The new NBA season is here and with it comes a new-look broadcast schedule. The 2025-26 season is the first under the NBA's new media-rights deal that marks an end of the NBA on TNT and the return of games on NBC. It also pushes the NBA into the streaming era with games appearing on Peacock and Prime Video each week of the season as well as ESPN's new direct-to-consumer streaming service.
The good news for hoop heads is there are more national broadcasts to watch this year. The bad news? You'll need to subscribe to three streaming services to watch all of the games. Here's what you need to know about the new NBA media landscape and the best ways to watch games this season.
Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks will be part of a national broadcast, a league-high 34 times this season. Al Bello/Getty Images
The NBA's new broadcast partners
This season is the first in the new 11-year deal between the NBA and its three media partners: Disney (ABC/ESPN), NBCUniversal (NBC/Peacock) and Amazon (Prime Video). There will be 247 national broadcasts across this trio this season, which far outpaces last season's 172 national games.
Of course, last year you just needed a single live TV streaming service like Sling or YouTube TV that had ABC, ESPN and TNT for the national broadcasts each week of the season. Now, with exclusive Peacock games and the Prime Video slate, that one-streamer convenience is as outdated as the midrange jumpshot.
Here's the breakdown of the national broadcasts:
ABC/ESPN: 80 regular-season games
NBC/Peacock: 100 regular-season games and the All-Star Game
Prime Video: 66 regular-season games
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