No Shuttle Launch, Tuesdays Change in May & Summer Thursdays

It's been a busy morning @ 30 Rock.

All RDRx clients have already been updated.

There But For The Grace Of God....

OneDomain's Birmingham HQ is South of downtown, in Riverchase, near the community of Hoover. About 45 miles WSW of Riverchase is Tuscaloosa, the home of the University of Alabama. Here's what Tuscaloosa looks like this morning after a second wave of storms hit late Wednesday:

See Photos 2-6 of this slideshow from the NY Times.

As far as I can tell from company emails, no employee from ODI was injured during yesterday's storms and tornadoes, but there was a great deal of damage at many homes and everyone knows someone whose home has been damaged or destroyed.

Many of our workers are helping friends, neighbors and relatives. It's just the way ODI people ARE. But those who are not are currently staffing our telephone helplines (landlines are down, but we use VOIP) and Bomgar support machines. Our Birmingham office is OPEN.

If there is anything I can do to help ODI clients during this time, just push the button that says "Call Me" over there ---------------------------->.

Birmingham HQ Hit By Bad Weather

Overnight, storm winds blew through Birmingham, and power was cut off for several hours.

At dawn, our IT people tried to get into the office to restart servers, and this is what they were greeted with:

NYTimes article about the storm.

From CNN:

There were also reports of damage at Birmingham's Shuttlesworth International Airport. Spokeswoman Toni Bass said damage was reported to one airport hangar and several trees were down around the airport. Passenger operations were not affected, she said.

Some 269,000 people were without power, most of them in the metro Birmingham area, as of about 8:20 a.m. (9:20 a.m. ET), said Michael Sznajderman, spokesman for Alabama Power, which covers the southern two-thirds of the state. "We're chipping away" at them, he said, but crews may have to pause as the second line of storms approaches.

"Major damage" was reported in six counties, and it appears to be more widespread than that from an April 15 storm, August said. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's office was getting a state of emergency declaration ready, she said.

Several school systems were dismissing students early or were closed Wednesday because of the weather, The Birmingham News reported.

So, if you call our Bham offices this morning, don't be surprised if we're a bit behind.

Paul Reiser Gone; Office Repeats Fill May Sweep

Yesterday, NBC canceled next Wednesday's Minute To Win It and SVU to make room for a "next-night" encore of The Voice premiere airing Tuesday.

This afternoon, NBC canceled Paul Reiser and will replace it with Office re-runs effective next week, which I'm sure few will protest.

Still no Thursday summer programming from NBC. Maybe next week...

NBC/Comcast/VS Extends NHL For Decade

Not that NBC stations in the Deep South or Pacific areas really care, because NHL simply doesn't do well in areas that get a lot of sun. And how many "minority" NHL fans are there?

But, if you want to read the press release, the folks at FutonCritic are happy to reprint it.

Fourth Quarter Golf Booked

Posted: 04/15/2011 01:42:11 PM
Air Date: 11/19/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 08:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: The 2011 Fourth Quarter Golf package is now booked on the following dates: 11/19, 11/20, 12/3, 12/4, 12/10, 12/11, 12/24, and 12/25. Please see contingencies on these dates for further details. Please advise clearance.

More NBC Summer Prime Announced

The following will be booked:

Wednesday, June 1st
10:00-11:00 LOVE IN THE WILD (Original) (through July 20th)

This program, and the June 1st premiere, with customized audience estimates in selling books are already published to RDRx client inventories.

Fourth Quarter NBC Sports Booked

Told you it was a busy day at 30 Rock!

The 2011 Fourth Quarter Sports Specials package is now booked on the following dates: 10/2, 10/9, 10/15, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/5, 11/6, 11/12, 11/13, 11/27, 12/3, 12/4, 12/10, 12/11, 12/17, 12/18, and 12/25. Please see contingencies on these dates for further details. Please advise clearance.

RDRx is authorized to access not just the APT2Go service, but also the full APT system on behalf of our NBC affiliate client base. This means we respond within minutes to changes NBC announces.

From 30 Rock's changes to your station's MediaOffice inventory and estimates, within hours.

Summer Prime Changes Announced

These changes have already been made in RDRx client inventories.

Sunday, June 19th
7:30-8:00 MINUTE TO WIN IT (Repeat)
8:00-9:00 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (Repeat)
(There was a 90 min to 2 hour Dateline there previously)

Saturday, August 6th
8:00-10:00 MOVIE: PASSPORT (Original)

Saturday, September 3rd
8:00-10:00 MOVIE: DESMOND WALKER (Working title) (Original)

Summer Sports Specials Change

30 Rock is busy this morning.. 4 changes to July and August Sports Specials.

RDRx clients are being updated NOW.

NFL Pre-Season Schedule Booked

RDRx clients already have the two games on the 7th and 28th of August in their Selling Book inventories, and team names have been published today.

NAB Special Coming This Week!

What has 54 Primetime Specials, 43 Prime inventory lines, and is on your server?

Stay tuned.

NBC Changes Already Made This Morning

The following will be booked:

Thursday, April 28th
9:00-9:50 THE OFFICE (Original)
9:50-10:30 PARKS & RECREATION (Original)
10:30-11:00 30 ROCK (Original)

Fireworks Abound @ NBC Prime

In addition to the Macy's 4th of July previously announced, then retracted, then announced again today (with an encore hour), Wednesday and Saturday NBC Prime line-ups have changed effective in a week.

RDRx clients are being updated now.


Added 1:50pm, PDT: RDRx NBC clients have new programming and estimates published to their servers.

APT To Go now has the following:

Posted: 04/06/2011 04:38:18 PM
Air Date: 04/16/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: LA is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual airdate for updated information. Posted: 04/06/2011 04:33:06 PM
Air Date: 05/28/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MINUTE TO WIN IT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MINUTE TO WIN IT is booked 5/28, 6/18 thru 8/13, and 8/27 thru 9/17. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information. Posted: 04/06/2011 04:25:36 PM
Air Date: 04/23/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHASE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHASE is now booked from 4/23 through 5/21. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information. Posted: 04/06/2011 04:20:14 PM
Air Date: 04/13/2011 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MINUTE TO WIN IT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MINUTE TO WIN IT is now booked from 4/13 thru 5/18. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual airdate for updated information.

(And there's a lot more, but let's wait to see how long it shows up elsewhere, shall we?)

More NBC Sports Specials Changes Announced

With more than 200 NBC Sports programs each year, there's a lot of changes. RDRx clients like WRCB will be updated today.