Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Nielsen Warns Paying Clients Not To Discuss Future

http://houseoftvratings.blogspot.com/2015/04/nielsen-issues-gag-order-warns-clients.html

The above is a link to Rants About Ratings..   a reminder, I have worked for both Arbitron and Nielsen and have more than 30 years experience with diary-based data, as well as LPM and HH meter methodology.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

NBC Burns SVU Thursday @ 8p in Last Half of May

Posted: 04/28/2015 06:53:46 PM
Air Date: 05/07/2015 Thursday
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 on Thursday 5/7 and 5/14.

Blacklist encores were originally scheduled at this time, and apparently will still air in this TP this Thursday night.  A Dateline encore ran in the TP the first week of sweeps, so there's not much for us to use for projections once the data is released in June.

Updated to client servers before 5pm PDT.

Monday, April 27, 2015

More Sports Specials Change

RatingBook.com clients now have an updated NBC Sports inventory with 246 different programs in 2015, each with their own unique and fully explained rationale, which prints out at 30 pages without graphics or logos or logic flow. 




Posted: 04/27/2015 10:59:15 AM
Air Date: 12/19/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Title changed to RED BULL #12: ROMANIACS (was COLD RUSH).

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:57:33 AM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: DEW TOUR: MAKING OF now airs this time (prev. sked 12n-130p ET). Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:55:47 AM
Air Date: 08/15/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 04:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Title changed to RED BULL #8: TBD.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:54:31 AM
Air Date: 08/02/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 03:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Title changed to RED BULL #7: HART LINES.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:53:07 AM
Air Date: 08/01/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 04:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Change
Message: RED BULL #6: SIMPLE SESSIONS is booked (moves from 6/14). Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 04/27/2015 10:50:31 AM
Air Date: 07/12/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Episode
Message: RED BULL #5: HARE SCRAMBLE (prev. episode #6).


Posted: 04/27/2015 10:48:24 AM
Air Date: 06/28/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Episode
Message: RED BULL #4: MINT 400 (prev. episode #5).

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:45:28 AM
Air Date: 06/20/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: DEW TOUR: CHICAGO now airs this time (prev. sked 3-4p ET). Please see revised format tab. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:42:18 AM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: WORLD TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS now airs this time (prev. sked 1:30-3p ET). Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:40:55 AM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 03:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: GLOBAL RALLYCROSS: HIGHLIGHT SHOW (title change) now airs this time (prev. sked 4:30-6p ET). Please see revised format tab. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:38:19 AM
Air Date: 06/21/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: GLOBAL RALLYCROSS (DAYTONA) now airs this time (prev. sked 2:30-4p ET). Please see revised format tab. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:36:17 AM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 04:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: AVP (VOLLEYBALL) now airs this time (prev. sked 3-4:30pm ET). Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:33:55 AM
Air Date: 08/01/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 04:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: NBC SPORTS SPECIAL: TBD is deleted.

Posted: 04/27/2015 10:32:57 AM
Air Date: 07/11/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 04:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING is booked. Please advise clearance.

 Total time to post all these = 27 minutes.

Friday, April 24, 2015

It's 5pm Somewhere

Posted: 04/24/2015 04:47:40 PM
Air Date: 06/14/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: RED BULL #4: SIMPLE SESSIONS is deleted. The 12:30-2:00pm ET time period reverts to local.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

NBC Posts NFL Sunday Night Schedule

Posted: 04/23/2015 08:31:31 PM
Type: New Booking
Message:
NFL 2015 REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL PACKAGE (including FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA) is now booked on the following dates: Thursday 9/10 and 11/26, and Sunday 9/13 through 1/3. Please see full schedule and contingencies on each day for further details, impact to other dayparts and operating conditions. Please advise clearance.

No surprises here, and all RatingBook.com clients have had these games listed since last year.

Sunday's Encore of AD Dropped Starting Now

Posted: 04/23/2015 03:13:00 PM
Air Date: 04/26/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is booked effective 4/26 through 6/28.



Published to East Coast clients before close of business.

Your 8:25am Today Show Break Has Changed

Posted: 04/23/2015 12:26:27 PM
Air Date: 04/27/2015 Monday
Start Time: 07:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: TODAY
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Format
Message: FORMAT/GENERIC TIMINGS ADJUSTMENT: Effective Mon-Fri, 4/27/15-UFN: Please see revised format and timings tab for placement of Local Weather segment in the 8:00am ET half hour of the TODAY SHOW. 

This time slot used to demand a huge premium in Las Vegas.  Waking conventioneers don't fill out diaries or have meters, but in a town with 40 million visitors a year, they always drove demand in Vegas.   In the old days of national domination of this daypart by the Today Show, this was a no brainer.

