NBA on ABC broadcasts

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basketball television program sports broadcasting package sports television series

NBA on ABC broadcasts are nationally televised National Basketball Association games presented as a flagship package on the ABC television network in the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
NBA on ABC	2
NBA on ABC (early packages)	1
NBA on ABC broadcast team	1
NBA on ABC broadcasts canonical	1
NBA on ABC/ESPN reporting	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1142244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NBA on ABC broadcasts
Context triple: [ABC Sports, produced, NBA on ABC broadcasts]

A. NBA on ESPN Radio
NBA on ESPN Radio is a national radio broadcast platform that provides live play-by-play coverage, analysis, and commentary of National Basketball Association games for ESPN.
B. NBA TV
NBA TV is an American sports television network dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the National Basketball Association, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
C. NBA on TNT
NBA on TNT is a long-running American television program that features live NBA game broadcasts, studio analysis, and commentary, best known for its popular "Inside the NBA" studio show.
D. NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
E. ABC Sports
ABC Sports was the sports division of the American Broadcasting Company, best known for producing major U.S. sports broadcasts including Monday Night Football.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NBA on ABC broadcasts
Target entity description: NBA on ABC broadcasts are nationally televised National Basketball Association games presented as a flagship package on the ABC television network in the United States.

A. NBA on ESPN Radio
NBA on ESPN Radio is a national radio broadcast platform that provides live play-by-play coverage, analysis, and commentary of National Basketball Association games for ESPN.
B. NBA TV
NBA TV is an American sports television network dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the National Basketball Association, including live games, analysis, and original programming.
C. NBA on TNT
NBA on TNT is a long-running American television program that features live NBA game broadcasts, studio analysis, and commentary, best known for its popular "Inside the NBA" studio show.
D. NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
E. ABC Sports
ABC Sports was the sports division of the American Broadcasting Company, best known for producing major U.S. sports broadcasts including Monday Night Football.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball television program ⓘ sports broadcasting package ⓘ sports television series ⓘ
audioFormat	stereo ⓘ
basedOn	National Basketball Association ⓘ
broadcastArea	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
broadcastFormat	high-definition television ⓘ
broadcastOn	ABC ⓘ ESPN ⓘ
broadcastType	national television broadcast ⓘ
cameraSetup	multi-camera ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distribution	cable and satellite via ABC affiliates ⓘ over-the-air television ⓘ
featuresCompetition	National Basketball Association ⓘ
flagshipPackageFor	National Basketball Association national television rights on ABC ⓘ
genre	basketball telecast ⓘ sports broadcasting ⓘ
hasBroadcastRightsFor	NBA Finals games ⓘ surface form: NBA Finals NBA playoffs ⓘ surface form: NBA playoff games regular season NBA games ⓘ
hasFeature	in-game analysis ⓘ instant replay ⓘ live game commentary ⓘ on-court interviews ⓘ
hasSegment	halftime show ⓘ postgame show ⓘ pregame show ⓘ
includesProgram	NBA Countdown ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
originalNetwork	ABC ⓘ
partOf	NBA on ESPN family of broadcasts ⓘ
pictureFormat	16:9 ⓘ
producedBy	ESPN ⓘ
producedFor	ABC ⓘ
relatedTo	NBA TV ⓘ NBA on ESPN family of broadcasts ⓘ surface form: NBA on ESPN NBA on TNT ⓘ
specialEventCoverage	Christmas Day NBA games ⓘ NBA Finals games ⓘ surface form: NBA Finals
subject	National Basketball Association games ⓘ professional basketball ⓘ
targetAudience	NBA fans ⓘ general sports viewers ⓘ
typicalBroadcastDay	Saturday ⓘ Sunday ⓘ
usesBrand	NBA on ABC broadcasts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NBA on ABC

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABC Sports (historical brand) → produced → NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ

subject surface form: ABC Sports

Michele Tafoya → notableWork → NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBA on ABC/ESPN reporting

ABC Sports → producedProgram → NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBA on ABC (early packages)

NBA on ABC broadcasts → usesBrand → NBA on ABC broadcasts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBA on ABC

Jeff Van Gundy → partOf → NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ

this entity surface form: NBA on ABC broadcast team

Brent Musburger → notableWork → NBA on ABC broadcasts ⓘ