Monday, November 30, 2015

Your NBC Station's Late News Starts Early This Thursday Night

Posted: 11/30/2015 03:16:57 PM
Air Date: 12/03/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:45:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TIME CHANGE: NBC SPECIALS: THE WIZ LIVE! will now air 8:00-10:45pm ET. Please see updated format tab (note: the :40 Local News Update has been deleted this night). ALL STNS NOTE: Local time will now be 10:45pm-11:34:30pm ET. Contingencies and operating conditions will be updated shortly.

Ok, I'm surprised by this.  Let's hope News Directors who rise to this challenge don't get caught by more changes later this week. 

Monday, November 23, 2015

After Midnight "Making of The Wiz Live!"

Posted: 11/23/2015 03:34:06 PM
Air Date: 11/28/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 01:03:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: THE MAKING OF THE WIZ LIVE! is now booked. Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Clients have had this program in inventory for months, based on the PAV from Making of Pan in November 2014, so I'm not sure what NBC is announcing here other than a minuscule tweak of start time.  But if I didn't mention it, you might think I missed it.   Nope!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Not Much Change Here

Posted: 11/17/2015 05:09:38 PM
Air Date: 12/07/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TELENOVELA
Duration: 00:29:30
Type: New Booking
Message: TELENOVELA is now booked.

Posted: 11/17/2015 05:08:40 PM
Air Date: 12/07/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TELENOVELA
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TELENOVELA is now booked.
Posted: 11/17/2015 05:07:48 PM
Air Date: 11/30/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SUPERSTORE
Duration: 00:29:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SUPERSTORE is now booked.
Posted: 11/17/2015 05:06:41 PM
Air Date: 11/30/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SUPERSTORE
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: SUPERSTORE is now booked.

These half hours were previously booked as hours.  Same Program, Time Period, etc.  Guess they want to break up the PAVs.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

12 Announced NBC Prime Changes to December



Posted: 11/12/2015 04:44:53 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2015 Monday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TELENOVELA
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TELENOVELA is booked 12/21 and 12/28.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:43:55 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2015 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SUPERSTORE
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: SUPERSTORE is booked 12/21 and 12/28.

 Posted: 11/12/2015 04:52:15 PM
Air Date: 12/09/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MAT FRANCO'S GOT MAGIC is now booked.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:51:15 PM
Air Date: 12/22/2015 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO MED
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO MED is booked 12/22 and 12/29.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:49:54 PM
Air Date: 12/22/2015 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO PD
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO PD is booked 12/22 and 12/29.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:48:06 PM
Air Date: 12/28/2015 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BLINDSPOT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BLINDSPOT is now booked.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:46:16 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2015 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CHRISTMAS is now booked.
 Posted: 11/12/2015 05:04:29 PM
Air Date: 12/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message:
DATELINE NBC is booked 12/18 through 1/15.


Posted: 11/12/2015 05:02:47 PM
Air Date: 12/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH NICK CANNON
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH NICK CANNON is booked.

Posted: 11/12/2015 05:01:37 PM
Air Date: 12/17/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS is now booked.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:59:44 PM
Air Date: 12/30/2015 Wednesday
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.

Posted: 11/12/2015 04:58:57 PM
Air Date: 12/23/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: MICHAEL BUBLE'S CHRISTMAS IN HOLLYWOOD is booked.

This announcement means every NBC TV station in America has to move or sell again the commercials sold in programming which previously existed in the above time slots. 

My clients trust me to keep their computerized advertising inventory systems up to date, along with precise audience estimates for each program. 

All of the changes above were published on client servers less than two hours after APT posting.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

First Quarter Tuesdays

Posted: 11/10/2015 05:50:44 PM
Air Date: 03/22/2016 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
THE VOICE is booked on Tuesday 3/22 through 5/24.


Posted: 11/10/2015 05:49:46 PM
Air Date: 03/01/2016 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked on Tuesday 3/1 through 3/15.

Both Monday and Tuesdays have been updated in inventory and estimates.

Mondays Fill Out on APT

 Posted: 11/10/2015 05:48:44 PM
Air Date: 02/29/2016 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BLINDSPOT
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: BLINDSPOT is booked on Monday 2/29 through 5/23.

Posted: 11/10/2015 05:47:48 PM
Air Date: 02/29/2016 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked on Monday 2/29 through 5/23.

Posted: 11/10/2015 05:46:31 PM
Air Date: 01/04/2016 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BIGGEST LOSER 17
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BIGGEST LOSER is booked on Monday 1/4 through 2/22.

