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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.  

Arcade Fire Special Booked for September 21st @ 1:03 am

Posted: 08/30/2013 03:47:01 PM  Air Date: 09/21/2013 Saturday  Start Time: 01:03:00 AM [ET]   Show Name: NBC SPECIALS  Duration: 00:29:00  Type: Clarification  Message: NBC SPECIALS: ARCADE FIRE SPECIAL (WT) is now booked. Clearance assumed based upon current clearance status for 1st LOOK unless otherwise advised.

GE Might Spin Off Another Toxic Division

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/30/us-general-electric-consumer-lending/

My admiration for Thomas A. Edison's Frankenstein continues to dwindle..  


What ever happened to solving human problems, rather than increasing them?

Valerie's Story: NBC News Special on Sept 19th..

Posted: 08/29/2013 12:37:09 PM  Air Date: 09/19/2013 Thursday  Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]   Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL  Duration: 00:59:30  Type: New Booking  Message: NBC NEWS SPECIAL: VALERIE'S STORY: A MEREDITH VIEIRA SPECIAL is now booked.

Something to keep the mind busy while waiting for the new iPhone delivery the next day.

Golf Central Live Gets Absorbed by NBC Starting.. NOW.

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Posted: 08/27/2013 04:34:38 PM
Air Date: 09/22/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 05:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TIME AND FORMAT CHANGE: THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP by COCA COLA is now scheduled 1:00-6:00pm ET (prev. sked 1:30-6pm ET). Please see updated format tab and contingencies for details. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 08/27/2013 04:32:42 PM
Air Date: 09/15/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 04:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TIME AND FORMAT CHANGE: BMW CHAMPIONSHIP is now scheduled 1:30-6:00pm ET (prev. sked 2-6pm ET). Please see updated format tab and contingencies for details. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

 Posted: 08/27/2013 04:30:54 PM
Air Date: 09/14/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 02:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: END TIME AND FORMAT CHANGE: BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE (EVERTON v. CHELSEA) is now scheduled 12:30-3:00pm ET (prev. sked 12:30-2:30pm ET). Please see updated format tab and contingencies for details. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

(pah note: why is it NBC didn't expand the Saturday airing of the BMW Championship, but instead gave an extra half hour to BPL?  What made this day different from all the others on this page? 

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Posted: 08/27/2013 04:26:53 PM
Air Date: 09/02/2013 Monday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 05:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TIME AND FORMAT CHANGE: DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP is now scheduled 1:00-6:00pm ET (prev. sked 1:30-6pm ET). Please see updated format tab and contingencies for details. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 08/27/2013 04:24:58 PM
Air Date: 09/01/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GOLF
Duration: 03:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: TIME AND FORMAT CHANGE: DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP is now scheduled 2:30-6:00pm ET (prev. sked 3-6pm ET). Please see updated format tab and contingencies for details. Clearances assumed based on previously advised clearances for this time period unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 08/27/2013 04:21:53 PM
Type: Program Deletion
Message: GOLF CENTRAL LIVE is deleted on the following dates: 9/1, 9/2, 9/14, 9/15, and 9/22. Please see additional What's New messages for replacement programs.  

pah comment.. WOW!  They've sucked in Golf Central Live into the coverage of the Golf Events themselves, which will lower the total ratings of the named event. If NBC heavily weights the local spot avails towards the first half hour, they'll have gamed the system to benefit network advertisers who could be sold peoplemeter numbers later in the telecast by the minute which will always be better than the PAV including the half hour chatter which draws little audience, while local stations will use a PAV of the entire show, which would be an overstatement of the audience they can reach during their front-loaded avails.  But because it will be constant, it will become the new normal.  Oh, and look when it starts.  In three days. Jack Welch would be proud.

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Martin, Barack and Lester on Wednesday

Posted: 08/26/2013 03:17:06 PM
Type: Announcements
Message:

President Obama is scheduled to make a speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Wed. 8/28 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. NBC News will provide a live Optional Special Report at approx. 2:40p ET to cover Obamas speech. Lester Holt will anchor.

Stations wishing to air this coverage should monitor D#15 and switch locally after the :05 NBC News countdown.

