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The NBA on ABC
Genre	Sports
Running time	150 minutes+ Subject to change
Starring	Mike Breen Mark Jackson Lisa Salters
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC (2002–)
Original run	December 25, 2002–

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Backstory

In late 2001, the National Basketball Association was in the midst of putting together a new television deal. At the time, conventional wisdom was that NBC would renew its deal with the NBA and continue airing games. An article by the Sports Business Daily circa October 5, 2001, cited Richard Sandomir of the New York Times as saying: The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1990 to 2002. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

[it would be] difficult to imagine the NBA being so overwhelmed by an ESPN offer that it would let [ESPN] team up for a broadcast deal with ABC that would yield fewer games, promotion and exposure.

The negotiations were closely watched by those in the business world, as it was the first time a league crafted a television deal in the new economic environment since 9/11. Declining television ratings on NBC had already led many to believe that the NBA's next television rights fee would be lower than previous years, and the economic recession made that a likely scenario. As predicted, NBC's offer to the league was lower than the previous agreement's amount. Had the NBA agreed to the network's offer, it would have been the first sports league to undergo a decline in rights fees. The NBA rejected NBC's offer and after the network's exclusive negotiating period with the league expired, ABC and ESPN stepped in. On January 22, 2002, the NBA signed a six-year deal with the Walt Disney Company and (then) AOL Time Warner, which resulted in ABC, ESPN, and TNT acquiring the rights to air league games. ABC and ESPN will reportedly pay an average of about $400 million a season. Technically, ESPN pays the NBA for its broadcast rights and "buys" time on ABC to air select games. In all, the contract allowed the NBA to increase its rights fees by 25 percent. Image File history File links Cquote1. ... Image File history File links Cquote2. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... The Early 2000s recession was felt in mostly Western countries, affecting the European Union mostly during 2000 and 2001 and the United States mostly in 2002 and 2003. ... ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2002. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is a cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and launched with a showing of his favorite film, Gone with the Wind, on October 3, 1988. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ...

On the deal, NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol had this to say: Duncan Dick Ebersol (born July 28, 1947) is an American radio and TV manager. ...

The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again. ... We wish the NBA all the best. We have really enjoyed working with them for more than a decade to build the NBA brand.[1]

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Future

After the 2006 NBA Finals (ABC's fourth NBA Finals in the six-year contract), it was reported by Mediaweek that Commissioner Stern wanted to extend the television deals by the end of the year, a full two years before the deal is set to expire.^[2] The 2006 NBA Finals is the championship series of the 2005-06 National Basketball Association season. ...

With the success of college football on Saturday nights, ABC reportedly began thinking about putting NBA games on in prime time. However, as the 2006-07 schedule has already been released, and the majority of marquee games are scheduled for Thursday nights (TNT) or Sunday afternoons, it is unlikely that this will happen.^[3] ABC Saturday Night College Football is the banner title for ABCs prime-time college football matchups, which will begin September 2, 2006 when the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish meets the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... The NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another...

Coverage

Overview

ABC's NBA logo from 2002 to 2006.

In its first five years of covering the NBA, ABC has had three lead play-by-play announcers, six lead announcing teams, an anticipated six theme songs, five graphics packages, five pregame shows, six sets of studio teams, and the lowest Nielsen ratings the NBA has ever seen. Each season, ABC begins their NBA coverage with a Christmas Day doubleheader (with the exception of 2004 and 2006, when they broadcast only one game). Following this, Sunday afternoon coverage begins in mid-January or early February. 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 increased to 18 games in the next two seasons, and 20 games in the 2005-2006 season. For 2006-07, ABC decreased the amount of games it aired, offering 19. When asked by Jim Rome in 2002 about the number of games on ABC, NBA commissioner David Stern made this comment: 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. ... 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. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... The National Basketball Association has played games on Christmas Day since 1949 (previous to 1949, the league was known as the Basketball Association of America). ... NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... James Jim Rome (born October 14, 1964 in Tarzana, California) is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, the subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications. ... David Stern David Joel Stern (born September 22, 1942) is a Jewish American lawyer and has been the Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 1984. ...

Cable and satellite (programming is) increasingly available to everybody who wants it. On ABC, you're going to see us on as many or more Sundays during the regular season as NBC is now, but fewer triple-headers and double-headers, and frankly, we think that the triple-headers and double-headers, which we favored in the past, don't work. It's too hard to get people to sit through six and eight-and-a-half hours of NBA on (TV), and it's good to be on cable during the week because that's where our fans are looking for our games[4]

By contrast to Stern's assessment, the media and many fans found that the cable-heavy TV deal made many games unavaliable and, in addition, devalued the league. Starting with the second round of the playoffs, TNT's NBA coverage becomes exclusive, meaning that no local broadcasts can compete. Because of this, fans of teams in the playoffs without cable are unable to watch many playoff games. Also, ABC's coverage is always exclusive, including in the regular season. If a game is on the air opposite an ABC televised game, it cannot be televised locally. This results in some games not being aired on television at all. The Sports Business Daily quoted Houston Chronicle writer Jonathan Feigen as saying: Image File history File links Cquote1. ... Image File history File links Cquote2. ... The Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. ...

