Tuesday, January 31, 2017

NBC Moves Tonight's Programming for Trump

Posted: 01/31/2017 03:33:54 PM
Air Date: 01/31/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THIS IS US
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Change
Message: THIS IS US is booked. Please see time-zone specific contingencies for duration and format details.

Posted: 01/31/2017 03:31:25 PM
Air Date: 01/31/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WALL
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Change
Message: THE WALL (ORIG EPISODE) is booked. Please see time-zone specific contingencies and format details.

Posted: 01/31/2017 03:29:03 PM
Air Date: 01/31/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WALL
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Change
Message: THE WALL (RPT EPISODE) is booked. Please see time-zone specific contingencies for duration and format details.  

Posted: 01/31/2017 03:28:05 PM
Air Date: 01/31/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 00:25:00
Type: Announcements
Message: NBC News will provide a Special Report at 8:00:10p ET on Trump's SCOTUS nomination announcement. This report is available to all stations, live across. Anticipated SR duration is approx 20-25 minutes. Please see contingencies on this day for time-zone specific impacts to Prime and other dayparts.

NBC has kindly removed Chicago Fire and replaced it with This Is Us.  Every DVR's program guide in the USA still shows Chicago Fire. 

Thursday, January 26, 2017

NASCAR on NBC July through November 2017



Posted: 01/26/2017 05:05:45 PM
Type: New Booking
Message:
The 2017 NASCAR PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/1, 7/23, 7/29, 8/19, 8/27, 10/8, 10/15, 10/21, 11/11, 11/12 and 11/19. Please see contingencies on each day for complete details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Sweeps Over? Time For Walgreen's Red Ball

Posted: 01/26/2017 11:33:13 AM
Air Date: 05/25/2017 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: RED NOSE DAY is booked.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Terminator's Finale Sliced in Half on February 13th

Posted: 01/25/2017 05:32:11 PM
Air Date: 02/13/2017 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CELEBRITY APPRENTICE is booked.

Posted: 01/25/2017 05:31:01 PM
Air Date: 02/13/2017 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WALL
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE WALL is booked.

The finale of Celeb Apprentice has been sliced in half, with The Wall taking the 8pm hour.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

TGI.. Tuesday? Minor Sports Moves

Posted: 01/24/2017 06:29:34 PM
Air Date: 06/10/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: ROME is booked. Please see contingencies on this day for impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.
Posted: 01/24/2017 06:27:20 PM
Air Date: 06/18/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 04:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: GLOBAL RALLYCROSS #5 now airs 4-6pm ET (previously scheduled 4:30-6pm ET). Format has been updated. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 01/24/2017 06:25:36 PM
Air Date: 06/18/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: LAUREUS SPORTS AWARDS is booked. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 01/24/2017 06:24:13 PM
Air Date: 06/18/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: NITRO CIRCUS is deleted.

Diamond League T&F Fills 4 Sundays in 3Q

Posted: 01/24/2017 02:37:00 PM
Air Date: 09/03/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: BRUSSELS is booked. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 01/24/2017 02:36:01 PM
Air Date: 08/27/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: ZURICH is booked. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 01/24/2017 02:35:08 PM
Air Date: 07/09/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: LONDON is booked. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 01/24/2017 02:34:10 PM
Air Date: 07/08/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: LAUSANNE is booked. Please advise clearance.

Published.

Several hours later,  this was added:
Posted: 01/24/2017 06:29:34 PM
Air Date: 06/10/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: TRACK & FIELD
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DIAMOND LEAGUE: ROME is booked. Please see contingencies on this day for impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Motor Sports Is Easier To Sell Than America's Cup


Posted: 01/24/2017 02:15:37 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER MOTOR SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/8, 8/12, 8/13, 8/19, 9/9 and 9/10. Please advise clearance.

(At least in all markets I've seen..  especially if it's in the Deep South.)

Reviewing these programs (Rallycross and Motocross), this posting does not include NASCAR.    With all due respect, AMA Motocross is NOT Daytona.  Each year, NASCAR itself releases a TV schedule in January which gives local stations enough information to sell with.

Clients now have all 2017 "Monster" NASCAR races in inventory and Sports Estimates based on recent NBC coverage.

6 Days Later, NBC Changes March Golf Schedule

Posted: 01/24/2017 01:31:30 PM
Air Date: 03/25/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 01:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: PGA TOUR SPL: MAKINIG OF TOMMY'S HONOUR is booked (moved from 3/18). Please advise clearance.

Posted: 01/24/2017 01:29:34 PM
Air Date: 03/18/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: ARNOLD PALMER SPECIAL is booked. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 01/24/2017 01:27:50 PM
Air Date: 03/18/2017 Saturday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: PGA TOUR SPL: MAKING OF TOMMY'S HONOUR is deleted (moves to 3/25).
Posted: 01/24/2017 12:29:22 PM
Air Date: 07/09/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CYCLING
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TOUR DE FRANCE now airs 3-4:30pm ET (previously scheduled 2-3pm ET). Format has been updated. Please re-advise clearance.

Yep, NBC had posted their first golf schedule just a week ago.  Amazing how things change.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Next Two Wednesday Night Prime Changes on NBC

Posted: 01/20/2017 01:21:43 PM
Air Date: 01/25/2017 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 on 1/25 and 2/1.

These replace Blindspot encores previously scheduled in the time period.

Published to client servers.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Action Sports, Sports Specials Posted

Posted: 01/19/2017 12:43:20 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER ACTION SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/9, 7/30, 8/6, 8/26, and 9/10. Please see contingencies on these dates for details. Please advise clearance.

Posted: 01/19/2017 12:41:12 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER NBC SPORTS SPECIALS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 8/5, 8/6, 8/13, 8/20, and 9/9. Please see contingencies on these dates for details. Please advise clearance.



Posted: 01/19/2017 10:14:06 AM
Air Date: 01/20/2017 Friday
Start Time: 10:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 06:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: NBC NEWS SPECIAL: INAUGURATION OF DONALD  will now air 10:00am-4:00pm ET. Note: there is no change to format. Please review all contingencies on this day.

Update:  After lunch in Manhattan, 30 Rock posted this

 Posted: 01/19/2017 02:00:54 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER SWIMMING SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/1, 7/2, 7/29, and 7/30. Please see contingencies on these dates for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.
Prediction:  We'll see 3rd Quarter Soccer as an APT post just before cocktail hour tonight.
(Posted 11:53 PST)

Analysis:  I was wrong.  As of 10am EST on January 20th, there's still nothing on APT To Go about soccer.   There are 3rd Quarter Soccer games by date listed in my client inventory, however.

Conclusion:    

Posted: 01/20/2017 12:05:46 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER SOCCER SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/9, 9/16, and 9/23. Please see contingencies on these dates for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Whole Lotta Golf Going On 3rd Quarter @ NBC

Posted: 01/18/2017 04:40:55 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER GOLF SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/1, 7/2, 7/15, 7/16, 7/22, 7/23, 7/29, 7/30, 8/5, 8/6, 8/19, 8/20, 9/3, 9/4, 9/10, 9/16, 9/17, 9/23, 9/24, 9/30, and 10/1. Please see contingencies on these dates for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

All of these, along with other announced 3rd Quarter sports, have been published to client inventories.  Should Tiger return to former heights, these numbers will be pushed way up.  For now, they assume a Tiger-free game.

Apprentice Trimmed; Chicago Marathon on March 1st

Posted: 01/18/2017 01:25:59 PM
Air Date: 03/01/2017 Wednesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO JUSTICE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO JUSTICE is booked.

Posted: 01/18/2017 01:24:41 PM
Air Date: 03/01/2017 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO PD
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO P.D. is booked.
Posted: 01/18/2017 01:23:33 PM
Air Date: 03/01/2017 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO FIRE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO FIRE is booked.
Posted: 01/18/2017 01:22:34 PM
Air Date: 02/20/2017 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked.

The American Ninja Warrior replaces the previously scheduled last episode of Celebrity Apprentice and leads into the Timeless finale.  The next week, The Voice begins in this time period.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Summer Horse Racing Series Returns to NBC

Posted: 01/17/2017 05:33:27 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER HORSE RACING SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/8, 7/30, 8/5, and 8/26. Please see contingencies on these dates for details. Please advise clearance.

Tour De France Returns to NBC in July

Posted: 01/17/2017 02:39:50 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2017 3RD QUARTER CYCLING SPORTS PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 7/8, 7/9, and 7/22. Please see contingencies on these dates for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

If you want to see how news-gathering technology has advanced, compare the live coverage of these races to archival films of historic races.  With motorcycle-based 4K live video and computer imagery providing information updates, the complexities of this road race are fascinating.  

Friday, January 13, 2017

NBC Posts New Schedule for This Sunday

Posted: 01/13/2017 06:35:39 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 03:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TURNING POINT is booked. Clearance assumed based on previously advised clearance for this time period unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 01/13/2017 06:34:12 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Duration: 02:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: PHILADELPHIA @ WASHINGTON is booked. Clearance assumed based on previously advised clearance for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 01/13/2017 06:32:49 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 12:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: PREMIER LEAGUE: MAN UNITED V. LIVERPOOL is booked. Clearance assumed based on previously advised clearance for this time period unless otherwise notified.
Posted: 01/13/2017 06:26:50 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WALL
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE WALL is booked.
Posted: 01/13/2017 06:25:18 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 08:20:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Duration: 03:10:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME now airs apx.8:20-apx.11:30pm ET (previously scheduled 1-4:30pm ET). Contingencies for this day will be available shortly.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

NBC Fills Sunday Slots in February

Posted: 01/12/2017 04:32:01 PM
Air Date: 02/19/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE PALEY CENTER SALUTES NBC'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY is booked.

Posted: 01/12/2017 04:30:26 PM
Air Date: 02/05/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: RIDE ALONG is booked.
Posted: 01/12/2017 04:29:22 PM
Air Date: 02/05/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: SAFE HAVEN is booked.

Just a reminder; the double feature on the 5th will be up against the SuperBowl.

Friday, January 6, 2017

NBC Fills Sundays in January

TGIF!

Posted: 01/06/2017 06:41:04 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is booked on Sunday 1/15 and 1/29.

Posted: 01/06/2017 06:40:10 PM
Air Date: 01/15/2017 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CELEBRITY APPRENTICE is booked on Sunday 1/15 and 1/29.

NBC Gives Obama 40 Minutes on Tuesday Night

Posted: 01/06/2017 01:17:38 PM
Air Date: 01/10/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 00:40:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
NBC NEWS SPECIAL: PRESIDENTIAL ADRESS is booked. Time zone specific contingencies to follow. Please review the schedule changes on this day carefully.
Published within 10 minutes of NBC announcement.

You won't find the above posting there anymore.  You might think they would catch the typo, but no...

Here's how they'll move around programming in Eastern Time Zones...   it takes them a while to get this info out, you see.

Posted: 01/06/2017 01:33:58 PM
Air Date: 01/10/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THIS IS US
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THIS IS US is booked.

Posted: 01/06/2017 01:32:17 PM
Air Date: 01/10/2017 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:40:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WALL
Duration: 00:20:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE WALL is booked. Please see format tab. 

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Total Audience Ratings Data Delayed by Nielsen

http://adage.com/article/media/measurement-mess-hiccup-nielsen-total-audience-ratings/307389/

NBC Devotes Five Hours To Inauguration on January 20th

Posted: 01/05/2017 04:30:56 PM
Air Date: 01/20/2017 Friday
Start Time: 10:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 05:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC NEWS SPECIAL: INAUGURATION OF DONALD TRUMP is booked.

Monday, January 2, 2017

NBC's NFL Playoff Schedule Updated

Posted: 01/02/2017 12:48:39 AM
Type: Announcements
Message:
NFL Playoff Schedule:  On Saturday January 7th, NBC will broadcast the Detroit @ Seattle game in Primetime (Scenario #2). The following weekend, on Sunday January 15th, we will broadcast the TBD @ Kansas City afternoon game.  The Network Schedule/ Contingencies for both weekends will be updated on Tuesday, 1/3 to reflect this information.