Thursday, September 26, 2013

NBC Holiday Specials Booked in September



This is the most complete booking of holiday specials I've ever seen out of NBC's APT, and (by the skin of 30 Rock's granite teeth) still in Third Quarter!

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:43:49 PM
Air Date: 12/24/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:42:17 PM
Air Date: 12/05/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:41:02 PM
Air Date: 12/04/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SNL CHRISTMAS is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:40:12 PM
Air Date: 12/04/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:38:57 PM
Air Date: 11/22/2013 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: JFK 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (WT) is booked.Air Date: 12/28/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:36:42 PM
Air Date: 12/14/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:35:42 PM
Air Date: 11/30/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW PRESENTED BY PURINA
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW PRESENTED BY PURINA is booked.

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:34:54 PM
Air Date: 11/09/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MISS UNIVERSE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: MISS UNIVERSE is booked.

Client stations had updated inventory and audience estimates, with full rationale, within one hour of APT posting.

Fallon Gets Midnight Hour After Olympics 2/17-24

Posted: 09/26/2013 02:37:23 PM
Air Date: 02/17/2014 Monday
Start Time: 12:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON is booked Mon 2/17/14 through Friday 2/21/14.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Let The Olympic Changes Begin!

Posted: 09/25/2013 01:38:57 PM
Air Date: 02/07/2014 Friday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Duration: 04:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES: PRIMETIME now starts at 7:30pm ET (previously 8pm ET), and is 4 hours in duration (previously 3.5 hours). Please see updated contingencies, format and feed tab on this day. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 09/25/2013 01:07:33 PM
Air Date: 02/07/2014 Friday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Duration: 04:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message:
Opening Ceremonies for the OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES will now begin at 7:30pm. Please see schedule for updated format and details.

Friday, September 20, 2013

NBC Announces 1st Qtr 2014 Sports Specials

Posted: 09/20/2013 04:41:16 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: The 2014 1st QUARTER SPORTS SPECIALS package is now booked on the following dates: 1/5, 1/12, 1/18, 1/19, 1/25, 1/26, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/23, and 4/12.  Please see contingencies on these dates for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.


pah note: there have also been a series of Football announcements for NFL Playoff and AllAmerican HS games..  clients have had these programs in their inventory since January 2013 (9 months ago).   As they say, old news for my clients, but if it's not in your station's inventory, you do need my help.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

More Good News for Insomniac Luddite Investors

Posted: 09/19/2013 12:44:07 PM
Air Date: 09/23/2013 Monday
Start Time: 03:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: MAD MONEY - ALL NIGHT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MAD MONEY-AN is booked Monday through Friday, 9/23-11/1

Wait..  NBC is building last-minute extending a business model on a 12 hour later replay of entertainment-grade investment news and advice?  So, who is their prime audience target?

Individual investors of substantial resources who do not have cable, DVR, satellite DBS or internet service AND are up at 3am.  But if they are up at 3am and are investors, don't you think they want NEWS instead of old comedy and Wall Street schtick? (sp?)

Oh well, I'm sure the people in New York City are much smarter than I am.  They must have realized that Pacific and Hawaiian viewers own time zones mean 3am is MUCH closer to Opening Bell than in NYC.  But then... the world ends at Albany, right?

Monday, September 16, 2013

Olympic Zone Option Offered Again for Russian Olympics in Feb

Posted: 09/16/2013 02:42:34 PM
Air Date: 02/06/2014 Thursday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OPTIONAL NETWORK OFFERING
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
THE OLYMPIC ZONE is offered to all stations for air (7:30-8:00pm ET during the Sochi Olympics) Thursday 2/6, Saturday 2/8, Monday-Saturday 2/10-2/15 and 2/17-2/22.  This customizable Olympic news magazine is designed to merge and showcase your local talent with the production expertise and access of NBC Sports, and to address the full range of resources available to stations to produce a daily Olympic program. We encourage you to take advantage of this terrific opportunity to have your talent present relevant and timely Olympic content of the highest caliber that will further localize the Games in your market, and generate just the right buzz leading directly into primetime Olympic action every evening.  Please see contingencies, format and feed tabs on the dates listed above for complete details of this opportunity.
Please advise your clearance status for this program which airs on your primary channel (only) immediately preceding Olympic Primetime coverage in each timezone on each scheduled night.

pah note:  The 2006 Winter Olympics saw a lot of stations selecting this option, but far fewer than chose it in 2002 when the games were based in Salt Lake City.  In 2010, even fewer stations were willing to do the extra work to customize this half hour every day AND find a new home for the syndicated programming and spots normally airing in the time period.

My guess is that even fewer smaller markets will select this rehash of Olympic coverage in 2014;  we now have something called "the internet" and Comcast will be spreading Olympic coverage on every channel in the cable world it owns or controls.  NBC stations are no longer the only place to get this coverage.

Friday, September 13, 2013

NHL and Winter Olympics Posted to APT

Posted: 09/13/2013 02:37:40 PM
Air Date: 11/29/2013 Friday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2013-2014 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON package is now booked for the following dates: 11/29/13, 1/1/14, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/30, 4/6, 4/12 and 4/13. Please see contingency plans on each scheduled date for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

These will be entered in client inventories over the weekend, while double checking previously published Winter Olympic inventory and estimates.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Next Saturday Night Prime Changes

Posted: 09/12/2013 05:58:01 PM
Air Date: 09/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SVU is booked.

Posted: 09/12/2013 05:57:30 PM
Air Date: 09/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SVU is booked.
Posted: 09/12/2013 05:56:36 PM
Air Date: 09/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked.

What's not said here is SNL in Prime is removed at 10pm replaced by the last half of two hours of SVU encores are having their scheduled TP finales.  ANW has been shortened from a two hour rerun to a one hour rerun.

Client inventories have been published as of original posting of this note.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Voice Extends To Two Hours on Tues, October 1st

Posted: 09/10/2013 04:30:06 PM
Air Date: 10/01/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:01:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked.

(ok, two hours and one minute.  I see the KomcastKids are playing with end times again.)

Published to client servers as of the original posting here.