TNT Sports will premiere a new weeknight sports programming block airing on truTV, beginning Monday, March 11, the week prior to the start of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. The new primetime programming window will consist of live sports, original sports shows, and ancillary sports content.

"We are constantly striving to create and deliver the best sports content and experiences to sports fans wherever they are, and this is an exciting opportunity to expand the reach of our premium TNT Sports programming with greater consistency throughout the year," said Luis Silberwasser, Chairman and CEO, TNT Sports. By creating a primetime block of sports programming on truTV, in addition to our existing premium live sports on TNT and TBS, we are now able to deliver a more comprehensive sports offering for our fans, while generating additional growth opportunities for our sports division and strategic business and league partners."

The upcoming "TNT Sports on truTV" programming lineup - a consistent slate of content regularly televised weeknights from 6 p.m.-late night ET - will include:

Live events such as NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament games, either airing exclusively on truTV or simulcast coverage from TNT and/or TBS

Select "Altcasts" or alternative presentations for live games produced by TNT Sports

Simulcasts of live games airing on TNT and/or TBS across all sports categories

TNT Sports Update, a live daily 30-minute news and updates show televised weeknights at 6 p.m.

The Line, a live betting show spanning multiple sports genres, regularly airing weeknights at 6:30 p.m.

Handles, an NBA-centric interactive show engaging with the top conversation on social media surrounding the night's NBA games, regularly airing late night on truTV

A new weekly House of Highlights show featuring "The Broadcast Boys" created specifically for truTV

Sports movies and documentaries, including the award-winning The Inside Story - a docuseries looking back at the storied history of TNT's Inside the NBA studio show - airing Friday, March 15, beginning at 9 p.m.

In-season episodes of The Steam Room vodcast featuring Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley and special editions of Shaqtin' a Fool, among other originally produced programming

An upcoming schedule of MotoGP races

Impractical Jokers, a top performing series on truTV, will move to its new home on TBS with fresh episodes this summer. Dovetailing with the launch of TNT Sports on truTV, the series will continue to simulcast on both truTV and TBS through early April with back-to-back episodes on Thursday, March 7, and following the NCAA Men's Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 6.

Series from the classic truTV library, including past seasons of Impractical Jokers, will air on truTV prior to 6 p.m. each day.