Kenny, Chuck, Ernie and Shaq aren’t going anywhere – they’ll just be on a different channel and streaming on a different app.

NBA fans can rest easy knowing that the legendary TNT studio show “Inside the NBA” will return next season after it was initially feared it would end due to the new NBA television rights deal .

ESPN announced in a press release on November 18, the show will appear on ESPN and ABC beginning with the 2025-2026 season.

Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal are expected to remain on the show, although O’Neal has yet to agree to a contract extension, according to Athletics.

The show will still be produced by TNT Sports but will be distributed on the ESPN and ABC platforms. TNT will no longer broadcast NBA games starting next season after the NBA rejected its offer to match that of Amazon Prime Video. The dispute resulted in TNT’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, suing the NBA in July.

“Inside the NBA” will appear on ESPN and ABC as part of a settlement of the lawsuit. The settlement also grants Warner Bros. Discovery the rights to use NBA highlights to develop new broadcasts with NBA content nationally and internationally, according to a press release from Discovery Warner Bros..

“The opportunity to continue the iconic, Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside the NBA’ is a huge win for basketball fans everywhere,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in Warner Bros. press release

The NBA announced a new 11-year agreement in July during which ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video will broadcast NBA games starting in the 2025-26 season and continuing through the 2035-36 season.

With TNT Sports not part of the deal, NBA fans were concerned that “Inside the NBA” would end after this season. It has been a staple since its debut in the 1989-90 season.

Barkley also said on NBA TV during the NBA Finals in June that it the current season would be his last because he didn’t want to leave TNT. The company then announced in August that Barkley would continue the 10-year contract he signed with TNT Sports in 2022 and not retire.

One difference in the new deal with ESPN is that the show will air less frequently during the season, compared to weekly like its current form.

“Inside the NBA” will now appear during “high-profile live events” that include coverage of the NBA Finals, playoffs, all ABC games after Jan. 1, Christmas Day games and weeks opening and closing of the regular season. according to the ESPN press release.

ESPN’s regular NBA programs, “NBA Countdown” and “NBA Today,” will both remain intact under the new deal, according to ESPN’s press release.