NBA Saturday Primetime
NBA Saturday Primetime is the branding used for Saturday night broadcasts of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by ESPN and televised on its sister network American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Saturday Primetime games typically air on selected Saturdays from January to March or April of the regular season. As these games air in primetime, they usually feature marquee matchups of the league's most prominent teams.
| NBA Saturday Primetime | |
|---|---|
| Genre | NBA game telecasts |
| Presented by | Mike Breen Doris Burke Lisa Salters Mark Jones Dave Pasch Hubie Brown Cassidy Hubbarth Malika Andrews Stephen A. Smith Michael Wilbon Bob Myers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 150+ minutes through post-game |
| Production company | ESPN |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 23, 2016 – present |
| Related | |
| NBA Sunday Showcase | |
While ABC has been the NBA's broadcast TV partner since 2002, the network's games had mostly aired on Sunday afternoons. In 2006, ABC Sports was absorbed by ESPN, and all sports telecasts on ABC since then air under the ESPN on ABC banner. The first Saturday primetime games on ABC then began in the 2015–16 season, serving as the network's mid-season replacement for Saturday Night Football telecasts following the completion of college football season.