{"id":641450,"date":"2026-05-13T22:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/641450\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:23:16","slug":"detroit-pistons-announce-huge-broadcast-change-for-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/641450\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons Announce Huge Broadcast Change for 2026-27 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Pistons<\/a> are making a major change to how fans will watch games beginning next season.<\/p>\n

According to a report from Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press<\/a>, the Pistons have reached a multi-year agreement with Scripps Sports that will make WYMD-TV Channel 20 in Detroit<\/a> the team\u2019s official lead broadcast home starting with the 2026-27 preseason.<\/p>\n

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Most notably for fans, games will once again be available free over the air.<\/p>\n

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The move marks the first time since 2005 that the Pistons will primarily rely on a locally produced and distributed television broadcast model. It is a significant shift at a time when many fans around the NBA have grown frustrated with regional sports network access and rising subscription costs.<\/p>\n

Detroit appears to be leaning into accessibility.<\/p>\n

The organization also announced that a streaming option is in the works, though additional details about that service are expected to be released later.<\/p>\n

The timing of the announcement comes as excitement around the franchise continues to rise. The Pistons are currently in the middle of a playoff run after winning 60 games during the regular season and securing the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference under head coach J.B. Bickerstaff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, beginning next season, more fans across Michigan will have a much easier way to watch the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Pistons are making a major change to how fans will watch games beginning next season. According…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2120,4576,355,64449,252259,99,164732],"class_list":["post-641450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-nba","tag-next-season","tag-scripps-sports","tag-sports","tag-the-detroit-free-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}