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The ESPN debut of TNT’s “Inside the NBA” — just two weeks away — is now listed for an hour-long window. ESPN’s tentative schedule now lists the TNT-produced “NBA Tip-Off” pregame and “Inside the NBA” postgame shows for hour-long timeslots leading into and out of the network’s season-opening October 22 NBA doubleheader.
ESPN and ABC will run ‘Inside the NBA’ 20 times during the regular season, according to a press release. The entire cast is set to return with Ernie Johnson and his panelists Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, and Barkley. ESPN stated that the show will run during the “highest-profile events in the NBA, including the NBA Finals.”