ABC's NBA Playoffs transitional graphic, used in 2003 and used in ESPN's NBA coverage until 2006-2007.

[the NBA] seemed to marginalize the product, treating their sport as small and their playoffs as no more important than one of 162 Atlanta Braves games.

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 and 2007), while ESPN will get the other. With the exception of 2004 (where they aired no Conference Final games at all), ABC airs only two of ESPN's Conference Final telecasts (Games 1 and 3 in 2003, Games 1 and 4 in 2005, and Game 4 in 2006) each year. The network was scheduled to air Game 7 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals but did not because the Miami Heat won the series in six games. Image File history File linksMetadata Abcplayoffgraphic. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Abcplayoffgraphic. ... Image File history File links Cquote1. ... Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) East Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,21,35,41,42,44 Name Atlanta Braves (1966–present) Ballpark Turner Field (1997–present) Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (1966-1996) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee) (1953-1965) Braves Field (Boston) (1915-1952) Fenway Park... Image File history File links Cquote2. ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which 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. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is a cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and launched with a showing of his favorite film, Gone with the Wind, on October 3, 1988. ... The 2002-03 NBA season is the 57th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2003-04 NBA season is the 58th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. ...

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, usually televised on Thursday or Saturday 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 on network TV. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... The National Basketball Associations postseason tournament, the NBA Playoffs, lasts from late April to mid-June. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958 Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...

Unlike previous broadcast partners, ABC has never aired a non-Christmas regular season game after 3:30 p.m. While NBC had several 5:30 p.m. start times for games, ABC has only gone beyond that time on Christmas, and for select playoff games. On March 20, 2005, ABC aired a pair of games regionally (San Antonio Spurs-Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns-Memphis Grizzlies) at 3:30 p.m. When the Spurs-Pistons game ended, the network did not switch the audience to the Suns-Grizzlies game (which was 94-91 late in the fourth quarter). Instead, viewers were sent to their local news. NBC rarely committed this practice, instead sending viewers of the completed game to view the end of the one still in progress. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. ...

Graphics

ABC's NBA graphic from 2003, identical to the graphic used by ESPN during the same period.

Screenshot of ABC's bottomline scoreboard, used for the balance of the 2005-06 NBA season.

In its first year of coverage, ABC used the exact same graphics as partner ESPN; only the "score bug" was different. This habit had already been put into practice by the network in regards to their NHL and college basketball coverage. However, ABC did have their own graphics (though similar to ESPN's at the time) for college football and other sports. For the 2003-2004 season, ABC established new graphics for the NBA, in an effort to differentiate their telecasts from ESPN's. On February 5, 2006, ABC established an all-new graphics package, including a Monday Night Football-esque bottomline scoreboard for the NBA. Also that day, ABC periodically placed a "Countdown to Super Bowl XL" graphic at the top of the screen (on March 5, 2006, ABC also inserted a "Countdown to the Oscars" graphic). Image File history File linksMetadata NBAonABCopen2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NBAonABCopen2003. ... Image File history File links Abcnbascoreboard. ... Image File history File links Abcnbascoreboard. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The NHL on ABC is a former TV show that televised National Hockey League games on the American Broadcasting Company and was produced by ABCs corporate sibling (under the Walt Disney Company umbrella) ESPN. // 1992-1994 Version From the 1992-1993 season to the 1993-1994 season, ABC televised... College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. // The game of basketball was devised by James Naismith in 1891. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The 2003-04 NBA season is the 58th season of the National Basketball Association. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... Date February 5, 2006 Stadium Ford Field City Detroit, Michigan MVP Hines Ward, wide receiver Favorite Steelers by 4 National anthem Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin and Dr. John, ASL performed by Angela LaGuardia Coin toss Tom Brady Referee Bill Leavy Halftime show The Rolling Stones Attendance 68,206 TV in... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...

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Complaints

A common complaint about ABC and ESPN televised games are camera angles which appear too far away, and colors which seem faded and dull compared to TNT's. Also, unlike NBC, which allowed crowd noise to sometimes drown out their announcers, ABC quiets crowd noise on their telecasts. Some find this takes the energy out of telecasts. There have also been several complaints about ABC's lack of promotion of the NBA. While the network airs several advertisements for their entertainment programming during the NBA, they air little to no advertisements for NBA programming during their entertainment shows. In the 2005-2006 season, the amount of NBA ads rose quite a bit, including a series of dramatic ads focusing on the upcoming Sunday games. However, most of these ads aired on ESPN's various networks and were significantly outnumbered by ads for other ESPN events (including the Women's NCAA Tournament, the World Baseball Classic, and Opening Day and Opening Night of the Major League Baseball season). The NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The NCAA Womens Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. ... The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international baseball tournament, first held in March 2006. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Pregame show

