NBA TV’s Cavs/Warriors telecast on Sunday – featuring Klay Thompson’s return – delivered the network’s most viewed regular season game telecast since 2016 (Golden State’s record-tying 72nd win) with 844,000 viewers
Statement on behalf of Charles Barkley in response to tweet by Axios reporter Alexi McCammond:
“My comment was inappropriate and unacceptable. It was an attempted joke that wasn’t funny at all. There’s no excuse for it and I apologize.”
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports announces talented & accomplished roster of commentators ahead of its
@ussoccer
coverage starting this January on
@hbomax
& TNT.
Full release:
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@Candace_Parker
& Turner Sports reach multi-year extension
Parker to add podcast co-hosting duties to her role as dynamic basketball analyst across Turner Sports’ NBA and NCAA Tournament coverage
Full release:
WBD Sports Reaches Multi-Year Extensions with Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter & Henrik Lundqvist 🏒
@NHL_On_TNT
is BACK on Wednesday, Oct. 11!
Full Release:
Programming update:
@NBATV
will televise live coverage of today's Kobe Bryant Memorial Service from STAPLES Center, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. Streaming coverage will be available through & the NBA App
TNT Sports’ Lakers/Pelicans telecast last night delivered the most-watched NBA regular season game since Opening Week, averaging 2.2 million viewers across TNT, TBS, truTV & Max
Viewership for the Lakers’ IST Semifinals win was +66% over TNT’s average Dec game telecast last year
WBD Sports, Omaha Productions and Green 23 will debut a new all-access series, The Countdown, during pregame tonight.
The premiere will feature Draymond Green's journey throughout the preseason, including Green’s reaction to his practice altercation and return to the Warriors.
Chris Haynes has expanded his role with
@WBD
Sports in a multi-year deal. The NBA insider will now serve as a reporter across both
@NBAonTNT
and
@BleacherReport
The NHL comes to Turner
Turner Sports & National Hockey League announce seven-year multimedia rights agreement beginning with 2021-22 season
Full release:
NBA TV will feature ‘Real Training Camp’ with the two-time
@WNBA
champion
@LVAces
on Sat., May 4, at 2:30 pm ET
The all-access show will be live from the team's training facility with A'ja Wilson, Sydney Colson & HC Becky Hammon mic'd up
Chris Miles &
@Angel_Gray1
will host
TNT will unveil several NBA honors throughout the first four games of its Western Conference Finals coverage - Kia NBA All-Rookie Team (Game 1, tonight), Kia NBA All-Defensive Team (Game 2), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion (Game 3) & Kia All-NBA Team (Game 4)
TNT’s Warriors/Lakers NBA Opening Night telecast averaged 3.4 million viewers – peaking with 3.8 million viewers (10:30-45 p.m.) – and delivered Tuesday night’s top program on television among all key demos
TNT’s 2018 NBA WCF Game 7 (Warriors/Rockets) delivered cable television’s second highest-rated NBA game telecast of all time and the highest rating for an NBA game this year across all of television (cable and broadcast), based on a 10.3 metered market rating
.
@NHL_On_TNT
's Sunday telecast of the
@NYRangers
/
@penguins
OT thriller is the most watched regular season game on cable since 2016 (excl. Opening Nights and Outdoor Games). 🏒
NHL on TNT's Sunday live game coverage season to-date is up 42% vs. last season. 📈
Coming in 2025: The
@NASCAR
Cup Series In-Season Tournament, which will play out across TNT Sports' five summer Cup Series races.🏁🏆
“This just gives you this extra dynamic where every race of those five races means a little bit more." — TNT Sports' Craig Barry
EXCLUSIVE:
@NASCAR
will institute an in-season tournament competition in 2025.
A 32-driver, bracket-style, head-to-head competition will play out over five Cup Series races, with those events aligning with the portion of the calendar aired by TNT Sports.
TNT’s Inside the NBA postgame coverage following the Semifinals will feature Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal along with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and Michael Wilbon
TNT Sports' coverage of the 2024
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
is off to a strong start, including delivering the two most watched First Round, Game 4s on cable all-time on Saturday & Sunday. 🏒
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NBA TV’s season opening
@WNBA
telecast (Indiana/New York) last Friday delivered a 27% viewership increase vs. last year’s comparable telecast (Washington/Connecticut)
#ICYMI
: Heading into Game 1 of the
#NLCS
tonight, MLB on TBS is delivering strong audience growth for its postseason coverage.
MLB on TBS — with coverage across TBS, truTV & Max — posted the most watched NLDS coverage in 8 years, up 20% vs. 2022 NLDS. 👀
More 👇:
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@NHL_On_TNT
's exclusive U.S. presentation of the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic is the most-watched NHL regular season game of all-time on cable. 👀
More on the big day of 🏒 across WBD Sports' platforms 👇
Two-time WNBA champion and WBD Sports NBA analyst
@Candace_Parker
will join Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Stephanie Ready for Clippers/Lakers during NBA Opening Week, Thurs., Oct. 20, marking her first time on the call for live regular season games
3x World Series champ & 7x All-Star
@BusterPosey
joined the MLB on TBS crew and shared what he misses most about baseball following his retirement in 2021.
🏀 NEWS: Turner Sports has reached an exclusive, multiyear agreement with
@Money23Green
, who will contribute to
@NBAonTNT
's
#InsidetheNBA
as an active player in first-of-its-kind deal.
Press release:
TNT & ESPN to integrate personalities for special night of NBA In-Season Tournament Semifinals coverage, Thursday, Dec. 7, with popular studio & game analysts crossing over between networks
.
@NHL_On_TNT
's
@NHLBlackhawks
-
@NHLBruins
telecast is the network's most watched opening night game ever and network's most-watched regular season game ever (excluding Winter Classic).
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TNT Sports Announces Commentators for 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Presented by GEICO First Round Games on Saturday, April 20
📺 On TBS, truTV &
@StreamOnMax
with coverage starting at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Full Release:
TNT's NBA Playoffs coverage garnered its most viewed Day 1 since 2018. Sunday's three telecasts averaged 2.6M viewers, +25% vs. last year similar coverage
Hawks/Knicks averaged 3M viewers to rank as the night’s top program on cable & most viewed Knicks game on TNT since 2013
The
#ELEAGUEMajor
Boston Delivers All-Time Records & Unprecedented Cross-Platform Engagement, Including New
@Twitch
Record for Single Channel Peak Concurrent Streams During Epic Grand Final
Full Release:
Infographic:
Just announced on TNT:
@USMNT
to face world power Brazil, Wednesday, June 12, in the second edition of the Allstate Continental Clásico. Coverage from Orlando via TNT and
@SportsonMax
to kick off at 6:30 pm ET.
TNT’s Lakers/Warriors, Gm 5 Wednesday telecast was the most watched Conference Semi Gm 5 on any network in 11 years:
🏀 Averaged 7.5 million viewers
🏀 Top program on TV all day
Including Heat/Knicks, Gm 5 & Inside the NBA, TNT posted day's top 3 programs among adults under 50
.
@NabilKarimTV
joins Turner Sports as studio host & reporter
Karim to make
@NBATV
studio debut tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. ET
Also to contribute across additional basketball & hockey studio programming
Full release:
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@Turner
President David Levy and
@NBA
Commissioner Adam Silver unveil an all-new experience that will allow fans to purchase and watch live NBA games in progress at a reduced price, including on
#BRLive