Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Changes to December 16 & 17 Prime

Posted: 10/29/2013 01:45:23 PM
Air Date: 12/17/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE (Live to ET/CT) is now booked.

Posted: 10/29/2013 01:44:09 PM
Air Date: 12/16/2013 Monday
Start Time: 10:01:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE SING-OFF
Duration: 00:58:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE SING-OFF is now booked.
Posted: 10/29/2013 01:42:52 PM
Air Date: 12/16/2013 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:01:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE (Live to ET/CT) is now booked.

Published to client servers at time of original blog publication.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday Night Ping from 30 Rock

On the way to the elevator:
 Posted: 10/25/2013 06:42:12 PM
Air Date: 11/01/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC NEWS SPECIAL: WHY WE LOVE VAMPIRES is booked.


Posted: 10/25/2013 06:40:22 PM
Air Date: 10/30/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:01:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 01:58:30
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SVU is booked.
Posted: 10/25/2013 06:39:23 PM
Air Date: 10/30/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: REVOLUTION
Duration: 01:01:00
Type: Duration
Message: REVOLUTION is now 1:01:00 in duration (previously 1:00:00).
          Posted: 10/25/2013 05:24:23 PM
Type: Operating Conditions
Message: Operating Conditions for THE VOICE on Monday 11/4, Tuesday 11/5 and Thursday 11/7 are now available.

Aside from next Friday night's POST-Halloween Dateline turning into a "Vampire special" which won't make printed weekly guides, there's nothing here to bother sellers or buyers.

They do know Halloween is in October, don't they?

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

This Saturday Night @ 8pm Changes

Posted: 10/22/2013 05:11:20 PM
Air Date: 10/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GRIMM
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: GRIMM is booked.

The above was the first shot of a volley of post-5pm APT postings for 1st Quarter 2014.  Since APT was filled with nothing but TBA aside from Olympics in 2014, this is a welcome change.

Friday, October 18, 2013

But Wait... Ironside Cancelled; Welcome Family, Too....

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Oct. 18, 2013 — NBC has announced it will debut Dick Wolf’s “Chicago P.D.” (the spin-off of “Chicago Fire”) at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, as well as the season premiere of “Community” with back-to-back episodes from 8-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.

“Community” then settles into its 8 p.m. time period on Jan. 9 followed by “Parks and Recreation” at 8:30. The Jan. 9 episode will be the show’s 100th and was co-written by Amy Poehler and Mike Schur.

Replacing “Ironside” in the 10 p.m. Wednesday time slot for November and December will be a string of original programming, including new episodes of “Dateline” crime stories, “Saturday Night Live” holiday-themed specials and holiday music specials starring Kelly Clarkson and Michael Buble. Highlights of the detailed week-by-week list are included below.

Thursday nights from 8-9 p.m. for the remainder of the fall will include original back-to-back “Parks and Recreation” episodes, specials such as “SNL Halloween,” plus a previously-announced edition of “The Voice” and “The Sound of Music Live!” broadcast. In addition, “The Sing-Off” moves into the time period in December for two weeks. Highlights of the detailed week-by-week list are also included below.


Going forward, NBC Wednesday 10 p.m. timeslot:
Oct. 30: "Law & Order: SVU" (encore of season premiere)
Nov. 6: "Dateline" (original)
Nov. 13: "Dateline" (original)
Nov. 20: "Dateline" (original)
Nov. 27: "SNL Thanksgiving"
Dec. 4: "SNL Christmas" (9-11 p.m.)
Dec. 11: Kelly Clarkson Christmas Special
Dec. 18: Michael Buble Christmas Special
Jan. 8, 2014: Premiere of "Chicago P.D."
Going forward, Thursday 8 p.m. timeslot:
Oct. 24: "The Voice" (encore)
Oct. 31: "SNL Halloween"
Nov. 7: "The Voice" (live)
Nov. 14: "Parks and Recreation" (back-to-back new episodes)
Nov. 21: "Parks and Recreation" (back-to-back new episodes)
Nov. 28: "Sunday Night Football" Thanksgiving game
Dec. 5: "The Sound of Music Live" telecast
Dec. 12: "The Sing-Off"
Dec. 19: "The Sing-Off"
Jan. 2, 2014: Season premiere of "Community" (back-to-back episodes)
Jan. 9: 100th episode of "Parks and Recreation" (8:30 p.m.)

 Posted: 10/18/2013 05:34:17 PM
Air Date: 10/23/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:01:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: IRONSIDE
Duration: 00:58:30
Type: New Booking
Message: IRONSIDE is booked.


Posted: 10/18/2013 05:33:25 PM
Air Date: 10/23/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 01:01:00
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SVU is booked on Wednesday 10/23, and 11/6 thru11/20.