Unlike NBC's NBA studio show, which was known as NBA Showtime for the first ten years of its existence (NBC did away with the title starting with the 2000-01 NBA season), ABC's studio has been without much consistency. It has gone through five names in five seasons, and several analysts in each season. For the 2006-2007 season, the pregame show is known as NBA Sunday Countdown. Each season, the show has been sponsored by GMC, with exception of the Finals, where it is sponsored by Chevrolet. Mike Tirico hosted the pregame show from ABC's first season with the NBA to the middle of the network's fourth with the league. On March 19, 2006, Tirico was replaced by ESPN's Dan Patrick, as Tirico was moved to the number two play-by-play team. Other hosts of the pregame show include former regular substitute John Saunders. Unlike NBCs NBA studio show, which was known as NBA Showtime for all twelve years of its existence, ABCs studio has been without much consistency. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... NBA Showtime was the pregame show aired before each NBA on NBC telecast. ... The 2000-01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... Unlike NBCs NBA studio show, which was known as NBA Showtime for all twelve years of its existence, ABCs studio has been without much consistency. ... It has been suggested that General Motors Diesel Division Buses be merged into this article or section. ... Chevrolet (Shev-ro-LAY — French origin), (colloquially Chev or Chevy) , is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ... The 2002-03 NBA season is the 57th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), better known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster from Mason, Ohio. ... 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. ...

Announcers

2002-03 - Nessler, Tolbert, and Walton

Brad Nessler, during one of ABC's broadcasts.

After getting NBA rights, ABC courted two main announcers from The NBA on NBC, Bob Costas and Marv Albert. After Costas, (who was reportedly offered a generous deal which also included Major League Baseball play-by-play for ESPN and ABC News features)^[5] elected to remain with NBC, and Albert signed a six year deal with TNT, the network went with veteran broadcaster Brad Nessler to be the lead NBA play-by-play man. Nessler, who prior to that point had not been the main voice for any professional sport on television, received a call from Marv Albert's agent, soon after getting the job. On the call, The Internet Movie Database quoted him as saying: Image File history File linksMetadata BradNesslernbaonabc. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BradNesslernbaonabc. ... Brad Nessler Brad Nessler, one of the leading play-by-play commentators in the business, calls college basketball games for ESPN and college football games for ABC Sports. ... The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1990 to 2002. ... Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s. ... Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig on June 12, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is a television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member in the Basketball Hall of Fame. ... ESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN or ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD. The title is derived from the fact that it may come on a night when ESPN doesnt have a scheduled game (i. ... This article is about the American news organization. ... The NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another... Brad Nessler Brad Nessler, one of the leading play-by-play commentators in the business, calls college basketball games for ESPN and college football games for ABC Sports. ... 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. ...

I need to know everybody and you can't know everybody and Marv knows everyone. ... So, I'm just gonna use him as a valuable resource, if it's all right with him.[6]

Nessler was to be joined by Bill Walton in a two-man booth. The team did two broadcasts together before ABC decided that Walton needed a partner (much like he had at NBC with Steve Jones) and assigned pregame analyst Tom Tolbert to join the team. Nessler, Walton, and Tolbert broadcasted most regular season games, and every network playoff game. Other games were broadcasted by the team of Brent Musburger and Sean Elliott. After the worst ratings in NBA Finals history, low ratings overall, and harsh criticism, ABC decided to retool the team. Image File history File links Cquote1. ... Image File history File links Cquote2. ... William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California), is an American former basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... Stephen Howard Snapper Jones is one of the most respected and watched NBA analysts. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for ABC. // Educated at Northwestern Universitys Medill School, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. ... Sean Michael Elliott (born February 2, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former NBA basketball player. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002-2003 NBA season. ...

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2003-04 - Al and Doc

Al Michaels during a promo for the 2004 NBA Finals.

After disastrous ratings in the 2003 NBA Finals, ABC decided to completely revamp their lead NBA broadcast team. Brad Nessler was demoted to the second broadcast team, where he was joined by Sean Elliott and Dan Majerle. Tom Tolbert was relegated to pregame show duties only, and Bill Walton was removed from ABC's NBA coverage altogether (he remained with ESPN). Meanwhile, longtime Monday Night Football commentator (and unofficial "Voice of ABC Sports") Al Michaels was hired to replace Nessler as lead broadcaster of the NBA. Image File history File linksMetadata Michaels2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Michaels2004. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ... The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003-04 National Basketball Association season. ... The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002-2003 NBA season. ... Brad Nessler Brad Nessler, one of the leading play-by-play commentators in the business, calls college basketball games for ESPN and college football games for ABC Sports. ... Sean Michael Elliott (born February 2, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former NBA basketball player. ... Daniel Lewis Majerle (surname pronounced MAR-lee; born September 9, 1965 in Traverse City, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player. ... 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. ... William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California), is an American former basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ...

