Lots of Holiday Specials Added to APT

Posted: 11/07/2013 01:45:57 PM
Air Date: 12/25/2013 Wednesday
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.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:45:12 PM
Air Date: 12/25/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: MICHAEL BUBLE SPECIAL (WT) is booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:44:23 PM
Air Date: 12/25/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: KELLY CLARKSON SPECIAL (WT) is booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:42:57 PM
Air Date: 11/27/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE THANKSGIVING is booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:42:05 PM
Air Date: 11/27/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]

Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: THE MAKING OF THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! is booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:40:13 PM
Air Date: 12/02/2013 Monday
Start Time: 10:01:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT
Duration: 00:58:30
Type: New Booking
Message: HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT is booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:33:51 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BLACKLIST
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BLACKLIST is now booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:33:02 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE SING-OFF
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE SING OFF is now booked.

Posted: 11/07/2013 01:32:11 PM
Air Date: 12/07/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER (rpt) is now booked.

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Posted: 11/07/2013 01:30:37 PM
Air Date: 12/13/2013 Friday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: GRIMM
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: GRIMM is now booked.

All of the above specials have been added to client inventories, along with customized audience estimates for each, and published to client servers as of 11:24am PST.

Voice Encores Fill Saturdays @ 8pm on 11/16 & 11/23

Posted: 11/01/2013 04:28:24 PM
Air Date: 11/16/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is now booked 11/16 and 11/23.

 Published to client servers yesterday afternoon.  

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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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?

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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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.

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).

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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).

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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)

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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.

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.

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.

NBC Holiday Specials Booked in September

This is the most complete booking of holiday specials I've ever seen out of NBC's APT, and (by the skin of 30 Rock's granite teeth) still in Third Quarter!

Posted: 09/26/2013 06:43:49 PM
Air Date: 12/24/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:42:17 PM
Air Date: 12/05/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:41:02 PM
Air Date: 12/04/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: SNL CHRISTMAS is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:40:12 PM
Air Date: 12/04/2013 Wednesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:38:57 PM
Air Date: 11/22/2013 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: JFK 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (WT) is booked.Air Date: 12/28/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:36:42 PM
Air Date: 12/14/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is booked.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:35:42 PM
Air Date: 11/30/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 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.

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Posted: 09/26/2013 06:34:54 PM
Air Date: 11/09/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MISS UNIVERSE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: MISS UNIVERSE is booked.

Client stations had updated inventory and audience estimates, with full rationale, within one hour of APT posting.

Fallon Gets Midnight Hour After Olympics 2/17-24

Posted: 09/26/2013 02:37:23 PM
Air Date: 02/17/2014 Monday
Start Time: 12:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON is booked Mon 2/17/14 through Friday 2/21/14.

Let The Olympic Changes Begin!

Posted: 09/25/2013 01:38:57 PM
Air Date: 02/07/2014 Friday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Duration: 04:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES: PRIMETIME now starts at 7:30pm ET (previously 8pm ET), and is 4 hours in duration (previously 3.5 hours). Please see updated contingencies, format and feed tab on this day. Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 09/25/2013 01:07:33 PM
Air Date: 02/07/2014 Friday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Duration: 04:00:00
Type: Time Change
Message:

Opening Ceremonies for the OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES will now begin at 7:30pm. Please see schedule for updated format and details.

NBC Announces 1st Qtr 2014 Sports Specials

Posted: 09/20/2013 04:41:16 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: The 2014 1st QUARTER SPORTS SPECIALS package is now booked on the following dates: 1/5, 1/12, 1/18, 1/19, 1/25, 1/26, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/23, and 4/12.  Please see contingencies on these dates for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

pah note: there have also been a series of Football announcements for NFL Playoff and AllAmerican HS games..  clients have had these programs in their inventory since January 2013 (9 months ago).   As they say, old news for my clients, but if it's not in your station's inventory, you do need my help.

More Good News for Insomniac Luddite Investors

Posted: 09/19/2013 12:44:07 PM
Air Date: 09/23/2013 Monday
Start Time: 03:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: MAD MONEY - ALL NIGHT
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MAD MONEY-AN is booked Monday through Friday, 9/23-11/1

Wait..  NBC is building last-minute extending a business model on a 12 hour later replay of entertainment-grade investment news and advice?  So, who is their prime audience target?

Individual investors of substantial resources who do not have cable, DVR, satellite DBS or internet service AND are up at 3am.  But if they are up at 3am and are investors, don't you think they want NEWS instead of old comedy and Wall Street schtick? (sp?)

Oh well, I'm sure the people in New York City are much smarter than I am.  They must have realized that Pacific and Hawaiian viewers own time zones mean 3am is MUCH closer to Opening Bell than in NYC.  But then... the world ends at Albany, right?

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.
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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.