Next Tuesday and Saturday Nights Prime Get Tweaked

Posted: 09/24/2015 01:50:02 PM
Air Date: 09/29/2015 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:01:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Duration: 00:58:30
Type: New Booking
Message: BEST TIME EVER w/NPH is now booked.

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Posted: 09/24/2015 01:48:54 PM
Air Date: 09/29/2015 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.

These programs swap time periods.

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Posted: 09/23/2015 06:13:42 PM
Air Date: 10/03/2015 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: 09/23/2015 06:12:23 PM
Air Date: 10/03/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: LIVE FROM NEW YORK is booked.

And these two SNL specials replace a replay of the 3 hour 40th Anniversary Show, which they'll probably save for November sweeps.

Carmichael Show Reappears on September 26th

Posted: 09/17/2015 04:15:40 PM
Air Date: 09/26/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is booked.

This replaces "Caught On Camera".

Updating 2016 Sports? Don't Miss This...

Posted: 08/27/2015 05:48:24 PM
Air Date: 02/13/2016 Saturday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: OLYMPIC TRIALS
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: US OLYMPIC TRIALS: MARATHON (MEN & WOMENS) is now booked. Please see contingencies on this day for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

NBC Posts Golf & Figure Skating through April 2016

Posted: 08/26/2015 11:02:14 AM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2016 2ND QUARTER GOLF PACKAGE is booked on the followimg dates: 4/2 and 4/3. Please see contingencies on these dates for complete details. Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 08/26/2015 10:51:13 AM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2016 1ST QUARTER GOLF PACKAGE is booked on the following dates:1/9 (*), 1/10 (*), 2/6, 2/7, 2/27, 2/28, 3/5, 3/6, 3/12, 3/13, 3/19, 3/20, 3/26, and 3/27. *Please see NFL Playoff contingencies on 1/9 and 1/10 for scheduling impacts on these two dates; see contingencies on all other scheduled dates for details Please advise clearance.

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Posted: 08/26/2015 10:44:54 AM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2016 1ST QUARTER FIGURE SKATING PACKAGE is booked on the following dates: 1/16 (*), 1/23, 1/24, 1/30, 1/31, 2/20, and 4/10. *Please see NFL Playoff contingencies on 1/16 and 1/17 for scheduling impacts on these two date; see contingencies on all other scheduled dates for details Please advise clearance.

And then this, after lunch in Manhattan?

 Posted: 08/26/2015 12:39:49 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2016 1ST QUARTER SKI & SNOWBOARDING (USSA) is booked on the following dates:1/16 (*), 1/17 (*), 1/24, 1/30, 2/13, 2/14, 3/19 and 3/26. *Please see NFL Playoff contingencies on 1/16 and 1/17 for scheduling impacts on these two dates; see contingencies on all other scheduled dates for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Nahh.. before lunch.

Sunday's Hollywood Game is Replaced by Carmichael Before NFL

Posted: 08/25/2015 05:10:14 PM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 07:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is now booked.

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Posted: 08/25/2015 05:08:48 PM
Air Date: 08/30/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is now booked.

Published to client servers, so they can begin work on this first thing Wednesday morning.

 

Goodbye, Human Arrow; Hello, Encore of BTE

Posted: 08/21/2015 05:54:19 PM
Air Date: 09/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is now booked.

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Posted: 08/21/2015 05:53:26 PM
Air Date: 09/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BEST TIME EVER WITH NPH is now booked.

Wow, what a surprise.

To remind you, here was my comment back on August 6th,

The 8pm hour used to be an encore of Best Time Ever's premiere episode from Tuesday, Sept 15th, so don't be shocked if they revert back to that if BTE does well on the 15th.  Not sure about Human Arrow yet, so I'm looking at Datelines more than Sports Specials for demographic guidance.

All-American HS Football Bowl Game on January 9th

Posted: 08/20/2015 11:37:19 AM
Air Date: 01/09/2016 Saturday
Start Time: 01:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Duration: 03:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN BOWL (HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL) is now booked. Please see contingencies for complete details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Here's another program that airs every year and should be in every NBC TV station's inventory year round.  For RatingBook.com clients, the date added to the Program Name verifies that NBC has posted the program and it can be found in APT.