POTUS Meets Bear on December 17th

Posted: 11/09/2015 05:18:02 PM
Air Date: 12/17/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS is now booked.

 So, NBC features Donald Trump on SNL, and now the President spent a day with Bear Grylls in Alaska, dining on scraps of salmon left over by a wild grizzly. 

Having absorbed the Air Force Survival Handbook in my teens, I already know most of the tricks to living in the sub-arctic, but it will be interesting to see how this goes. 

Friday, November 6, 2015

Olympic Zone in August and Thursday Nights in January

Posted: 11/06/2015 06:58:20 PM
Air Date: 01/14/2016 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BLACKLIST
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BLACKLIST is booked.

Posted: 11/06/2015 06:57:33 PM
Air Date: 01/07/2016 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SHADES OF BLUE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SHADES OF BLUE is booked on Thursday 1/7 and 1/14.

Posted: 11/06/2015 06:55:57 PM
Air Date: 01/07/2016 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HEROES REBORN
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: HEROES REBORN are booked on Thursday 1/7 through 1/21.

 Please note that the two hour Shades Of Blue premiere scheduled for 1/14 has been turned into two hours, beginning one week earlier than announced.  Hence, The Blacklist returns to 1/14 at 10pm.


Posted: 11/06/2015 04:45:50 PM
Type: New Booking
Message:
We are happy to announce that The Olympic Zone, the prime access TV magazine show, will once again be offered to all NBC Affiliates for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Please go to NBCAffiliateMarketing.com and the Optional Feeds tab in APT for more details. Please also advise clearance of this Optional Program to your Affiliate Relations team.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Most of First & Second Quarter NBC Prime Posted

Sorta makes you wonder why they didn't do this a LOT sooner, doesn't it?


Posted: 11/05/2015 05:37:52 PM
Air Date: 01/09/2016 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 Saturdays 1/9 through 5/21.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:36:32 PM
Air Date: 01/09/2016 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE SATURDAY NIGHT MYSTERY
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE SATURDAY NIGHT MYSTERY is booked Saturdays 1/9 through 5/21.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:34:10 PM
Air Date: 01/08/2016 Friday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is booked Fridays 1/8 through 2/19 and 3/4 through 5/20.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:32:33 PM
Air Date: 01/08/2016 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GRIMM
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: GRIMM is booked Fridays 1/8 through 2/19 and 3/4 through 5/20.

Posted: 11/05/2015 05:30:58 PM
Air Date: 01/07/2016 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BLACKLIST
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BLACKLIST is booked Thursdays 1/7, and 1/21 through 5/19.

Posted: 11/05/2015 05:25:00 PM
Air Date: 01/06/2016 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO PD
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO PD is booked Wednesdays 1/6 through 5/25.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:23:41 PM
Air Date: 01/06/2016 Wednesday
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 Wednesdays 1/6 through 5/25.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:21:39 PM
Air Date: 01/05/2016 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO FIRE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO FIRE is booked Tuesdays 1/5 through 5/24.
Posted: 11/05/2015 05:20:27 PM
Air Date: 01/05/2016 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO MED
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO MED is booked Tuesdays 1/5 through 5/24. 

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Red Nose Day on May 26, 2016

Posted: 11/03/2015 03:46:54 PM
Air Date: 05/26/2016 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: RED NOSE DAY is now booked.

Now, if we just knew what Monday and Tuesday night prime looks like in January...

Monday, November 2, 2015

Monday Night Prime for 2016 Emerges


Posted: 11/02/2015 02:53:21 PM
Air Date: 01/04/2016 Monday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TELENOVELA
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TELENOVELA is now booked effective 1/4 through 2/22.
Posted: 11/02/2015 02:52:04 PM
Air Date: 01/04/2016 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SUPERSTORE
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
SUPERSTORE is now booked effective 1/4 through 2/22.


Posted: 11/02/2015 02:50:03 PM
Air Date: 12/07/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TELENOVELA
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: TELENOVELA is now booked.

Posted: 11/02/2015 02:48:47 PM
Air Date: 11/30/2015 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SUPERSTORE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SUPERSTORE is now booked.

They will be introduced with The Voice lead-in audiences on 11/30 and 12/7.

Client inventories have just been updated, with TBA entries for Mondays at 9pm and Tuesdays at 8pm in January and February 2016.  Yes, it is less than 8 weeks away.  No, this is not unusual for NBC.