More details to follow, monitor for Urgent Messages day-of-air.

The difference between a dream and a plan is a timetable.

Let's hear your timetable, Barack.  This is your moment to announce the change you promised.

Nice that Lester will introduce it..  one of the kindest NBC journalists remaining.

MJF and Sean Encores Fill Friday 8p Hour Into October

 Posted: 08/21/2013 01:57:56 PM
Air Date: 10/04/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SEAN SAVES THE WORLD
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: SEAN SAVES THE WORLD is booked 10/4 through 10/18

Posted: 08/21/2013 01:57:08 PM
Air Date: 09/27/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MICHAEL J. FOX
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE MICAHEL J. FOX SHOW is now booked.

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Posted: 08/21/2013 01:56:16 PM
Air Date: 09/27/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MICHAEL J. FOX
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW is booked 9/27 through 10/18.

This fills the empty spot between Off Their Rocker repeats now through September and the start of Dateline in this TP in October.
Published to client servers.

NBC Gives Local Stations "Meet The Press" from 50 Years Ago

Posted: 08/20/2013 01:12:46 PM  Air Date: 08/25/2013 Sunday  Start Time: 06:00:00 AM [ET]   Show Name: OPTIONAL NETWORK OFFERING  Duration: 00:30:00  Type: New Booking 

Message: MEET THE PRESS SPECIAL EDITION: REMEMBERING THE DREAM: NBC is proud to offer this optional special edition of Meet The Press, originally broadcast on August 25, 1963.

There will be four feeds available (CH17); all stations MUST SWITCH LOCALLY. All inventory (three and a half minutes) will be for your local use and the special will be closed-captioned.

While the best time period is as a lead-in to the scheduled Meet the Press on Sunday 8/25, you may also air this program during the window beginning Sunday 8/25 through the end of the broadcast day in each time zone on Wednesday 8/28. Please see contingencies on this day for complete details. Please advise your NBC Clearance Rep of your airdate.  

 We get to go back fifty years ago this weekend to watch how Meet The Press covered the still upcoming March on Washington, led by Martin Luther King, Jr, just days before the "I Have A Dream" speech given after his group finished their march on August 28th.  

A political note:  No matter what your politics or feelings, take this opportunity to watch how people saw and discussed items of racism and economic opportunity in the early 1960's, before partisan sock puppets and corporate shills.  

A personal note:  On August 28th, 1963, I stood with my father on a curb in Washington DC, where he worked for the American Bar Association.  We watched MLK Jr. walk by.  I wish I remembered it better and I certainly couldn't see it well; I had yet to get glasses for my 20/200 vision.  But or a Roman Catholic white kid brought up in a lily-white world, this was the first of many events which rocked me.  Turns out, it was for the better.

 

NBC Sports & Olympics Research Jobs Appear

For a bunch of reasons, I've never been a fan of watching competitive sports on television.

When it comes to sports, I need extra assistance when trying to figure out future estimates.

This job posting from NBC this morning bring me hope for the future of local NBC stations selling NBC Sports.

It would be nice if NBC Sports would share some of the research this person gathers with non-O&O's.    NBC O&O's are now using WideOrbit/OneDomainInc (WOODI) software, managed from a central location by a team of professionals, to handle their own inventory and estimate needs

Even though they maintain them, the folks at 30 Rock aren't sharing their inventory files with non-O&O's..   but then again, I provide local stations with similar services, so I'm glad they didn't "snipe" my business.

The Winner Surrenders Thursday Nights to Encores Starting This Week

Posted: 08/05/2013 02:11:52 PM
Air Date: 08/15/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT is booked 8/15 through 8/29 and 9/12.

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Posted: 08/05/2013 02:10:53 PM
Air Date: 08/08/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is booked 8/8 through 8/29.

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I sorta called this a few days ago.

NBC Changes Local Spot Avails in NFL SNF Starting This Weekend

Posted: 07/31/2013 05:49:27 PM
Type: Format
Message:

Effective this Sunday, August 4 for both Pre and ALL Regular Season NFL games, the first :30 in the two NFL halftime station breaks will be a coverable Network Promo. The total length of each station break is not changing. Continue to use the same :31 Net promo to cue both station breaks and roll over this new :30 coverable Network promo in order to keep the local break the same length.

