The NBA on ABC is a TV show that telecasts NBA games on ABC Sports since Christmas Day 2002. It replaced The NBA on NBC, who held the rights to televise the NBA from 1990 to 2002. ABC along with ESPN will reportedly pay an average of about $400 million a season for a six year long contract. Image File history File links If you obtained the image from somewhere on the Web, please include the URL where it can be obtained: http://www. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Broadcast could refer to: Broadcast, an electronica musical group broadcasting, the distribution of audio and video signals Broadcast address, an IP address allowing information to be sent to all machines on a given subnet. ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... ABC Sports is a division of the American Broadcasting Company, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NBA on NBC is a former TV show that televised NBA games on NBC, and was produced by NBC Sports. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... ESPN, formerly an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ...

This wasn't the first time that ABC covered the NBA. From 1965 up until 1973 (when CBS took over) ABC was the prime TV carrier of the NBA. The original NBA on ABC featured commentators such as play-by-play men Keith Jackson and Chris Schenkel and color commentators Jack Twyman, Bob Cousy, and Bill Russell. On April 8, 1967 Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers was played. What made the day so unique was that the men who were calling the game were ABC Sports producer Chuck Howard and director Chet Forte, who filled-in due to an AFTRA strike. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Play-by-play, in broadcasting, means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ... Keith Jackson (born October 18, 1928) is an American sportscaster. ... Chris Schenkel (born August 21, 1923 in Bippus, Indiana; died September 11, 2005 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) was an American sportscaster. ... A color (or colour) commentator is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... Bob Cousy (born Robert Cousy, August 9, 1928 in New York City, New York) is a former basketball player, who played guard with the Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969-70 season. ... Bill Russell being carried off the court after leading USF to its first NCAA basketball tournament title in 1955. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also known as the Sixers for short. ... The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists AFTRA is a performers union that represents actors in radio and television, much like the Screen Actors Guild does for movies, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over...

Game Coverage

The amount of Sunday afternoon regular season games that ABC normally covers is significantly lower than its predecessor NBC. In its first season of coverage, ABC aired 14 regular season games, in comparison to NBC's yearly average of 33 games. That number improved to 18 games in the next two seasons, and 20 games in the 2005-2006 season. In addition, unlike NBC or NBC's predecessor CBS, ABC doesn't televise the NBA All Star Game (instead, going to TNT). Also unlike the other networks, ABC rarely televises either of the NBA's Conference Finals series. Each year, TNT will air one Conference Final exclusively (the Western Conference Finals in 2003, 2004 and 2006, and the Eastern Conference Finals in 2005), while ESPN will get the other. In 2003 and 2005, ABC split Conference Finals telecasts with ESPN, airing games 1 and 3 of the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals, and Games 1 and 4 of the 2005 Western Conference Finals. NBC Sports is a division of the National Broadcasting Company, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS Sports is the division of the CBS Television Network that airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ... The NBA staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... Relaunched TNT logo, 2001 - present Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is a cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner in 1988. ...

Outside of the Conference Finals, ABC generally airs playoff games throughout the first five weeks of the NBA Playoffs, in addition to a number of special primetime playoff games, ususally televised on Thursday nights. In 2005, ABC aired the first non-cable NBA Memorial Day game in three years, when the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs battled in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals. Prior to the most recent NBA TV deal, Memorial Day playoff games had become a yearly tradition. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ... The Phoenix Suns are a National Basketball Association team based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... The San Antonio Spurs are a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...

Nearly every game on ABC is preceded by its pregame show, known initially as NBA Shootaround. When it was known as Shootaround, during the 2002-03 season, the pregame show traveled to a different game site each week, much like ESPN's College Gameday. In the 2003-04 season, the pregame show was retitled, NBA Hangtime, and moved to an indoors studio in Times Square, New York City. During the 2004-05 season, the show was retitled once more, this time as NBA Game Time. Each season, the show has been sponsored by GMC, and hosted by Mike Tirico. Several different analysts have served on the program, including Byron Scott, George Karl and others. Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover, a shopping mall in Hong Kong, and a 1980 movie. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... GMC Logo GMC Truck is a United States based brand name of trucks, vans, SUVs and other heavy-duty automobiles. ... Mike Tirico is a sports commentator working for ABC/ESPN. Categories: Television biographical stubs | ESPN ... Byron Anton Scott (born March 28, 1961 in Ogden, Utah) is a former NBA player and current head coach of the New Orleans Hornets. ... George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a former NBA player and current head coach of the Denver Nuggets. ...

