NBC Launches 11-Year NBA Deal, Greenlights Morgan Radcliffe Comedy

NBC's 2025-26 fall schedule will be heavily centered on sports, beginning an 11-year agreement to broadcast NBA and WNBA games, with Peacock streaming Monday night games and NBC/Peacock airing Tuesday night doubleheaders. Sunday Night Basketball will launch in 2026, complementing existing Sunday Night Football coverage. On the entertainment side, NBC greenlit a new comedy, "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins," starring Tracy Morgan as a disgraced former football player seeking to rehabilitate his image, with Daniel Radcliffe co-starring; the series is executive produced by 30 Rock creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Returning comedies "St. Denis Medical" and "Happy's Place" will air alongside potential new series like "Stumble" and an untitled Sierra Teller Ornelas project, filling fewer primetime slots due to the expanded sports coverage. NBC also introduced "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon," a competition series about building a marketing agency, adding to its unscripted offerings. Several shows, including "Night Court" and "Lopez vs Lopez," were canceled to accommodate the sports-heavy and newly greenlit scripted lineup.