Also note: the placement of a :30 IMP in the 2 Pre-Season games is shifting from End of 3rd Quarter to Early Halftime to be consistent with the Regular Season format. Again, there is no change to total length of the station breaks.

Please see updated format tab and contingencies on each NFL Pre-season and Regular Season game day for further details.

Tomorrow Night's Prime Changes to AGT Encore; Likely Through August

Sigh....

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Posted: 07/31/2013 01:18:10 PM
Air Date: 08/01/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is now booked.

This replaces tomorrow night's 8pm scheduled encore of The Winner.  My guess is that NBC will drop the remaining Winner encores in August, and replace it with this AGT encore until September.

RatingBook.com clients now have new PAV-based audience estimates for all of these possibilities.

Users are reminded to restart the WideOrbit/OneDomainInc software (which I lovingly refer to as Woodi) in order to have their desktop get the latest changes from the server in their station I maintain from Las Vegas.

This follows yesterday's August-long change of Fridays at 8pm.

And last week's summer-long change on Saturdays.

And weekend changes made before many went on vacation.

But 44 days ago, here's how they planned for summer.

That's why I call this little journal "NothingButChange."

Fridays @ 8pm Changes For Rest Of Summer

Posted: 07/30/2013 02:24:11 PM
Air Date: 09/17/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is now booked.

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Posted: 07/30/2013 02:13:33 PM
Air Date: 08/31/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DO NO HARM
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DO NO HARM is now booked.

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Posted: 07/30/2013 02:12:38 PM
Air Date: 08/31/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DO NO HARM
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DO NO HARM is now booked.

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Posted: 07/30/2013 02:11:24 PM
Air Date: 08/02/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BETTY WHITE'S OFF THEIR ROCKERS
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BETTY WHITE'S OFF THEIR ROCKERS is booked 8/2 through 9/6 and 9/20.

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Posted: 07/30/2013 02:10:03 PM 
Air Date: 08/02/2013 Friday 
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BETTY WHITE'S OFF THEIR ROCKERS
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BETTY WHITE'S OFF THEIR ROCKERS is booked 8/2 through 9/6 and 9/20.

All of the above were updated yesterday afternoon and published to client servers.

Vacation Month in Manhattan Means Few Posts

It's not that I'm on vacation. And it's not that I think vacations are bad.. everyone needs them.

I'm guessing a good chunk of the NBC folks who decide things are not in their offices at 30 Rock this week.  July Sweeps are over, August and early September schedules are set, all of the premiere work starts in mid-September..

If I had 2 or 3 weeks of vacation and worked for NBC, I would be anyplace other than Manhattan right now.  And since seniority gets to pick vacation dates first, the choicest weeks would go to the top folks at any company.

So, don't expect to see any major announcements today.  If anything, we'll get a ping from the people remaining to show everyone they WERE there.

This Saturday 9p Prime Changes To Grylls Encore

Posted: 07/23/2013 05:03:39 PM
Air Date: 07/27/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GET OUT ALIVE WITH BEAR GRYLLS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: GET OUT ALIVE WITH BEAR GRYLLS is booked on Saturday 7/27, 8/10 and 8/24.

It appears previously scheduled Crossing Lines encores will not follow last weekend's TP premiere.

Clients have already had inventory and audience estimates changed within the hour.

Summer & Fall Sports Changes Abound @ NBC

Posted: 07/15/2013 07:01:31 PM
Air Date: 10/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 02:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MLS (TEAMS TBD) is booked. Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 07:00:25 PM
Air Date: 10/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Duration
Message: BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE is now 2-hrs in duration (previously 2.5-hrs). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

