Parenthood Bumped on Jan 29th by Dateline

More figure skating fills Saturday, January 26th and Parenthood gets bumped by Dateline on Tuesday, January 29th.   Hmmm.

Posted: 01/14/2013 01:34:04 PM
Air Date: 01/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LADIES SHORT PROGRAM) is now booked.

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Posted: 01/14/2013 01:32:38 PM
Air Date: 01/29/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is now booked.

Tuesday, Feb 12th Prime Impacted By State of the Union

Posted: 01/11/2013 12:41:49 PM
Type: Announcements
Message:

NBC News will provide live coverage of the State of the Union Address on Feb. 12. Complete operating details to follow.

American Ninja Takes Saturday 8pm Slot

Posted: 01/10/2013 04:44:32 PM
Air Date: 02/02/2013 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 now booked 2/2 through 3/23.

Published yesterday to clients, along with the 2 hours of Betty White against SuperBowl.

30 Rock Series Finale Scheduled for Jan 31

Posted: 01/10/2013 01:17:42 PM
Air Date: 01/31/2013 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: 30 ROCK
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: 30 ROCK (Series Finale) is now booked.

The Real Oath of Office on Sunday, January 20th

Watch President Obama take the oath of office, officially, for the third out of a soon-to-be record four times.*  The constitution says he's gotta be re-upped on Sunday, but the big event for the public is the next day, making it a total of 4 times George Wallace will roll in his grave.

Posted: 01/09/2013 07:10:24 PM
Air Date: 01/20/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 11:55:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: OPTIONAL NETWORK OFFERING
Duration: 00:15:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC News will provide an optional NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: V.P & PRESIDENTIAL OATH. Stations in Non-Net service should switch locally to CH15 if you want to take this feed. Please see contingencies on Sunday 1/20 for further details.

*They had to do a re-do back in 2009, thanks to a slip up.

NHL Games Return to NBC on January 19th

Posted: 01/09/2013 04:51:14 PM
Air Date: 01/19/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 03:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: CHICAGO @ LOS ANGELES OR PITTSBURGH @ PHILADELPHIA is now booked (and moves previously scheduled NBC Sports Special to Sunday 1/20; see separate WN message). Please advise clearance.

NHL Strike Could Be Over By Jan 15th

From The New York Times:

The N.H.L board of governors was expected to meet in New York by Tuesday to vote on the deal ahead of a hoped-for start of training camps on Wednesday. Players are also expected to ratify the agreement. Under the quickest timetable, play could begin by Jan. 15. But ratifications, paperwork and the players’ desire to have one exhibition game could push that date back.

Biggest Loser Marathon on Jan 20

Posted: 01/04/2013 05:26:18 PM
Air Date: 01/20/2013 Sunday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE BIGGEST LOSER
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE BIGGEST LOSER is booked.

and another for the two hours before.

Second Quarter NBC Sports Posted

And for the folks from the former USSR who visit this blog each time it's mentioned, Heads Up Poker appears to be set for an April return to NBC.

Second Quarter NBC golf programming was posted late Friday evening.  It's a tradition at 30 Rock.

Figure Skating Booked for Sat Prime 1/26

Posted: 01/02/2013 02:19:00 PM
Air Date: 01/26/2013 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS is booked. Please advise clearance.

Published to clients.

NFL Playoff Teams Announced

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Posted: 12/31/2012 10:01:23 AM 
Air Date: 01/05/2013 Saturday 
Start Time: 04:30:00 PM [ET]  
Show Name: NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 
Duration: 03:00:00 
Type: Announcements 
Message: Team match-ups announced for Wildcard Playoff games: Game #1 = Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans; Game #2 = Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers. Contingencies have been updated to reflect this announcment.

Cowboys @ Redskins on SNF This Weekend

Posted: 12/26/2012 10:59:29 AM
Air Date: 12/30/2012 Sunday
Start Time: 08:20:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Duration: 03:10:00
Type: Announcements
Message: Team match-up for Sunday 12/30 will be Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins.

Merry Christmas from RatingBook.com

On December 25th, we have a chance to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace.

Let's do so by helping each other, gently.

Merry Christmas.

Friday Night Changes Again

Posted: 12/18/2012 05:33:43 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2012 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MICHAEL BUBLE: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is booked.

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Posted: 12/18/2012 05:32:51 PM
Air Date: 12/21/2012 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BLAKE SHELTON'S NOT SO FAMILY CHRISTMAS is booked.

This is becoming a Friday tradition.

Published to client inventories.

Do you know which program got pushed out of this swap?  I had to look it up, too.

Nielsen Buys Arbitron

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/nielsen-to-buy-arbitron-for-1-26-billion/

The foot soldiers of Arbitron might be wondering why they had to sacrifice years of their life for this outcome.  I'm sure no one who suffered from the competition between the two will get any part of the 1.26 billion.  (Full disclosure: I was part of Arbitron's TV & Cable business from 87 through its death in 1994, so I have been in their shoes.)

On the other hand, Nielsen does get working audio-driven, passive personal people-meters out of the deal..  Arbitron was working on them as a replacement for ScanAmerica's STB back in 91, so they've had some time to get it right.

Nielsen's not been the best at following through on announced technology roll-outs. (Remember mailable meters?) What they are good at, it seems, is spending money to buy out competition.

Leno Moves Up Start Time in 2013

Posted: 12/17/2012 03:49:09 PM
Air Date: 01/08/2013 Tuesday
Start Time: 11:34:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO
Duration: 01:02:00
Type: Time Change
Message:
Start time of THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO moves to 11:34:00pm ET on Tuesday 1/8 thru Fri 1/11. The duration will be 1:02:00 on these nights. Stations get additional :30 seconds of Local Avail time in Pod 2. Please see updated format and feed tabs on each day for details.

Let the late night battles begin anew.

Here's why.

RatingBook.com Clients Have November 12 Based Estimates

Does your NBC TV station's sales team have November 2012 PAV based audience estimates to use in selling the remainder of this year and the first two quarters of next?

If the answer is no, I can change that very quickly.

Chattanooga Data Arrives..

Ok, I've got coffee, holiday baked goods, a happy cat asleep next to me, Miles Davis from On The Corner in 7.1 sound..

It's a cold, cold weekend in Las Vegas.

It's November Sweeps data time...

Christmas Specials Swapped in Prime Tonight

Tonight at 8pm, NBC had Blake Shelton's holiday special scheduled.  Well, up until a few minutes ago, they did...

Posted: 12/14/2012 02:35:23 PM
Air Date: 12/14/2012 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message:
MICHAEL BUBLE: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is booked for tonight.

Font change added due to incredibly late announcement of primetime changes on a  Friday afternoon.

Dec 22 and 25 Prime Change

Posted: 12/13/2012 05:47:24 PM
Air Date: 12/25/2012 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: BLAKE SHELTON'S NOT SO FAMILY CHRISTMAS is booked. 

(This bumps an encore hour of Go On) 

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Posted: 12/13/2012 05:46:12 PM
Air Date: 12/22/2012 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. 

(This bumps normal L&O:SVU in the timeslot, and follows two holiday specials)