This Sunday's Today Show Has More Local Inventory?

Posted: 07/29/2011 03:14:14 PM
Air Date: 07/31/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: SUN TODAY SHOW
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Announcements
Message: FORMAT NOTE FOR SUNDAY 7/31/11: There will be no Network commercials in Pod #5 and Pod #6 this week. Please cue off the :15 Net Promo. Please see Timings tab for details.

Hey, they did give the East Coast folks a full 105 minutes to act. Mountain and Pacific Time Zones? Better check for yourself before staying late on a Friday afternoon before the last July weekend..

Sunday, September 4th Announced

Air Date: 09/04/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 08:15:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:45:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL is now booked.

A seventy-five minute Dateline precedes this.

Sports Title Change for Next Weekend

Posted: 07/28/2011 11:07:39 AM
Air Date: 08/07/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 04:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: PROGRAM TITLE CHANGE: Training for Tahoe.

Five Nights of August Prime Changed Today

Posted: 07/27/2011 02:02:02 PM
Air Date: 08/14/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MINUTE TO WIN IT

Air Date: 08/07/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE MARRIAGE REF

Air Date: 08/07/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: IT'S WORTH WHAT?


Air Date: 08/08/2011 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is booked 8/8, 8/15, and 8/29.

America Remembers: Three Hours on Sunday AM 9/11/11

Posted: 07/26/2011 12:39:25 PM
Air Date: 09/11/2011 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: 9/11 ... AMERICA REMEMBERS
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: 9/11 ... AMERICA REMEMBERS is now booked. Please see contingencies for additional details.

New NFL Game Scheduled for Sunday, August 21st

CHARGERS AT COWBOYS PRESEASON GAME ON SUNDAY, AUG. 21 ADDED TO NBC'S PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Chargers-Cowboys Replaces Hall of Fame Game for NBC

NEW YORK - July 26, 2011 - The NFL announced today that the San Diego Chargers at Dallas Cowboys preseason game has been moved from Saturday, Aug. 20 to Sunday, Aug. 21, and will now be televised nationally on NBC beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

On Monday, the league cancelled the Pro Football Hall of Fame game, which was previously scheduled to be broadcast on NBC on Sunday, Aug. 7.

NBC's second preseason game features the Oakland Raiders hosting Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Aug. 28 also at 8 p.m. ET.

The NFL will open the regular season with NFL Kickoff on NBC, Thursday, Sept. 8, with a matchup of the last two Super Bowl Champions as the Packers host the Saints from Lambeau Field. The season concludes on NBC with Super Bowl XLVI from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, 2012.

Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) return to call all the "Sunday Night Football" games joined this year by Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter).

President Speaks, So NBC Changes Programming Tonight

Sigh.

Posted: 07/25/2011 05:42:57 PM
Air Date: 07/25/2011 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: IT'S WORTH WHAT?
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: IT'S WORTH WHAT? is now booked and replaces L&O: CRIMINAL INTENT. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

NFL's Goodell Cancels Hall of Fame on August 7th Despite Deal

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the Hall of Fame game between St. Louis and Chicago has been canceled despite owners voting in favor of a tentative deal to end the lockout, pending player approval.

The Rams and Bears originally were scheduled to open their training camps this weekend and play in the Hall of Fame game to open the preseason schedule on Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio.

Goodell says Thursday that the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will go on as planned but says "the time is just too short" to have the teams prepare and play the game as scheduled.

I'll put TBA in there now, and will watch in the morning to see what NBC will do.

Friday PM note: NBC has reinstated normal time period programming; AGT and Marriage Ref.

Tomorrow Night Prime Changes!

Yep, Minute To Win It has been yanked for the first hour of prime tomorrow.

Posted: 07/19/2011 04:15:28 PM
Air Date: 07/20/2011 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: IT'S WORTH WHAT?
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: IT'S WORTH WHAT? is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

RDRx client inventories and estimates were updated within 10 minutes of this announcement.