 Posted: 07/15/2013 06:58:37 PM
Air Date: 08/11/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Program title changed to PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB SELECTION SHOW.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:45:00 PM
Air Date: 11/10/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: FIGURE SKATING
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING: SKATE JAPAN moves to 1:30pm ET (previously scheduled at 12pm ET; NOTE: 12-1:30pm ET reverts to Local Time). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 07:01:31 PM
Air Date: 10/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 02:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MLS (TEAMS TBD) is booked. Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 07:00:25 PM
Air Date: 10/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 12:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Duration
Message: BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE is now 2-hrs in duration (previously 2.5-hrs). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:58:37 PM
Air Date: 08/11/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SOCCER
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Title Change
Message: Program title changed to PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB SELECTION SHOW.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:45:00 PM
Air Date: 11/10/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: FIGURE SKATING
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING: SKATE JAPAN moves to 1:30pm ET (previously scheduled at 12pm ET; NOTE: 12-1:30pm ET reverts to Local Time). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

Posted: 07/15/2013 06:32:25 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: RED BULL: SEASON RECAP is booked. Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:31:26 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: RED BULL: HARE SCRAMBLE moves to 3pm ET (previously scheduled at 2:30pm ET) and is now 1-hr in duration (previously 90-min). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:29:56 PM
Air Date: 10/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WORLD OF ADVENTURE is booked (moved from 10/19 at 4pm ET). Please advise clearance.
Posted: 07/15/2013 06:28:16 PM
Air Date: 10/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 04:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: WORLD OF ADVENTURE is deleted.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:27:30 PM
Air Date: 08/11/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: RED BULL: MID SEASON  HIGHLIGHT SHOW PRESENTED BY CASIO is booked. Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:26:03 PM
Air Date: 08/11/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: ACTION SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: RED BULL: OAKLEY PRO moves to 2:30pm ET (previously at 2pm ET) and is now 90-min in duration (previously 2-hrs). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:02:44 PM
Air Date: 08/25/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (ENCORE) is booked (moved from 8/4 at 2:30pm ET). Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 06:01:08 PM
Air Date: 08/04/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: OLYMPIC MOVIE is booked. Please advise clearance.


 Posted: 07/15/2013 05:59:48 PM
Air Date: 08/04/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (ENCORE) is deleted.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 05:43:35 PM
Air Date: 11/17/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 03:30:00
Type: Time Change
Message: FORMULA ONE RACING (USA - AUSTIN, TX) moves to 1pm ET (previously scheduled at 1:30pm ET) and is now 3.5 hrs in duration (previously 3 hrs). Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 05:40:52 PM
Air Date: 11/10/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 01:30:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: SUPER TRUCK SERIES - LAS VEGAS is deleted.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 05:35:25 PM
Air Date: 07/27/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MOTOR SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: OCTANE ACADEMY moves to 5pm ET (previously scheduled at 2pm ET; 2-3pm ET reverts to local time). Clearances assumed based upon previously advised clearances for this time period, unless otherwise notified.

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Posted: 07/15/2013 05:32:32 PM
Air Date: 07/27/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 05:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: Program Deletion
Message: OLYMPIC MOVIE is deleted.

Posted: 07/15/2013 05:12:45 PM
Type: Announcements
Message:

On Saturday 7/27, 2-3pm ET  REVERTS TO LOCAL TIME. Schedule will be updated in APT shortly.

Game Show, Wall of Fame, is Announced

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. --  (July 11, 2013) – NBC has ordered eight episodes of the original hour-long game show “Wall of Fame,” from Endemol USA (“Big Brother,” “Wipeout,” “Steve Harvey,” “Freakshow”) it was announced today by Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC.   Endemol USA, a leading producer of multiple genres of unscripted and scripted programming, will produce the new series.

“Wall of Fame” is a comedic game show where one family can win big money if they can not only answer pop culture trivia questions correctly, but can also guess whether members of our celebrity "Wall of Fame" delivered the correct answers to those same questions.  The celebrity answers will sometimes surprise you, sometimes impress you, but they will always make viewers laugh.

Endemol USA has a successful track record for producing hit game shows.  “Deal or No Deal,” based on the international Endemol format which aired in over 50 countries, aired on NBC for four seasons and consistently ranked in the U.S. as one of NBC’s highest rated shows.

"This series offers something for everyone in a unique game show format that rewards families who know their pop culture trivia," said Telegdy.  "Our celebrities will add an extra element of surprise as they too will have their knowledge tested -- providing a high potential for many unpredictable and raucous answers." 

