Season

Cable TV

Network TV

Station

Contract Amount

Station

Contract Amount

1982-83 to 1983-84

USA/ESPN

$11 million/2 yrs

CBS

$91.9 million/4 yrs

1984-85 to 1985-86

TBS

$20 million/2 yrs

CBS

See above

1986-87 to 1987-88

TBS

$25 million/2 yrs

CBS

$173 million/4 yrs

1988-89 to 1989-90

TBS/TNT

$50 million/2 yrs

CBS

See above

1990-91 to 1993-94

TNT

$275 million/4 yrs

NBC

$601 million/4 yrs

1994-95 to 1997-98

TNT/TBS

$397 million/4 yrs

NBC

$892 million/4 yrs

1998-99 to 2001-02

TNT/TBS

$840 million/4 yrs

NBC

$1.6 billion/4 yrs

2002-03 to 2007-08

TNT

$2.2 billion/6 yrs

ABC/ESPN

$2.4 billion/6 yrs