For the first several weeks of the 2003-2004 season, Michaels had no partner. However, Doc Rivers, a critically acclaimed analyst when he worked with Turner Sports, became available after a 1-19 start by his Orlando Magic. Rivers was hired weeks before ABC's Christmas Day season opener. He and Michaels worked that game together, one of only six they did together during the regular season (all other games Rivers worked were with Brad Nessler). During the playoffs, the team worked every single telecast, including the 2004 NBA Finals, which saw great improvement in television ratings. The 2003-04 NBA season is the 58th season of the National Basketball Association. ... 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 NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003-04 National Basketball Association season. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

During the 2004 NBA Playoffs, Doc Rivers was hired by the Boston Celtics. Though Rivers continued to work games with Al Michaels throughout the rest of the playoffs, ABC would have to find a new lead analyst for the 2004-2005 season. In addition, the network dropped Brad Nessler from all NBA coverage, and did not retain Sean Elliott or Dan Majerle. The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

2004-05 - Al and Hubie

Early in the 2004-2005 season, ABC found a new partner for Al Michaels. Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown, a broadcasting legend with CBS, TBS, and TNT, was forced into retirement due to health reasons and was soon after hired to replace Doc Rivers. Michaels and Brown began their partnership on Christmas Day 2004, working the highly anticipated Shaquille O'Neal-Kobe Bryant game. After that game, the two did not do a game together again until March 2005. Michaels became sporadic in NBA coverage, doing two games in early March, and then three more games in April. Brown worked every week of ABC's coverage, broadcasting some games with veteran broadcaster Mike Breen. The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ... The NBA on CBS is a former TV show that televised National Basketball Association games on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and was produced by CBS Sports. ... TBS also stands for Tokyo Broadcasting System, a Japanese television network. ... The NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player. ... Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 AFL on NBC. Breen is currently in his 14th season as an NBA broadcaster, with some of those 14 taking...

In addition to Hubie Brown, ABC added other known analysts to its NBA coverage. Jim Durham and Dr. Jack Ramsay both worked several games during the regular season, while Brent Musburger, John Saunders, Len Elmore, and Mark Jackson were involved with others. Mike Breen and Dr. Jack Ramsay were the first secondary broadcast team to work a playoff game for ABC. Breen called three playoff games for the network in 2005, the most notable being Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals with Hubie Brown. Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ... Jim Durham is an American basketball sportscaster. ... Dr. John T. Ramsay (born February 21, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for ABC. // Educated at Northwestern Universitys Medill School, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. ... 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. ... Leonard J. Elmore (born March 28, 1952 in New York City, New York) is an American sportscaster and former NBA player. ... Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6 3 former professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association in a career spanning from... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

Al Michaels received criticism from the New York Post for not broadcasting the game and seeming disinterested with the NBA in general. Another criticism that Michaels received was that he too often found himself in tediously long-winded explanations. In return, he would be talking over two or three possessions in a row (which Michaels seemed to be better suited for football and baseball broadcasts, for which he's better known for). The end result was that would hardly have time to comment on the action you were seeing because he was so hung up on a prior subplot or storyline that he felt you, the viewer, just had to know about.^[7] The New York Post is the 13th-oldest[citation needed] newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... Major League Baseball on ABCs Wide World of Sports. ...

Michaels, who had only broadcast a combined twelve regular season games with ABC (with all but one of those games airing from either Los Angeles, where he resides when not sportscasting, or Sacramento), did return for the NBA Finals, which scored its second lowest rating of all time (despite the fact that it was the first Finals in eleven years to go to a seventh game). Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Nickname: City of Trees Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Area    - City 99. ... The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. ...

2005-06 - Breen replaces Michaels

For the 2005-2006 season, Al Michaels and Hubie Brown were slated to remain as ABC's number one broadcast team. The duo worked that year's Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat and were expected to work the NBA Finals together as well. However, that plan did not come to fruition. After Michaels left ABC to cover Sunday Night Football for NBC,^[8] he was replaced by Mike Breen, who became the lead broadcaster for an over-the-air NBA package for the first time in his career. Breen worked the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals and 2006 NBA Finals with Hubie Brown for both ESPN and ABC, as well as all the main games ABC broadcast that year. The promotion of Breen gave ABC its first consistent lead broadcaster since Brad Nessler, as Breen worked games every week. Previously, Breen has worked the Eastern Conference Finals for NBC in 2001 and 2002, as well as the Western Conference Finals for ESPN in 2005. The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. ... Sunday Night Football can refer to one of three National Football League television series: ESPN Sunday Night Football, which aired on the cable television network ESPN from the 1987 through 2005 NFL seasons. ... The NFL on NBC was the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS. NFL coverage will return to NBC for the 2006 season under the title NBC Sunday Night Football [1]. // Background The... 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 AFL on NBC. Breen is currently in his 14th season as an NBA broadcaster, with some of those 14 taking... The 2006 NBA Finals is the championship series of the 2005-06 National Basketball Association season. ... Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ... Brad Nessler Brad Nessler, one of the leading play-by-play commentators in the business, calls college basketball games for ESPN and college football games for ABC Sports. ...

