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Liam McKeone

Charles Barkley Reveals How Soon He’s Going to Want to Leave ESPN

Barkley has been working with TNT since 2000 | Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

With the conclusion of this year's Eastern Conference finals over the weekend came the end of the NBA on TNT era. The network lost broadcast rights to the league in the latest media rights deal that will kick in starting with the 2025–26 season; NBC and Amazon Prime will take over in its wake, alongside the incumbent ESPN/ABC partners.

This means big changes are coming to Inside The NBA, the popular studio show for TNT that has become part of the fabric of NBA fandom in recent years. While the show is not ending, it is transitioning to ESPN (while still being produced by TNT) and will be shown on a network other than TNT for the first time ever beginning next year.

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