| NBA on TBS | |
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| Also known as | America's Game[1] America's SuperShootout |
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| Presented by | See commentators section below |
| Opening theme | "Higher Ground" by Run-DMC[2] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Don McGuire |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes (varies depending on game length) |
| Production company | Turner Sports |
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| Network | TBS |
| Release | October 10, 1984 – May 14, 2002 |
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The NBA on TBS is an American presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season and playoff game telecasts that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games were produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, TBS's corporate parent.
The network obtained rights to air NBA games[3] beginning with the 1984-85 season[4] (replacing the ESPN and USA Network as the NBA's national cable partners) in which TBS shared the NBA television package along with CBS. The 1989-90 season then saw Turner start to split the NBA cable package between TBS and TNT. TBS then lost its portion of the cable package to ESPN prior to the start of the 2002-03 season.
- ^ NBA 1987 playoffs Game 5 "Celtics - Pistons" (part 1) on YouTube
- ^ TBS NBA Tuesday theme intro - Run-DMC (2001-2003) on YouTube
- ^ Sarmento, Mario R. "The NBA on Network Television: Historical Analysis".
- ^ June 6, 1984—TBS announces exclusive two-year NBA cable contract (extension through 1988 announced in February 1986 and extension through 1990 announced in November 1987). Archived February 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine