More than two decades after it last aired an NBA game, NBC is betting on Peacock and Michael Jordan as launches year one of its 11-year deal for the sport.

1. After a 23-year hiatus, NBC gets back in the NBA business starting tonight with a doubleheader featuring the Thunder at the Rockets at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Warriors at the Lakers at 10 p.m. ET. NBC, which aired the NBA from 1990 to 2002, is entering Year 1 of an 11-year deal with the league.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan returns to NBA on NBC this Tuesday. He will appear on a special halftime show titled 'MJ: Insights to Excellence'. Jo

Fans tuning into the NBA this season will have to adjust their viewing habits to new networks and a seven-day-a-week national TV schedule.

For many people, myself included, the NBA on NBC represents the first era of NBA basketball they were alive for. To be clear, while there was a stint from 1954-62 in which the NBA was on NBC, the 1990-2002 run is a run that an entire generation of NBA fans grew up with.

Basketball is back on Local 4 as the NBA returns home to NBC with a star-studded doubleheader to kick off the 2025-26 season. The season marks the NBA’s return to NBC after 24 years.

John Tesh's iconic song "has such a different feel from any other piece of theme music that’s out there. ... It just fits perfectly."

"Roundball Rock" is one of the most recognizable sports themes ever. The John Tesh theme returns, along with NBA on NBC, for the 2025-26 season.

Jordan has never been an on-air talent guy, but doing it with NBC makes sense given he was practically the face of basketball coverage on NBC throughout his and the Chicago Bulls dynastic run in the '90s.

Preparations for the planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest have been suspended, NBC News journalist Garrett Haake has reported. Details: "Planning towards that Trump/Putin summit in Budapest is 'on hold' at the moment,