NHL Regular Season Games on NBC Formally Announced

Posted: 08/19/2015 01:03:50 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: The 2015-2016 NHL REGULAR SEASON package is now booked on the following dates: 11/27, 1/1, 1/24, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/13, 4/3, and 4/9. Please see contingencies on each date for details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

NBC is making the day after Thanksgiving and New Year's Day games a ritual.  LPM markets up north probably have great numbers to show for these games. Of course, neither are in sweeps in diary markets, so a lot of spots in smaller markets are sold on faith in the estimates.

RatingBook.com clients have more than 320 individual lines of NBC Sports inventory, each with a customized PAV-based audience estimate with unique rationale text that goes way beyond "auto-rationale."   And now they include all of the above games.

Our clients know if a future NBC program in their inventory is truly scheduled by NBC, because there's a date in the actual title.  After watching NBC schedule sports for nearly two decades,  we have a pretty good idea what to expect in future months and years. 

With 2016 turning into the Gold Rush of issue advertising, local stations need to glean every available spot they have to sell, and to get the most money they can for it.  We're here to help.

Coat of Many Colors Booked for Thursday, December 10th

Posted: 08/18/2015 03:35:00 PM
Air Date: 12/10/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIALS: THE COAT OF MANY COLORS is now booked.

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Posted: 08/18/2015 03:33:40 PM
Air Date: 09/11/2015 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPECIAL: THINK IT UP is now booked.

And a bunch of short previews of new fall NBC programs will air *this* Friday night, starting at 1:37 AM and lasting until 2:07 AM.

 

Heroes Reborn Gets Second Hour on 9/24

Posted: 08/13/2015 03:02:50 PM
Air Date: 11/10/2015 Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: CHICAGO FIRE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: CHICAGO FIRE is now booked.

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Posted: 08/13/2015 03:01:51 PM
Air Date: 09/24/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HEROES REBORN
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: HEROES REBORN is booked.

The Blacklist premiere previously scheduled for 9/24?  Don't know yet.

Chicago Fire goes into a time slot which had been penciled in for Chicago Med's premiere.

Will we see more changes to premiere week?  Oh wait..  I forgot the name of the blog.

NBC: 'Human Arrow' Targets Friday, Sept 18th

Posted: 08/06/2015 04:26:52 PM
Air Date: 09/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: NBC SPORTS SPECIAL: THE HUMAN ARROW is booked.

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Posted: 08/06/2015 04:25:51 PM
Air Date: 09/18/2015 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is now booked.

The 8pm hour used to be an encore of Best Time Ever's premiere episode from Tuesday, Sept 15th, so don't be shocked if they revert back to that if BTE does well on the 15th.  Not sure about Human Arrow yet, so I'm looking at Datelines more than Sports Specials for demographic guidance.

Published to client servers while posting this note.

Rio Olympics in August 2016 Posted

This morning, APT shows nearly all of the Summer Olympics schedule listed in Contingencies. 

Summer Olympics have run out of sweeps for quite a while, and using twenty year old diary demographics has its limitations.  Here's a place where local peoplemeters are very helpful.

It does not appear as if NBC has listed the Opening or Closing ceremonies yet, but I'll place them in client inventories anyway..  the Opening Ceremony is the highest rated event of the Olympics.


Opinion:
By the way, if your diary-market clients are asking you to guarantee rating points for Olympic events, find another client...  the halo effect of Olympics out of sweep cannot be measured in diary markets, and you have a year to find someone willing to pay for the entire suite of benefits that comes with Olympic advertising.

3rd & 4th Quarter Sports Changes Continue

So far, 23 minor changes for 2015 sports..  these will be updated over the weekend, as there may be a "out the door" posting, as typical on Friday nights during the summer.

Goodbye To Sweden & Hollywood; Hello AGT Encore This Sunday

Did I mention the third change in programming for this time period in less than three days is scheduled for this coming Sunday?

Posted: 07/30/2015 03:37:59 PM
Air Date: 08/02/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 07:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICA'S GOT TALENT is booked.

Published to client servers at 4:33pm EDT.

Wednesdays in August Change

Posted: 07/24/2015 06:38:48 PM
Air Date: 08/26/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is booked on Wednesday 8/26 through 9/9.

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Posted: 07/24/2015 06:38:08 PM
Air Date: 08/26/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is booked on Wednesday 8/26 through 9/9.