TV Ratings

During its twelve year run on NBC, the NBA never received a Championship Series TV rating lower than a 10.0. In 2003, thanks in part to a playoff schedule in which the Finals began nearly a week after the Conference Finals ended, ratings for the series between the San Antonio Spurs and the New Jersey Nets plunged to a record-low 6.5. Many attributed the drop to a relatively superstar-free Finals, which involved two small markets. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by the New York City-based firm Nielsen Media Research to determine which shows television viewers watch at what times. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

In 2004, ratings for the Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons went up significantly right from the start, helped largely by the presence of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. As the series went on, and the heavily-favored Lakers were toppled by the underdog Pistons, ratings gained momentum, eventually topping out at an 11.5 overall average, the best Finals rating since 2001. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), or Shaq as he is popularly known, is known as one of the National Basketball Associations most dominant basketball players. ... Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a National Basketball Association player for the Los Angeles Lakers; he is also the son of former NBA player Joe Jellybean Bryant. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

While the 2004 Finals showed improvement for ABC, the 2005 Finals sank back towards record-low levels. The series between the previous two champions, the Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs, was widely panned by the media as a slow, boring, defensive-minded series without any captivating stars. The series got off to a shaky start, with four consecutive blowouts, and ratings below double digits in every game. Games 5, 6 and 7 stemmed the tide, with each game garnering a double-digit rating, including an 11.9 rating for Game 7. Overall, ratings for the series averaged an 8.2, the second-lowest rating in league history. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Announcing Teams

Originally, the lead play-by-play man for The NBA on ABC was veteran broadcaster Brad Nessler. After harsh criticism and aforementioned low ratings, ABC decided to tap longtime Monday Night Football commentator (and unofficial "Voice of ABC Sports") Al Michaels to be their lead NBA play-by-play announcer. For the 2003-2004 season, he was joined by recently dismissed Orlando Magic head coach Doc Rivers. After Rivers left ABC to coach the Boston Celtics, Michaels was joined by recently dismissed Memphis Grizzlies head coach Hubie Brown. Commemorative Monday Night Football U.S. postage stamp Monday Night Football is a television broadcast of one of the premier National Football League games of the week. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Orlando Magic are a National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... Glenn Anton Doc Rivers (born October 13, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former pro basketball player and current head coach of the Boston Celtics. ... The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Memphis Grizzlies are a National Basketball Association team based in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ...

In his first two years as lead broadcaster for the NBA, Michaels broadcast six regular season games per season (approximately one-third of the network's total telecasts) with all but one of those games airing from either Los Angeles (where Michaels resides when not sportscasting) or Sacramento. During the playoffs, Michaels broadcast six games per season, even opting not to broadcast Game 1 of the 2005 Western Conference Finals. Michaels has been criticized for his percieved lack of interest in the NBA by several outlets, namely the New York Post. The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Government County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ... The New York Post masthead The New York Post is one of the oldest (and according to some definitions, the oldest) newspapers still published in the United States. ...

ABC brought along some NBA on NBC alumni such as Bill Walton and Tom Tolbert, both of whom were partnered with Brad Nessler during the 2002-03 season, and both of whom took turns as analysts for ABC's pregame show. Also brought over from NBC, though not all immediately, were Steve "Snapper" Jones, Mike Breen, Jim Gray, and Ahmad Rashad. Rashad brought along his long running TV series NBA Inside Stuff, and has also contributed to ABC's pregame show, with a segment featuring an in-depth, one-on-one interview with the players called Access Ahmad. William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in San Diego, California), is a former American basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... Byron Thomas Tolbert (born October 16, 1965 in Long Beach, California) is an American sports radio personality/television color analyst for the National Basketball Association. ... Steve Snapper Jones is one of the most respected and watched NBA analysts. ... Mike Breen is one of ESPNs play-by-play announcers for its coverage of the NBA. He is also one of NBCs play-by-play announcers for the The AFL on NBC. Breen is currently in his 14th season as an NBA broadcaster, with some of those 14... Ahmad Rashad (born Bobby Moore November 19, 1949 in Tacoma, Washington) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver for the St. ...

Nessler, who was demoted to ABC's secondary broadcast team with Michaels' hiring, was taken off NBA coverage at the start of the 2004-05 season. He was replaced by Mike Breen. Other broadcasters who have handled play-by-play assignments for ABC include Brent Musburger, John Saunders, and Jim Durham. Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster. ... John Saunders, is currently a journalist for ESPN and ABC. Before working for ESPN, he worked in Baltimore for WMAR and for City-TV in Toronto. ...

Trivia

• The San Antonio Spurs have appeared on ABC thirty-five times, the most of any other team. The Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons follow with thirty-four and twenty-eight appearances, respectively. The Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz have never appeared on ABC, whereas the Spurs, Pistons, Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics have appeared on the network every year of its coverage.

• A frequently used slogan for the first year of The NBA on ABC was "We Got Hoops!", by Robert Randolph and the Family Band. The song used in the second season (2003-2004) was Justin Timberlake's Can't Get Enough. In the lead-up to the 2004 NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers, ABC prominently featured the song Let's Get It Started, by the Black Eyed Peas, who remixed it from their own song Let's Get Retarded. During promos leading up to the third season of The NBA on ABC, ABC used a modified version of the Jackson 5's ABC. During the 2004-2005 NBA season, ABC used the Destiny's Child song Lose My Breath as it's theme. For the 2005 NBA Playoffs, the song This Is How a Heart Breaks from the 2005 album ...Something to Be by Rob Thomas was used.