Since I no longer get love notes from NBC, I guess I can point out this doesn't give Traffic any time at all, let alone sales.


Next morning update: Wednesday morning's TV By The Numbers says the premiere of this show last night delivered 20% better than last summer's time period average.

Labor Day Weekend Movie Changes Again

Posted: 07/18/2011 10:07:59 AM
Air Date: 09/03/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: 'GAME TIME: TACKLING THE PAST' replaces previous title.

Hmm.. Does NBC Really Mean Thursday?

Since they have posted in APT2Go other Thursday programming, I'm guessing they meant Wednesday. But who knows? Only the Meatball@30 Rock*.

Update @ 9:57a: Looking at the full version of APT, I see they've cleared out all three hours of Wednesday, September 14th, which is now TBA. My guess is that will be the night for the America's Got Talent finale, which was the lead-in to these programs until today. I've put a number of those options in RDRx inventory, so when 30Rock decides, we'll be better prepared.

Posted: 07/14/2011 10:22:13 AM
Air Date: 09/15/2011 Thursday
Start Time: 09:30:30 PM [ET]
Show Name: FREE AGENTS
Duration: 00:29:30
Type: New Booking
Message: FREE AGENTS is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information. Posted: 07/14/2011 10:20:46 AM

Air Date: 09/15/2011 Thursday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: UP ALL NIGHT
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: UP ALL NIGHT is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

Update a few hours later with NEW DATES:

Posted: 07/14/2011 02:14:28 PM
Air Date: 09/14/2011 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:30:30 PM [ET]
Show Name: FREE AGENTS
Duration: 00:29:30
Type: New Booking
Message: FREE AGENTS is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

Posted: 07/14/2011 02:12:11 PM
Air Date: 09/14/2011 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: UP ALL NIGHT
Duration: 00:30:30
Type: New Booking
Message: UP ALL NIGHT is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

From the internal name GE folks used to give the world famous GE logo.. as in, "Don't Dirty The Meatball!"

WWE Wrestlemania with Snooki Booked 8/13

Posted: 07/13/2011 01:24:03 PM
Air Date: 08/13/2011 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: WRESTLEMANIA: THE WORLD PREMIERE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WRESTLEMANIA: THE WORLD PREMIERE is now booked. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

This has already been changed in RDRx client inventories, which have been published already. Yes, I'm fast.

ALMA Awards Fill Friday, Sept 16th

This fills the first hour, previously TBA, before the new season begins for all the networks in earnest a few days later.

"Love Bites" the Dust; SVU Fills The Gap

Posted: 07/11/2011 06:04:42 PM
Air Date: 07/28/2011 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT is booked 7/28 thru 9/1 and 9/15. Please note: This booking overrides all previously issued bookings, formats, and details. Please see individual air date for updated information.

Golf, Winter and Adventure Sports Changes in Summer and Fall

Late Friday evening, NBC APT added several new programs to their sports line-up, including a number of golf-related specials.

RDRx clients are being updated now.

NBC Premiere Dates Announced

NBC ANNOUNCES SERIES PREMIERE DATES FOR FALL 2011 SCHEDULE



UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - July 6, 2011 - NBC announced today the premieres of its new Fall 2011 primetime schedule beginning Tuesday, September 13 with new episodes of "Parenthood" -- following the final performance episode of "America's Got Talent" -- and continuing the week of September 19 with the Monday debuts of "The Sing-Off" and new drama "The Playboy Club" on that date

On Wednesday, September 14, the new comedies "Up All Night" (10-10:30 p.m. ET) and "Free Agents" (10:30-11 p.m. ET) will debut out of their respective time periods following the season finale of "America's Got Talent." Both series also will premiere in their regular time periods with their second original episodes on Wednesday, September 21 (8-8:30 p.m. ET and 8:30-9 p.m. ET, respectively).

The debuts also include the network's other highly anticipated new series -- "Prime Suspect," "Whitney" and "Grimm" -- that will continue through October 21 when NBC rolls out its Friday-night lineup that includes "Grimm" (9-10 p.m. ET).