"With its dramatic game play and celebrities supplying a steady stream of comedy, ‘Wall of Fame’ has the ingredients to be the next hit," said David Goldberg, Chairman and CEO, Endemol North America.  "It isn't enough for families to know the correct answer to pop culture trivia questions.  In order to win big money, contestants need to predict which of our eclectic panel of celebrities also knows the correct answer," he continued.  "Audiences will be constantly amused and surprised by our celebrity's answers. It's the classic case of 'you can't always judge a book by its cover,'" he concluded. 

This Saturday Night Changes; Aug & September, Too

All of these changes, as well as the removal of inventory which had been in these slots, have been made on our client servers..   within 90 minutes of posting on APT.

Current NBC clients have 108 individual items of inventory in Prime and Specials alone, all with customized audience estimates ready for sale right now.

What's in YOUR inventory?

 Posted: 07/11/2013 05:30:00 PM
Air Date: 09/26/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: PARKS AND RECREATION
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: PARKS AND RECREATION is booked.

Posted: 07/11/2013 05:29:20 PM
Air Date: 09/21/2013 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.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:28:27 PM
Air Date: 09/21/2013 Saturday
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.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:27:16 PM
Air Date: 09/20/2013 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CAMP
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CAMP is booked.

Posted: 07/11/2013 05:26:43 PM
Air Date: 09/18/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is booked.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:25:54 PM
Air Date: 09/14/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked.

Posted: 07/11/2013 05:25:10 PM
Air Date: 09/12/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT is booked on Thursday 9/12 and 9/19.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:24:11 PM
Air Date: 09/12/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE WINNER IS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE WINNER IS is booked.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:23:26 PM
Air Date: 09/09/2013 Monday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: SIBERIA
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SIBERIA is booked on Monday 9/9 and 9/16.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:22:44 PM
Air Date: 09/09/2013 Monday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked on Monday 9/9 and 9/16.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:21:50 PM
Air Date: 09/07/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DO NO HARM
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DO NO HARM is booked.

 Posted: 07/11/2013 05:19:46 PM
Air Date: 09/03/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is booked on Tuesday 9/3 and 9/10.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:18:37 PM
Air Date: 09/02/2013 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.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:17:46 PM
Air Date: 08/31/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DO NO HARM
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DO NO HARM is booked.

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Posted: 07/11/2013 05:16:55 PM

Air Date: 07/13/2013 Saturday 

Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GET OUT ALIVE WITH BEAR GRYLLS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: GET OUT ALIVE WITH BEAR GRYLLS is booked.

This leaves Tuesday, September 17th 9-11pm and Fridays at 8pm in late September as the only TBAs in the 3rd Quarter schedule.

July 5th Ping from NYC

Posted: 07/05/2013 01:33:27 PM
Type: Operating Conditions
Message: Sports Operating Conditions for Sunday 7/28 are now available.

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Posted: 07/05/2013 01:29:26 PM
Type: Operating Conditions
Message: Sports Operating Conditions for Saturday 7/27 are now available.

CBS Changes 3rd Quarter Prime on Tues & Thursday @ 9p

It seems CBS is sliding both Person of Interest and Big Brother into the slots they have occupied for the last two summers, effective next week.

RatingBook.com clients already have competitive inventories and estimates reflecting this change.

Madden Pro-Am Returns to NBC on August 25th

Posted: 07/02/2013 06:19:54 PM
Air Date: 08/25/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MADDEN NFL 14 PIGSKIN PRO-AM is now booked. Please see contingencies for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Pro athletes playing themselves in the latest video game.   No egos here, right?

ABC O&Os Get Mobile Live Streaming

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/07/01/disney-abc-television-group-expands-authenticated-watch-abc-live-streaming-service-to-four-additional-markets-780302/20130701abc01/

This announcement brings a number of questions:

Will the local ads be simulcast as well as national and network?
What measurement system will they use to lump in mobile viewing with standard TV?
Why would non-O&O's turn over their retransmission opportunity to NBC/U?