• During the 2004 NBA Playoffs, ABC and ESPN's telecasts were heavily sponsored by the feature film, The Day After Tomorrow. During the 2005 NBA Playoffs, games were sponsored by XXX: State of the Union and, during the Finals, Fantastic Four.

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Games Televised

2002-2003 Season

• Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets, 12/25/02
• Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers, 12/25/02
• Philadelphia 76ers at Dallas Mavericks, 1/4/03
• Philadelphia 76ers at New Jersey Nets, 2/16/03
• San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings, 2/16/03
• Dallas Mavericks at Washington Wizards, 2/23/03
• Washington Wizards at New York Knicks, 3/9/03
• Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers, 3/9/03
• Dallas Mavericks at Sacramento Kings, 3/16/03
• Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs, 3/23/03
• Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/30/03
• Washington Wizards at Boston Celtics, 4/6/03
• Sacramento Kings at Philadelphia 76ers, 4/6/03
• Los Angeles Lakers at Portland Trailblazers, 4/13/03
• Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 4/20/03
• Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers, 4/27/03
• Portland Trailblazers at Dallas Mavericks, 5/4/03
• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 5/11/03
• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 5/15/03
• New Jersey Nets at Detroit Pistons, 5/18/03
• Detroit Pistons at New Jersey Nets, 5/22/03
• New Jersey Nets at San Antonio Spurs, 6/4/03
• New Jersey Nets at San Antonio Spurs, 6/6/03
• San Antonio Spurs at New Jersey Nets, 6/8/03
• San Antonio Spurs at New Jersey Nets, 6/11/03
• San Antonio Spurs at New Jersey Nets, 6/13/03
• New Jersey Nets at San Antonio Spurs, 6/15/03

2003-2004 Season

• Dallas Mavericks at Sacramento Kings, 12/25/03
• Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers, 12/25/03
• Philadelphia 76ers at San Antonio Spurs, 1/3/04
• Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets, 1/17/04
• San Antonio Spurs at Boston Celtics, 1/18/04
• Sacramento Kings at Dallas Mavericks, 1/25/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Orlando Magic, 2/8/04
• Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks, 2/22/04
• Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets, 3/7/04
• New Jersey Nets at Los Angeles Lakers, 3/7/04
• Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons, 3/14/04
• San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings, 3/14/04
• New York Knicks at Milwaukee Bucks, 3/14/04
• Dallas Mavericks at New Jersey Nets, 3/21/04
• Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic, 3/28/04
• Sacramento Kings at Houston Rockets, 4/4/04
• Indiana Pacers at Detroit Pistons, 4/4/04
• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 4/4/04
• Philadelphia 76ers at New Jersey Nets, 4/11/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings, 4/11/04
• Dallas Mavericks at Sacramento Kings, 4/18/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets, 4/25/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs, 5/2/04
• San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers, 5/9/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs, 5/13/04
• Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings, 5/16/04
• Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers, 6/6/04
• Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers, 6/8/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons, 6/10/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons, 6/13/04
• Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons, 6/15/04

2004-2005 Season

• Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers, 12/25/04
• New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers, 1/8/05
• Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs, 1/8/05
• Houston Rockets at Miami Heat, 1/30/05
• Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets, 2/6/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat, 2/13/05
• Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers, 2/13/05
• Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets, 3/6/05
• Detroit Pistons at Sacramento Kings, 3/6/05
• Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/13/05
• Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings, 3/13/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons, 3/20/05
• Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies, 3/20/05
• Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs, 3/27/05
• Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 4/3/05
• Dallas Mavericks at Cleveland Cavaliers, 4/3/05
• Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings, 4/3/05
• Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat, 4/10/05
• Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings, 4/10/05
• New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers, 4/10/05
• Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons, 4/17/05
• Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat, 4/17/05
• Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers, 4/17/05
• Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons, 4/23/05
• New Jersey Nets at Miami Heat, 4/24/05
• Miami Heat at New Jersey Nets, 5/1/05
• Washington Wizards at Miami Heat, 5/8/05
• Miami Heat at Washington Wizards, 5/14/05
• Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers, 5/15/05
• Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers, 5/19/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns, 5/22/05
• Phoenix Suns at San Antonio Spurs, 5/30/05
• Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs, 6/9/05
• Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs, 6/12/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons, 6/14/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons, 6/16/05
• San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons, 6/19/05
• Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs, 6/21/05
• Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs, 6/23/05

References

1. 2002-03 NBA TV Schedule
2. 2003-04 NBA TV Schedule
3. Google Video Search channel:abc title:nba
4. NBA.com: NBA BUZZ He "Can't Get Enough" NBA, November 3, 2003
5. The NBA on ABC -- Then and Now
6. Finals numbers are down despite good Game 7 ratings
7. TWoP Forums - NBA on ABC, ESPN, TNT