This story was updated at 5:20 PM Eastern.
The impending NBA playoffs means some schedule changes are coming for AEW Dynamite in the weeks ahead.
TNT announced the following changes Monday for their new Wednesday night staple:
The Wednesday, August 19th episode will air on Saturday, August 22nd at 6 PM Eastern, the spot once occupied by the NWA and WCW for decades. NXT TakeOver XXX is also scheduled for the 22nd as well.
The Wednesday, August 26th episode will air whenever the NBA game(s) are done that night with another new episode to air on Thursday, August 27th at 8 PM Eastern, meaning four new hours of AEW on TNT in two days. Both shows are apparently going to be “loaded up.”
The Wednesday, September 16th episode will air Thursday, September 17th at 8 PM Eastern.
TNT also will air Countdown to All Out at 10 PM on September 2nd.
The NBA had to go on hold for several months due to the pandemic and resumed this week with a schedule designed to seed the playoffs teams for a mid-August start. TNT and ESPN are broadcast partners for a combined $2.66 billion a year.