Buble & Clarkson Holiday Specials Wed@10p (12/11-18)

Posted: 10/18/2013 03:45:54 PM
Air Date: 12/18/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: MICHAEL BUBLE SPECIAL (WT) is now booked.

Posted: 10/18/2013 03:44:38 PM
Air Date: 12/11/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: KELLY CLARKSON SPECIAL (WT) is now booked.

In previous years, NBC has also scheduled encore showings of holiday specials produced that year.
Look for these to appear earlier in the evening, later in the month and/or on weekends.
We'll probably see that announcement within two weeks from the ones above.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Shutdown Showdown Specials Surface

Posted: 10/16/2013 10:37:11 AM
Type: Announcements
Message:
ALL STATIONS NOTE: If there is a Congressional agreement regarding the Federal Budget today,  NBC News will provide a brief Special Report--preceded by a Urgent Message.  If there is no agreement prior to 4pm ET today, NBC News will provide an update to the negotiations. This optional SR will begin at 4:01:00p ET for precisely 2 minutes.

If there is no agreement by midnight ET, NBC News will provide a brief SR within the ET feed of TONIGHT and the PT feed of Law & Order SVU.  Stations airing these program feeds will not need to switch locally.  The SR will be incorporated into your feed immediately following the first commercial break after midnight ET/9p PT.

This Special Report is optional to all other stations and will be feed on D15 shortly after midnight ET.  It will be preceded by a 5-second digital countdown.

Please monitor Urgent Message system throughout the day for updates.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Ironside Encore Yanked From Saturday Night's Prime: SVU Fills

Posted: 10/10/2013 05:19:35 PM
Air Date: 10/12/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: LAW & ORDER: SVU is booked.

The timing of this announcement does not bode well for Ironside.  Next Saturday night's prime will be filled with Notre Dame football, so the next date in question will be October 26th.

Will Ironside last that long?  Time will tell.

Nope.. Ironside has sunk.

But hey, they did give you about 51 hours notice!

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Lots of One Minute Changes to NBC Prime For Sweeps

More gaming peoplemeter numbers rather than real change, but some people earn a salary for this kind of stuff..  go figure.

SingOff Returns in December


Inventory items and estimates for these airings have been published, as well as clearing out the programs that NBC previously scheduled and we've already been selling in those time periods during December. 

The wide-ranging scheduling of these holiday-themed specials greatly reduces any confidence I have in repeating previous demographic delivery, hence all but the first episode are expected to perform below levels in the 2011 Sweeps.

Some of these shows use now-shortened airings of The Voice as lead-ins, however, so I've given some of them 2011 levels, back when it was predictably scheduled.



Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Biggest Loser Returns To 11/5; Voice Slides Back

Posted: 10/08/2013 04:23:38 PM
Air Date: 11/05/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is now booked.

Posted: 10/08/2013 04:22:51 PM
Air Date: 11/05/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BIGGEST LOSER
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BIGGEST LOSER is now booked.
Published to client servers as of initial posting.

NBC Sports & Sports Specials Update Complete

RatingBook.com clients now have an updated 87 page .pdf file of every NBC sports event and special, including Olympics, through September 2014 in their inventory files.


Friday, October 4, 2013

Red Bull Special Title Changes..

Posted: 10/04/2013 11:41:32 AM
Air Date: 11/23/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: PROGRAM TITLE CHANGE: RED BULL: HARE SCRAMBLE (was SKATLANDIA).

Posted: 10/04/2013 11:40:25 AM
Air Date: 11/09/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: PROGRAM TITLE CHANGE: RED BULL: DREAMLINE (was TBD).

Posted: 10/04/2013 11:39:00 AM
Air Date: 10/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: PROGRAM TITLE CHANGE: RED BULL: KING OF THE PEAK (was HARE SCRAMBLE)

Posted: 10/04/2013 11:37:52 AM
Air Date: 10/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 04:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: PROGRAM TITLE CHANGE: RED BULL: VANS U.S. OPEN OF SURFING (was DREAMLINE).

 I'm sure Red Bull time buyers care, but that's about it.


Thursday, October 3, 2013

Tuesday's Biggest Loser Premiere Pushed Back Again

Posted: 10/03/2013 10:38:48 AM
Air Date: 10/08/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:01:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is now booked.

Published to client servers.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Elizabeth Smart Interview Changes NBC's Friday Night

Posted: 10/01/2013 02:36:17 PM
Air Date: 10/04/2013 Friday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: Show Name
Message: Title Update: ELIZABETH'S STORY: A MEREDITH VIEIRA SPECIAL
 RatingBook.com clients already have inventory and estimates published as of this initial post.

Special airings of The Voice in late October and early November have also been published.