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Posted: 07/24/2015 06:36:57 PM
Air Date: 08/05/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MR. ROBINSON
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MR. ROBINSON is booked on Wednesday 8/5 through 8/19.

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Posted: 07/24/2015 06:36:11 PM
Air Date: 08/05/2015 Wednesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: MR. ROBINSON
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: MR. ROBINSON is booked on Wednesday 8/5 through 8/19.

Yet another in a series of "out the door on Friday night" program changes, but client servers already have updated inventory.

Surprise! Ed Sheeran Special in August.

Posted: 07/24/2015 10:06:15 AM
Air Date: 08/16/2015 Sunday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: ED SHEERAN-LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM is now booked.

This replaces Welcome To Sweden, and has been published to client servers.

Ninja Tweaks & More in August & Sept

Already published to client servers.

 Posted: 07/23/2015 06:31:00 PM
Air Date: 09/11/2015 Friday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is booked.

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Posted: 07/23/2015 06:30:15 PM
Air Date: 09/11/2015 Friday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: FOOD FIGHTERS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: FOOD FIGHTERS is booked.

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Posted: 07/23/2015 06:29:27 PM
Air Date: 09/14/2015 Monday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked.

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Posted: 07/23/2015 06:28:29 PM
Air Date: 09/19/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR
Duration: 02:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is booked.

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Posted: 07/23/2015 06:27:40 PM
Air Date: 08/29/2015 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.


Posted: 07/23/2015 06:26:49 PM
Air Date: 08/27/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE NBC
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE NBC is booked on Thursday 8/27 and 9/3.

NBC Swaps Thursday and Saturday Night Prime Thru August

Posted: 07/13/2015 03:35:32 PM
Air Date: 07/18/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: HANNIBAL
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: HANNIBAL is booked on Saturday 7/18 through 8/29.

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Posted: 07/13/2015 03:34:18 PM
Air Date: 07/18/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AQUARIUS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: AQUARIUS is booked on Saturday 7/18 through 8/8, and on 8/22.

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Posted: 07/13/2015 03:32:24 PM
Air Date: 07/16/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: DATELINE THURSDAY NIGHT MYSTERY
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: DATELINE THURSDAY NIGHT MYSTERY is booked on Thursday 7/16 through 8/20.

Published to client servers.

NBC Fills August 15th and September 17th..

Posted: 07/09/2015 02:12:13 PM
Air Date: 09/17/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: MAT FRANCO'S GOT MAGIC is now booked.

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Posted: 07/09/2015 02:10:28 PM
Air Date: 09/17/2015 Thursday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPECIALS
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: JEFF DUNHAM: UNHINGED IN HOLLYWOOD is now booked.

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Posted: 07/09/2015 02:08:21 PM
Air Date: 08/15/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: FOOD FIGHTERS
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: FOOD FIGHTERS is now booked.

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Posted: 07/09/2015 02:07:23 PM
Air Date: 08/15/2015 Saturday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NBC SPORTS SPECIALS
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: P&G CHAMPIONSHIPS (Gymnastics) is now booked.

Up until today, these days were listed as TBA in APT.  

August 15th: This gymnastics competition has been in this time period for several years, with the Prime hours being announced much later than the daytime coverage on Saturday and Sunday, so this was expected, but impossible to verify until today.

September 17th: CBS has its first night of Thursday Night Football on this evening, while Fox and ABC will be wrapping up summer series.  These new NBC specials should appeal to women not hooked on the competition's conclusions and not thrilled with the NFL as a primetime option in September.

Timing is Everything at NBC

Posted: 07/02/2015 04:46:12 PM
Air Date: 07/06/2015 Monday
Start Time: 02:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: NASCAR
Duration: 02:00:00
Type: Announcements
Message: ALL STATIONS NOTE: Coverage of NASCAR Sprint Series: Daytona is possible on Monday 7/6 if the race cannot be completed on Sunday 7/5. Coverage is anticipated to begin at 2:00pm ET and will air LIVE ACROSS. Anticipate 3x Internal 2:04 Station Breaks and a Terminal 1:04 Station Break for the 2-4pm ET timeperiod. Please see contingencies on this day for further information including the impact to Days of Our Lives feed schedule.  Please monitor Urgent Message/SOS systems for scheduling and APT updates.