Friday, April 17, 2015

On The Way Out The Door in New York City

Posted: 04/17/2015 03:53:03 PM
Air Date: 11/26/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 12:00:00 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. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 04/17/2015 03:38:55 PM
Air Date: 06/20/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 06:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SAT NIGHTLY NEWS
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: Feed
Message: Effective on Saturday 6/20, 9/26 and 12/12 only: Feed #4 and Feed #5 are preempted. Feed #3 is available to PT stations on this day. Please advise clearance if your normal feed is preempted.
Posted: 04/17/2015 03:36:31 PM
Air Date: 06/20/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BOXING
Duration: 02:29:30
Type: Time Change
Message: BOXING now airs 8:30-10:59:30pm ET (previously scheduled 9-10:59:30pm ET) on Saturday 6/20, 9/26 and 12/12. Please see contingencies on each day for further details and impact to other daypart. Please readvise clearance.
Posted: 04/17/2015 03:32:55 PM
Air Date: 06/20/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH NICK CANNON
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH NICK CANNON is booked on Saturday 6/20, 9/26 and 12/12.


If it's a surprise to you that The National Dog Show will be airing on Thanksgiving this year, you are either new to all things NBC or you need my help.  I've noticed that other networks appear to hold back their competitive schedule mailings until after they've seen what NBC does late on Friday afternoon.  So maybe we have a Manhattan Standoff between folks itching to take off for the pub or the Hamptons once it gets warmer.

 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Miss USA Booked; Saturdays in May Tweaked

Posted: 04/14/2015 01:47:38 PM
Air Date: 07/12/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MISS USA 2015
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MISS USA 2015 is booked.

Posted: 04/14/2015 01:46:57 PM
Air Date: 05/09/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is booked on Saturday 5/9 and 5/16.
Posted: 04/14/2015 01:46:15 PM
Air Date: 05/09/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked on Saturday 5/9 and 5/16.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Pre-Season Football & More


 Posted: 04/10/2015 05:40:25 PM
Air Date: 08/09/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL is now booked on Sunday 8/9 and 8/30. Please see contingencies on both days for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 04/10/2015 05:38:47 PM
Air Date: 08/23/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: WELCOME TO SWEDEN
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WELCOME TO SWEDEN is booked.
Posted: 04/10/2015 05:38:12 PM
Air Date: 08/23/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: WELCOME TO SWEDEN
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WELCOME TO SWEDEN is booked.
Posted: 04/10/2015 05:37:28 PM
Air Date: 04/29/2015 Wednesday
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: 04/10/2015 05:36:19 PM
Air Date: 04/29/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO PD
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO PD is booked.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Competitive Prime & Specials Through September 2015

Some of our clients get full competitive inventories and estimates, and today we were able to include ABC's summer schedule, thus completing the Big Four's prime and specials through September.

All have been published to client servers and are available for sales use now.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Voice's Finale Extends to 3 Hours on May 19th

Posted: 04/07/2015 05:11:08 PM
Air Date: 05/19/2015 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked.

Posted: 04/07/2015 05:10:21 PM
Air Date: 04/29/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO FIRE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO FIRE is booked.

What they are not telling you here is that there's also an hour of The Voice from 8p-9p on May 19th, so they are making it a 3 hour night and breaking it into two programs.   It could be the 8pm hour is a Best Of or edited highlights of Monday's 2 hour special.   My guess is that if you want higher numbers, buy/sell the two hour portion.

The bumped Chicago Fire gets burned off on Wednesday, April 29th at 8pm.. normally filled with Laura.

4th Quarter Sports Specials & Soccer Trickle Out

Not even APT2GO can keep up with all of the changes made to fourth quarter sports today; the "what's new" section truncates the changes announced before 10am EDT, so full access to APT is required to track down all the changes.

Good thing I have access to APT for my NBC clients, because they already have updated Sports inventory to match today's NBC announcements, as well as customized estimates with updated rationale.

Many of the programs announced today were already in inventory (my clients know it's still not booked in APT because there isn't a date listed in the Program Name field, the way all booked OTO programs are in our customized listings) already, on the very date, day and time of the broadcast.

When you've done this since 1998, you sorta know what to expect from NBC.

Sometimes.  As the name of the website indicates, there's only one thing to be sure of when it comes to NBC schedules..  they are NothingButChange.


Monday, April 6, 2015

Holiday Golf Booked on NBC

Posted: 04/06/2015 06:47:18 PM
Type: New Booking
Message:
GOLF PACKAGE is now booked on the following dates: 12/5, 12/6, 12/12 and 12/13. Please see schedule on each day for details. Please advise clearance.


Posted: 04/06/2015 06:29:36 PM
Air Date: 10/04/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Program title changed to PRESIDENT'S CUP SPECIAL #3.

Posted: 04/06/2015 06:28:30 PM
Air Date: 09/27/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: PRESIDENT'S CUP SPECIAL #2 is booked. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 04/06/2015 06:26:54 PM
Air Date: 10/04/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 12:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CYCLING
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: UCI ROAD CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is booked (moved from 9/27). Please advise clearance.

Posted: 04/06/2015 06:25:02 PM
Air Date: 09/27/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CYCLING
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: UCI ROAD CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is deleted (moves to 10/4 at 12pm ET).

All sports changes have been published to client servers within minutes of this posting, including this late entry:

Posted: 04/06/2015 07:30:07 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: ACTION SPORTS PACKAGE is now booked on the following dates: 12/6, 12/12, 12/13, 12/19, 12/20 and 12/27. Please see schedule on each day for details. Please advise clearance.