Fourth Quarter Golf Schedule Posted

Posted: 04/30/2012 10:17:12 AM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2012 4TH QUARTER GOLF PACKAGE is now booked on the following dates: 12/1, 12/2, 12/8, 12/9, 12/15, 12/16, 12/29, and 12/30. Please see contingencies on these dates for further details. Please advise clearance.

Chattanooga and Jacksonville will have updated inventory and estimates today.

NBC Sports Specials for Fourth Quarter Appear in APT

Ah, it must be getting close to the weekend, as NBC is releasing bit by bit their schedule for 4th Quarter Sports Specials.  Must be still going on, as there's no notice in APT2Go yet.

Update:

Posted: 04/27/2012 06:16:31 PM
Type: New Booking
Message: THE 2012 4TH QUARTER NBC SPORTS SPECIAL PACKAGE is now booked on the following dates: 10/6, 10/7, 10/14, 10/20, 10/21, 10/27, 10/28, 11/10, 11/11, 11/17, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/8, 12/9, 12/15, 12/16, 12/22, 12/23, and 12/30. Please see contingencies on these dates for further details and impact to other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Looks like I have several hours of work to do for each client station over the weekend, but my clients will have much fuller Sports inventory and customized estimates when they come in to work on Monday morning.

East Coast NHL Teams Play This Weekend

As seen on APT this morning:

Posted: 04/27/2012 11:32:24 AM
Type: Operating Conditions
Message: Sports Operating Conditions for Saturday 4/28 and Sunday 4/29 have been revised to include the NHL team matchups (Sat: Washington @ NY Rangers; Sun: New Jersey @ Philadelphia) and to update the program guarantee scenarios on both days. Please see contingencies on these days for complete details.

BFF Cancelled on Wednesdays; Awake Finale Resched?

Air Date: 05/17/2012 Thursday
Start Time: 10:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: AWAKE
Duration: 00:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: AWAKE is booked on Thursday 5/17 and 5/24.

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Posted: 04/26/2012 07:07:10 PM
Air Date: 05/17/2012 Thursday
Start Time: 09:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: COMMUNITY
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: COMMUNITY is booked.

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Posted: 04/26/2012 07:04:17 PM
Air Date: 05/17/2012 Thursday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: COMMUNITY
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: COMMUNITY is booked.

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Posted: 04/26/2012 07:02:43 PM
Air Date: 05/02/2012 Wednesday
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 on Wednesday 5/2 through 5/16.

 Chattanooga and Jacksonville have already been updated.

Update:  NBC waited a bit to let the press know about this change.

In Wine Country Dries Up In May; NBC4 Show Fills TP

Looks like In Wine Country's days are numbered:

 Posted: 04/25/2012 05:46:56 PM
Air Date: 05/05/2012 Saturday
Start Time: 02:02:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: OPEN HOUSE NYC
Duration: 00:28:00
Type: New Booking
Message: OPEN HOUSE NYC is booked on Saturday 5/5/12 - UFN. 

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Posted: 04/25/2012 05:45:55 PM
Air Date: 05/05/2012 Saturday
Start Time: 01:32:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: OPEN HOUSE NYC
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: OPEN HOUSE NYC is booked on Saturday 5/5/12 - UFN. 

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Posted: 04/25/2012 05:44:36 PM
Air Date: 05/05/2012 Saturday
Start Time: 01:02:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: 1ST LOOK
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: 1ST LOOK is booked on Saturday 5/5/12 - UFN. 

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Posted: 04/25/2012 05:42:36 PM
Air Date: 05/04/2012 Friday
Start Time: 04:00:00 AM [ET]
Show Name: 1ST LOOK
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: 1ST LOOK is booked on Friday 5/4/12 - UFN.

Here's what I've learned so far:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/

More about "1st Look" as I find it.

NY Times: Voice & Smash Ratings Recovery

From The New York Times:

Media Decoder: Minor Comeback for NBC on Monday, as It Faced Weaker Competition

By BILL CARTER

Published: April 24, 2012

There were signs of improvement for “The Voice” and its flagging drama favorite, “Smash.”

Finale Dates and May Changes Announced

Posted: 04/23/2012 03:42:45 PM
Type: Announcements
Message: The NBC 2011-2012 SEASON FINALES is now posted. To display, click on the "R" on this report or click on the report title under Affiliate Relations quick link

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Posted: 04/23/2012 03:41:20 PM
Air Date: 05/08/2012 Tuesday
Start Time: 09:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: THE VOICE
Duration: 01:59:30
Type: New Booking
Message: THE VOICE is booked.

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Posted: 04/23/2012 03:40:21 PM
Air Date: 05/08/2012 Tuesday
Start Time: 08:00:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: FASHION STAR
Duration: 01:00:00
Type: New Booking
Message: FASHION STAR is booked.

Gannett and Sarkes Tarzian stations have already been updated.

NHL MatchUps for Sunday Confirmed: PA, MA and DC Happy

Posted: 04/20/2012 10:49:11 PM
Type: Announcements
Message: The NHL schedule on NBC for Sunday April 22 is as follows: 12pm-3pm: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3pm-6pm: Boston at Washington. Network schedule will be updated shortly to reflect these updates.