In addition, the start of the regular season of "Sunday Night Football" will debut on Thursday, September 8 and resume on its regular night on Sunday, September 11 (8-11:30 p.m. ET). "Football Night in America" premieres during the regular season on Sunday, September 11 (7-8 p.m. ET).

Following are the premiere dates for NBC's Fall 2011 primetime schedule (all times ET; new shows are in upper case):

Thursday, September 8

8-8:30 p.m. "NFL Kickoff Special 2011" (regular season)

8:30-11 p.m. "Sunday Night Football" (regular season)

Sunday, September 11

7-8 p.m. "Football Night in America" (regular season)

8-11:30 p.m. "Sunday Night Football"

Tuesday, September 13

10-11 p.m. "Parenthood"

Wednesday, September 14

8-10 p.m. "America's Got Talent" (season finale)

10-10:30 p.m. "UP ALL NIGHT"

10:30-11 p.m. "FREE AGENTS"

Monday, September 19

8-10 p.m. "The Sing-Off"

10-11 p.m. "THE PLAYBOY CLUB"

Tuesday, September 20

8-10 p.m. "The Biggest Loser"

Wednesday, September 21

8-8:30 p.m. "UP ALL NIGHT" (regular time period debut with original episode)

8:30-9 p.m. "FREE AGENTS" (regular time period debut with original episode)

9-10 p.m. "Harry's Law"

10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Thursday, September 22

8-8:30 p.m. "Community

8:30-9 p.m. "Parks and Recreation"

9-9:30 p.m. "The Office"

9:30-10 p.m. "WHITNEY"

10-11 p.m. "PRIME SUSPECT"

Friday, September 23

9-11 p.m. "Dateline NBC"

Friday, October 21

8-9 p.m. "Chuck"

9-10 p.m. "GRIMM"

10-11 p.m. "Dateline NBC"

Saturday, September 24

8-9 p.m. "Harry's Law" (Repeat)

9-10 p.m. "Prime Suspect" (Repeat)

10-11 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (Repeat)

NBC clients are being updated now.

2018 Winter Olympics In South Korea

Looks like South Korea will host the Winter Olympics in 2018.

NYTimes doesn't have the update yet, and I refuse to re-post an AP article from the LVRJ and Righthaven folks.


But here's the back-story as of 8:20am on Wednesday, PDT.

Edit @ 9:20am: Added NYTimes story here.

Say Goodbye to Wimbledon on NBC

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/05/2300368/wimbledon-coverage-goes-from-nbc.html

ESPN Acquires All Wimbledon Live U.S. TV Rights Including Singles Finals

Twelve-Year Agreement Starting in 2012

ESPN has acquired the exclusive U.S. television rights to live action from The Championships, Wimbledon, including both the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, in a 12-year agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club beginning in 2012. Comprehensive coverage from start to finish across a variety of platforms will result in more tennis for fans and all of it live.

ESPN will present Wimbledon on its multimedia array of platforms, including both ESPN and ESPN2 simultaneously the second Monday-Wednesday. This will allow for expanded coverage of the Round of 16 and live telecasts of all quarterfinals. ESPN will televise the semifinals and finals. ESPN on ABC will broadcast a three-hour highlights show on the "middle Sunday" of the tournament, and will reair the finals on a same-day basis at 3 p.m. ET.

In addition to the newly acquired rights, all of ESPN's existing coverage will continue -- television, broadband, mobile, and other rights in the U.S., Latin America and Canada (through 2021). Since 2003, ESPN networks have aired approximately 100 hours annually - with another 650 on ESPN3.com, primarily on weekdays and capped by one Ladies' and one Gentlemen's semifinal. Through 2023, the television schedule will increase to more than 140 hours, including full live national coverage of the semifinals and finals. ESPN3.com's schedule will expand to 750 hours, also with the semifinals and finals presented live.