Overview

• The final TNT broadcast aired June 1 after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, featuring heartfelt goodbyes from Johnson, Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith.
• The show retains its original on-air lineup and Atlanta production team when it relocates to ESPN and ABC next season under a license agreement.
• Transition stems from the NBA’s new 11-year, $76 billion media deal that shifts domestic game coverage to ESPN, ABC, NBC Sports and Amazon Prime Video.
• Shaquille O’Neal vowed the show’s irreverent style would persist on its new networks, declaring “we’re not coming to f––k around.”
• NBA figures including coach Rick Carlisle and hall-of-famers Kevin Garnett and Reggie Miller paid tribute to TNT’s three-decade legacy during the sign-off.