as part of specialty packages of similar channels, the people said.

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Central to that reticence is the league’s new 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal, beginning next season, with new partners NBC, Peacock – NBC’s streaming service – and Amazon Prime, along with existing partners ABC and ESPN. Warner Bros. Discovery, which had broadcast NBA games since 1989, was left out of the new deal. Several owners would, at present, rather begin collecting and splitting the massive new revenues among the existing teams, rather than bringing in new partners that would also receive a cut of the financial pie.

New York Times

Bravo's new dating series Kings Court is putting a twist on a familiar favorite. The show serves as a spin-off of the Peacock original series Queens Court, and will follow three celebrity kings — supermodel Tyson Beckford, NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer, and WWE legend Thaddeus “Titus O’Neil” Bullard — as they attempt to find "the one," aka their queen.

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NBC Sports announced on Tuesday that Ahmed Fareed will anchor the network’s Monday night NBA coverage on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service. Fareed has also been named NBC Sports’ new host of Big Ten College Countdown. “College football under the lights is sacred, and we’ve got the crew to match its energy. Plus, helping shape our NBA coverage in its return to NBC Sports? I can’t wait to start,” Fareed said in a news release. “I’m thankful to be trusted with these roles. I’m even more motivated by the responsibility that comes with them.”

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TNT Sports analyst and former NBA player Grant Hill will join NBC Sports’ NBA coverage as a game analyst for the 2025-26 season. “I’m incredibly excited to join NBC Sports as part of their NBA coverage. The NBA has been such a meaningful part of my life, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue sharing the game I love with fans across the country,” Hill said in a release. “To be part of NBC’s return to the NBA — a network with such a rich basketball legacy — and its debut on Peacock is truly an honor. I can’t wait to get started this fall.”

New York Times

Maria Taylor has been named NBC Sports’ lead NBA and WNBA studio host for the company’s upcoming NBA coverage on NBC and Peacock, an industry source briefed on the move said Monday. NBC Sports will make the news official later Monday.

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Taylor will host NBA studio shows on Sunday and Tuesday nights as part of a group that includes Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter. Taylor will also host select WNBA games on NBC and Peacock when the company begins airing the WNBA in the spring of 2026. (NBC will air the 2026 WNBA semifinals and Finals.)

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“The whole way media works and television works has changed so dramatically,” Silver said. “Just by way of example, all of us of a certain age know it used to be the case that new programs launched in the fall. There were never new programs in the summer. Nobody thinks that way anymore. New programs are launching all the time on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, whatever service you use. We don’t think that way. “Ratings have changed from what they used to be. Netflix is the most valuable pure play media company out there. Nobody in this room knows what their ratings are. We don’t even think in terms of ratings. We think maybe in terms of popularity, buzz around a program. We’re going through a transition, and we’re going to work through that.”

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Mike Vorkunov: The NBA has considered launching a local League Pass, but that likely wouldn’t be until the 2026-27 season at the earliest. It has spoken to Amazon, Apple, YouTube, DAZN, Disney, and Peacock about that idea, and has also considered doing that itself through the NBA App.

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