Many sports writers and sports television analysts praised Breen, some for his explosive voice and excited calls on game-deciding and game-winning shots and others for the fact that, unlike his predecessor Al Michaels, he was already very familiar with broadcasting basketball games and was essentially a basketball lifer.^[9] Despite that, he faced some criticism from those who complained that they would prefer a more established voice,^[10] such as Marv Albert or Kevin Harlan. Hubie Brown faced criticism from writers (most notably Richard Sandomir of the New York Times^[11]) as well as bloggers and viewers. Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig on June 12, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is a television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member in the Basketball Hall of Fame. ... Kevin Harlan (born June 21, 1960) is an American television sports announcer. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

For the secondary broadcast team, ABC reunited Bill Walton and Steve Jones for game coverage. Walton and Jones worked the Christmas Day 2005 broadcast between the San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons for ABC, the first game they called together since Game 4 of the 2002 NBA Finals for NBC (NBC's last NBA telecast to date). The pair worked their first broadcast with Mike Breen, and worked the remainder of the season with Brent Musburger, Jim Durham, and Mike Tirico. That team, along with the Breen-Brown duo, now often does games on ESPN's Wednesday or Friday coverage, which the previous ABC announce teams rarely did. The National Basketball Association has played games on Christmas Day since 1949 (previous to 1949, the league was known as the Basketball Association of America). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 2002 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2001-2002 NBA season. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for ABC. // Educated at Northwestern Universitys Medill School, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. ... Jim Durham is an American basketball sportscaster. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ...

During 2006, ABC also used several SportsCenter reporters, including Tom Rinaldi, Rachel Nichols and Jeremy Schaap, for pregame and halftime features. The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... SportsCenter is a sports news television show shown every day on ESPN since the network was founded on September 7, 1979. ... Rachel Alexander Nichols is an ESPN reporter and Page2 columnist. ... Jeremy Schaap (b. ...

The Michaels Era

Al Michaels called a total of 37 games for The NBA on ABC, his last being the Christmas Day game in 2005. Michaels finished his NBA on ABC career with a grand total of thirteen broadcast regular season games, and only two outside of California. From March 7, 2004 to April 17, 2005, including playoff games, each game Michaels called involved either the Lakers or Kings (a total of 21 consecutive games). Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... This is a list of television-related events in 2005. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. ...

2006-07 - Overhaul

For the 2006-07 NBA season, Mark Jackson will replace Hubie Brown as ABC's lead analyst (Brown will still pair with Mike Breen on ESPN's number one team and Mike Tirico on ABC's number two team). ABC's pregame show, which Jackson will be a part of, will air from the site of the main game each week (much like ABC's first season in 2003).^[12] The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... Mark Jackson is the name of several notable people: Mark Jacko Jackson, Australian Rules footballer, actor. ... Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ... 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 AFL on NBC. Breen is currently in his 14th season as an NBA broadcaster, with some of those 14 taking... ESPNs NBA logo for the 2004 Eastern Conference Final. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ... The 2002-03 NBA season is the 57th season of the National Basketball Association. ...

List of broadcasters

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 AFL on NBC. Breen is currently in his 14th season as an NBA broadcaster, with some of those 14 taking... Hubert Jude Hubie Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball coach and television analyst. ... Leonard J. Elmore (born March 28, 1952 in New York City, New York) is an American sportscaster and former NBA player. ... Jim Gray interviews New York Yankees manager Joe Torre (left, holding trophy) and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner after Game 4 of the 1999 World Series. ... Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6 3 former professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association in a career spanning from... Mark Jones is a sports broadcaster for ESPN and ABC. He has done play-by-play for college football, womens college basketball and the WNBA. He has also been a sideline reporter for NBA games. ... Timothy Eugene Legler (born December 26, 1966 in Washington, D.C.) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA at the shooting guard position from 1990 to 2000, and now currently appears regularly on the ESPN programme NBA Shootaround and basketball analyst for SportsCenter. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for ABC. // Educated at Northwestern Universitys Medill School, Musburger began his career as a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago American newspaper. ... Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), better known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster from Mason, Ohio. ... Ahmad Rashad Ahmad Rashad (born Bobby Moore November 19, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, raised in Tacoma, Washington) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver for the St. ... Lisa Salters is a reporter for ESPN and ABC Sports. ... 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. ... Stuart Scott Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on SportsCenter. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ... William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California), is an American former basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... Michael Wilbon Michael Wilbon (born November 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportswriter and columnist. ... David Aldridge is a sports analyst for the television cable network, TNT. Aldridge is a graduate of American University and worked as a writer for the Washington Post. ... Jim Durham is an American basketball sportscaster. ... Sean Michael Elliott (born February 2, 1968 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former NBA basketball player. ... Steve Snapper Jones is one of the most respected and watched NBA analysts. ... George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a former NBA and ABA player and current head coach of the Denver Nuggets. ... Daniel Lewis Majerle (surname pronounced MAR-lee; born September 9, 1965 in Traverse City, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ... Brad Nessler Brad Nessler, one of the leading play-by-play commentators in the business, calls college basketball games for ESPN and college football games for ABC Sports. ... Scottie Maurice Pippen (born September 25, 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas) is an American former professional basketball star who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is most remembered for leading the Chicago Bulls together with Michael Jordan to six championships. ... Dr. John T. Ramsay (born February 21, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. ... 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. ... Byron Scott may refer to: Byron Scott, an American television reporter. ... Michelle Tafoya doing her job for the cameras. ... 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. ...