Obama Will Boost Late Night W/ Fallon Viewing on 4/24

I'll be noting this broadcast in specials for my clients, as it will have far greater viewing than normal.  There's not much inventory to be sold in this program, but local NBC stations can glean what they can.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/obama-to-appear-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/

Client stations have been updated, with inventory and customized estimates published.

Sunday Night Football Schedule for 2012 Announced

2012 SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Wed. Sept. 5 NFL Kickoff Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Sun. Sept. 9 Week 1 Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos
Sun. Sept. 16 Week 2 Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers
Sun. Sept. 23 Week 3 New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens
Sun. Sept. 30 Week 4 New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
Sun. Oct. 7 Week 5 San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints
Sun. Oct. 14 Week 6 Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans
Sun. Oct. 21 Week 7 Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Sun. Oct. 28 Week 8 New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos
Sun. Nov. 4 Week 9 Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons
Sun. Nov. 11 Week 10 Houston Texans at Chicago Bears
*Sun. Nov. 18 Week 11 Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
**Thurs. Nov. 22 Week 12 New England Patriots at New York Jets
*Sun. Nov. 25 Week 12 Green Bay Packers at New York Giants
*Sun. Dec. 2 Week 13 Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
*Sun. Dec. 9 Week 14 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
*Sun. Dec. 16 Week 15 San Francisco 49ers at New England Patriots
*Sun. Dec. 23 Week 16 San Diego Chargers at New York Jets
*Sun. Dec. 30 Week 17 TBA
*Flex Week ** Thanksgiving Night Game

Want Inventory & Estimates @ Your NBC Station?

Possible Match-Ups for NHL Dblhdr on Sunday, April 22nd Announced

Posted: 04/13/2012 05:33:34 PM
Type: Announcements
Message: Possible team match-ups for NHL Conference Quarter-Final Doubleheader on Sun. 4/22 are as follows with Game Times TBD: Boston at Washington-Game #6 and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia-Game #6

Pre-Season Games Semi-Scheduled For August Sundays

The NFL announced their pre-season schedule six days ago.  NBC instantly posted it..  not on APT, but here.

Great for fans who diligently read the NBCSports website; not so great for letting NBC affiliate stations know.  Especially when the games still weren't in APT earlier today.

Sigh.

This evening, NBC gets around to this:

Posted: 04/10/2012 04:15:28 PM
Type: Announcements
Message: The two (2) NFL 2012 Pre-season games on NBC are as follows: Sunday, August 19, Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh; Sunday, August 26, Carolina @ NY Jets. Details TBD.

Hmm...  no idea if the games are afternoon or prime, so to make all the salespeople happy, I guess I'll create versions of both.  Gotta love NBC Sports.

Update @2:35p PDT: Current clients have inventory and estimates for both daypart scenarios. 

A gentle reminder..  Local client MediaOffice users *must* close, then re-open MediaOffice on their desktop to see changes in inventories and estimates newly published by a station's RD or by RDRx service.

Seacrest: From CNet's 'Digital Domain' to NBC Olympics

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/for-seacrest-nbc-deal-includes-the-olympics/

June Sports Specials Change & Rename

RDRx clients have been updated already.

Prime Changes: Rockers/BFF Encore Bumps 'The Firm' Saturday

Posted: 04/02/2012 07:16:28 PM
Air Date: 04/07/2012 Saturday
Start Time: 09:30:00 PM [ET]
Show Name: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Duration: 00:30:00
Type: New Booking
Message: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is booked.

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Posted: 04/02/2012 07:15:00 PM
Air Date: 04/07/2012 Saturday
Start Time: 09:00:00 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.

 Client inventory and estimates have been updated.

May & June Prime Looks Better Now.. July Still Empty on APT

When NBC makes a scattershot wide-reaching primetime programming change announcement as they did last night, it's tough to see what it really means until you have it all in a grid.  After all, there were 19 different changes for May and June announced on APT in the last 16 hours.

Friday Night Update:

June changes already published to RDRx March clients include SVU in Monday's last hour, Grimm filling Tuesday's and a lot more America's Got Talent encores on Sundays and Tuesdays.

All clients will find an updated Second Quarter Prime and Specials planner saved As Avail for use as a template for your modification of existing schedules already purchased.

More June & July Prime Announced

America's Got Talent gets lots of Sunday airings, while Off Their Rocker gets extended before it even gets started, SVU fills Monday at 10pm, and Grimm takes Tuesday at 10pm.

This plus much more was released after COB today, so who knows what might follow Friday morning.

Live 30 Rock Should Boost April 26th Audience

http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/nbcentertainment/pressreleases?pr=contents/press-releases/2012/03/29/nbcs30rockwillp1333040403027.xml

All Clients Are Updated

Clients in both Eastern and Mountain Time Zones all have February data installed, along with Second Quarter audience estimates ready for use the same day the ratings arrived.

After 20 hours of work in the last two days, I'm glad to take a break.