TV Ratings

ABC's ratings for the NBA Playoffs and Finals have been extremely low compared to NBC's ratings. In its last year televising the NBA, 2002, NBC experienced a growth in playoff ratings, leading to the highest rated Western Conference Final in league history, and a 14.2 rating for Game 7 of that series, which featured the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. ABC's highest rating overall was a 13.8 with a 23 share which came in Game 5 of the 2004 NBA Finals, lower than the 14.2 registered by the Lakers-Kings series. While other sports are also experiencing low ratings (for example, baseball, which has seen three out of the last four World Series score near record-low ratings), the NBA has joined the ratings-challenged NHL as the only two out of the four major sports to have their championship ratings dip below a 10.0. Regular season ratings fell to 2.2 in 2005 and then again in 2006; that rating is less than half of what NBC averaged in the 1999 lockout-shortened regular season. The National Basketball Association has achieved a rapid rise and fall in television ratings since from the 1997-1998 NBA season, when ratings for the NBA Finals achieved a record high, to the 2002-2003 NBA season, when ratings for the same event hit an all-time record low. ... The 2002-03 NBA season is the 57th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2003-04 NBA season is the 58th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The NBA Playoffs are four rounds of competition between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conferences (called Divisions, pre-1970) of the National Basketball Association. ... Logo of NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2002. ... The National Basketball Association Conference Finals occur at the conclusion of the NBA Playoffs when the final four teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences face off. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... NHL redirects here. ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 1998-99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association. ...

Music

The Black Eyed Peas during a promotion for the 2004 NBA Finals.

The most common complaint about ABC's coverage of the NBA is its inconsistent theme music. After the 1990s (when the NBA arguably reached it's highest point in terms of popularity) many hardcore and casual fans began to associate the league with NBC, and more accurately, the network's theme music, Roundball Rock. Whereas NBC used Roundball Rock for all twelve years of its coverage, ABC has used at least nine themes in its first four years. Three of the themes were traditional sports themes, while six of them (We Got Hoops by Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Can't Get Enough by Justin Timberlake,^[13] Let's Get It Started by the Black Eyed Peas, Lose My Breath by Destiny's Child, This Is How A Heart Breaks by Rob Thomas and Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) were contemporary pieces by known artists. Image File history File links Abcnbablackeyedpeas. ... Image File history File links Abcnbablackeyedpeas. ... The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop (musical styles crossover rap/hip hop and alternative rap/hip hop) group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed international pop success. ... The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003-04 National Basketball Association season. ... The National Basketball Association, arguably more than any other professional sport, is highly connected with the music world. ... The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1990 to 2002. ... Roundball Rock was NBCs catchy, popular, dramatic, and melodic theme music, for their NBC telecasts. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/R&B singer, and actor. ... Lets Get It Started is the edited radio version of the Black Eyed Peas song Lets Get Retarded. The colloquial meaning of retarded, as used in this song, refers to being very carefree and having a good time - and sometimes meaning intoxicated, similar to the colloquial use of... The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop (musical styles crossover rap/hip hop and alternative rap/hip hop) group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed international pop success. ... Lose My Breath was the first single from Destinys Childs sixth album, Destiny Fulfilled. ... Destinys Child was a Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. ... Artist: Rob Thomas Song: This Is How A Heart Breaks Album: Something to Be Dont you wanna go for a ride Just keep your hands inside And make the most out of life Now dont you take it for granted Life is like a mean machine It made... Robert Kelly Rob Thomas (born February 14, 1972 on a military base in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American recording pop-rock artist, the lead singer of the band matchbox twenty and formerly of the band Tabithas Secret, and also began a successful solo career. ... Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1953 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. ...

For the 2006-07 NBA season, ESPN began using "Fast Break", ABC's NBA theme since 2004, as its theme. The theme is itself a variation of Roundball Rock. Because of the move to ESPN on ABC (which calls for all sporting events on ABC to have the same production elements as games on ESPN), this means that games on ABC will have the same theme music from previous years. The 2006-07 NBA season is the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 2004-05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... ESPN on ABC logo, September 2006-Present ESPN on ABC screenshot, HD version. ...

Audience

According to a study by Simmons research, which involved a survey of an indeterminate number of American adults, the primary audience for the NBA Finals on ABC is primarily male, with a fairly even distribution of people aged 25-44 (approximately 20 percent of 25-34, 35-44 and 45-54 year old people surveyed said they watched the games). The statistics showed that 64.3 percent of the audience were white and 23.7 percent were African American. A combined 20.5 percent of those polled with income from $100,000 to $249,999 said they watched games, and the amount of Democrats watching outnumbered Republicans 49% to 34%. This research likely corresponds to the 2005 NBA Finals, as it was published in fall of that year.^[14] Logo of NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... In political science, a democrat (lowercase d) is an advocate, follower, or proponent of democracy. ... Republican is a term used generally to describe a number of different organisations, principles or political movements, and/or the persons supporting these. ... The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For the 2005 NBA Finals, the Nielsen local people meter found sharp increases in the percentage of those watching The NBA on ABC when isolating the African American audience. In Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., the percentage of African Americans watching the NBA Finals was larger than that of the entire population by 15 to 30 percentage points. In San Francisco, the disparity was largest; the percentage of African Americans was 56%, while the general population percentage was 27%. Most notably, "More than half of all African Americans adults in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco watched at least part of the NBA Finals. This was about twice as high as the overall viewing by the total population in those two markets." Nielsen's local people meter also found that "In every LPM market, the ratings for the NBA Finals were twice as high for Men as for Women."^[15] The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. ... Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is a U.S. firm, headquartered in New York City, and operating primarily from Oldsmar, FL, which measures media audiences, including television, radio and newspapers. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ...

The 2006 NBA Finals scored ratings of 20.4, 22.3, 20.6, 21.9, 23.8 and 24.6 among African Americans. African Americans accounted for 30 percent of ABC's audience for Game 6 of the series.^[16] Among Hispanics, the numbers for Games 3-5 were 6.0, 7.6, and 8.2, and nationally, the ratings were 8.0, 7.8 and 9.0.^[17] The 2006 NBA Finals is the championship series of the 2005-06 National Basketball Association season. ...

Other

Team Appearances

In its first three years of coverage, ABC televised 40 playoff games, whereas NBC aired 35 in 2002 alone. The San Antonio Spurs have appeared on ABC thirty-six times, the most of any other team. 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 San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and New York Knicks have appeared on the network every year of its coverage. The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1990 to 2002. ... The 2001-02 NBA season is the 56th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, CA . ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The New Orleans Hornets are a National Basketball Association team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The current head coach is Byron Scott. ... The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... The Philadelphia 76ers (also known as the Sixers for short) are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... The New York Knickerbockers, or Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York, New York. ...

Use of Women

Unlike its predecessors, (but very much like Fox Sports) ABC has been known to add shots of cheerleaders during pregame montages, as well as shots of the dance teams many times when coming back from a commercial break. During the 2003 NBA Playoffs, especially in the three games televised from Los Angeles, ABC would routinely cut to low-angle shots of attractive women in the stands, leading to the coining of the term "boob cam" by Pardon the Interruption host Tony Kornheiser among others.^[18] For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ... The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Associations 2002-03 NBA season. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Pardon the Interruption (also known as PTI), is a sports television show on ESPN filmed in Washington, D.C., and airing on ESPN or, on occasion, ESPN2, with a daily replay on ESPNEWS, ESPN2 (when there are no other sporting events to show), and the XM and Sirius satellite radio... Tony Kornheiser (born Anthony Irwin Kornheiser on July 13, 1948) is a popular sportswriter, radio and television talk show host, and columnist for The Washington Post. ...

Sponsorships

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. From 2002 to 2005, ABC's halftime report was sponsored by Verizon Wireless. Starting with the 2005-06 season, it was sponsored by T-Mobile. From 2002 to 2005, ABC had a GMC sponsored feature known as the GMC Professional Grade Plays of the Week, which was later changed to the GMC Professional Grade Matchup during the 2005 NBA Playoffs. During the 2003 NBA Finals, ABC adopted one of ESPN's SportsCenter features, The Budweiser Hot Seat, which was hosted by Jim Gray. Other ESPN features that ABC has used include the Sprite Mad Skillz, and GameTrack or Storyline, which was sponsored by varied brands, including KFC and Volkswagen. Also, ABC's telecast of the Miami Heat-Los Angeles Lakers game on Christmas Day 2004, was sponsored by American Express. The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts catastrophic effects of global cooling and boasts high-end special effects, bending the lines between science, reality and science fiction. ... Fantastic Four is a 2005 movie based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four, directed by Tim Story and released by 20th Century Fox. ... Verizon Wireless owns and operates the second-largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. ... The 2005-06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... It has been suggested that General Motors Diesel Division Buses be merged into this article or section. ... SportsCenter is a sports news television show shown every day on ESPN since the network was founded on September 7, 1979. ... British Budweiser label showing the companys sponsorship of the 2006 FIFA World Cup The packaging plant at the Anheuser-Busch headquarters in St. ... Jim Gray interviews New York Yankees manager Joe Torre (left, holding trophy) and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner after Game 4 of the 1999 World Series. ... Sprite is a clear, lemon-lime flavored, non-caffeinated soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. ... KFC (full name Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... American Express (NYSE: AXP) is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. ...

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Features

Since the beginning of The NBA on ABC, Ahmad Rashad has delivered weekly interviews with NBA players in a segment known as Access Ahmad. In addition, Rashad hosts NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad, a weekly show about the lives of NBA personalities. From 2003 to 2005, ABC's pregame show had a feature known as The NBA Minute, where celebrities (including Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ron Howard) would have a minute to talk about the NBA. Ahmad Rashad Ahmad Rashad (born Bobby Moore November 19, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, raised in Tacoma, Washington) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver for the St. ... Ice Cube (born OShea Jackson on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... Samuel Leroy Jackson (December 21, 1948) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Ron Howard on the set of Ransom. ...

Previous History

This isn't the first time that ABC has covered the NBA. From 1965 up until 1973 (when CBS took over) ABC was the prime TV carrier of the NBA. For much of the 1960s, ABC was only contracted to televise Sunday afternoon games, including the playoffs. This meant that ABC didn't have to televise a potential NBA Finals clincher if it landed on a weeknight. In 1969, however ABC did televise Game 7 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Boston Celtics series in prime time. The following season, the 1970 NBA Finals became the first NBA Finals to be televised nationally in full. The 1965-66 NBA Season was the 20th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 1972-73 NBA Season was the 27th season of the National Basketball Association. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... The 1969 NBA Finals was one of the most spectacular Finals series ever. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, who play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... How They Got Here The New York Knicks had a spectacular season, theyre 60 wins came as a result of team play instead of big name superstars, something the 2004 Detroit Pistons successfully did in winning their championship. ...

Main article: List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters#Notes_4

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. The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast NBA Finals games over the years. ... 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, known for his several decades of work with the ABC television network. ... Chris Schenkel, shown here in the late 1960s, was best known for his baritone-voiced coverage of sports - particularly professional bowling - on the ABC television network. ... A color (or colour) commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, 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. ... John Kennedy “Jack” Twyman (born May 11, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player. ... Jordan Louise Aseo (born December 29, 1989 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 1969-1970 season. ... William Fenton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player remembered for his central role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that he played. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... The 1966-67 NBA Season was the 21st season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Philadelphia 76ers (also known as the Sixers for short) are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Charles (Chuck) Howard graduated from Duke University in 1945. ... Chet Forte was an American television director. ... 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...

See also

• List of NBA Finals broadcasters#1970s
• List of NBA Finals broadcasters#1960s

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Oddities

• On April 30, 2006, with a minute to go in overtime of Game 4 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Phoenix Suns first round playoff game (a game that ended with a game winning shot by Kobe Bryant at the buzzer), ABC-7 in Santa Cruz, California, cut away to The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show hosted by Regis Philbin - never going back to the game.^[19]

• ABC's March 23, 2003 telecast of the Los Angeles Lakers playing the San Antonio Spurs was interrupted several times for ABC News coverage of the Iraq War. Game coverage was moved around on ESPN and ESPN2 before ending on ABC, towards the end of the fourth quarter. Several times in 2003, ABC went to news coverage at halftime of an NBA game, for an update on the war. The January 30, 2005 broadcast of the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat was delayed by a speech by United States President George W. Bush on the Iraqi elections.

• The April 30, 2006 playoff game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns was the latest a non-prime time game has gone. The telecast ended at 6:39 p.m. Eastern Time, after a game winning shot in overtime.

• On January 22, 2006 two of the more notable NBA regular season games in recent history occurred, as Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a single game and the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics battled in a 152-149 double-overtime affair. Neither of those games aired on ABC, which instead broadcast the 76ers-Timberwolves game and a Denver Nuggets-San Antonio Spurs game regionally.

• The February 5, 2006 ABC telecast between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks did not air in Detroit, which was hosting that day's Super Bowl, or Pittsburgh, whose Steelers were competing in the game. Viewers in Detroit and Pittsburgh were able to watch the game on ESPN2. Viewers in Detroit could also watch the game on WTVG-TV in neighboring Toledo. Later that month, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh once again pre-empted an NBA on ABC game, cutting off the first hour of the February 26, 2006 NBA on ABC game featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons so they could instead show an hour of children's programming, including Phil of the Future and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. This is not an isolated incident for WTAE-TV, as each week, they pre-empt the NBA on ABC pregame show so they can air children's programming.

• Also on February 26, 2006, ABC used sideline reporter Stuart Scott as its halftime host for the Cavaliers-Pistons game. Scott hosted the halftime show from The Palace of Auburn Hills, without an analyst. This is mainly due to the fact that there was no pregame show that day, and then-regular host Mike Tirico was on assignment covering a golf tournament.

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See also

• List of National Basketball Association games televised by ABC
• The NBA on CBS
• The NBA on ESPN
• The NBA on NBC
• The NBA on TNT

This is a list of National Basketball Association games televised by Disneys ABC U.S. television network, including the final score of each game, the play-by-play and color commentators used in each telecast, and the Nielsen rating for each game. ... The NBA on CBS is a former TV show that televised National Basketball Association games on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and was produced by CBS Sports. ... ESPNs NBA logo for the 2004 Eastern Conference Final. ... The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1990 to 2002. ... The NBA on TNT, known since October 2002 as TNT NBA Thursday, is a TV show which broadcasts National Basketball Association games on TNT. TNT began airing NBA games in 1988, and aired games on multiple nights of the week (usually twice a week with sister network TBS airing another...

References

The 2005 National Football League regular season began on Thursday, September 8, 2005 and ended on Sunday, January 1, 2006, New Years Day. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... GE redirects here. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... NBCs Sunday Night Football will be a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC, starting in September 2006. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... ESPN (formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Date February 5, 2006 Stadium Ford Field City Detroit, Michigan MVP Hines Ward, wide receiver Favorite Steelers by 4 National anthem Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin and Dr. John, ASL performed by Angela LaGuardia Coin toss Tom Brady Referee Bill Leavy Halftime show The Rolling Stones Attendance 68,206 TV in... John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota), was head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969-1978 and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs presentation of Monday Night Football. ... Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey,) is a former American football quarterback and current television football announcer for ESPN. He was born to an Austrian father, Joseph John Theismann, and a Hungarian mother, Olga Tobias, and was raised in South River, New Jersey. ... Tony Kornheiser (born Anthony Irwin Kornheiser on July 13, 1948) is a popular sportswriter, radio and television talk show host, and columnist for The Washington Post. ...

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