Filed under: Industry , Programming , Commercials , Reality-Free Sure, we always talk about NBC, how they are usually fourth in the ratings and and they don't give shows a chance and they show Deal Or No Deal way too many times, but they are number one in one important area: selling ad time for this fall . The network has already sold $1.9 billion (yes, that's with a B, as in Bionic Woman ) of advance advertising sales for this fall's prime time schedule. And they did this even though they didn't do a regular upfront and didn't have pilots to show. That's $100 million more than they did last year. Continue reading NBC is number one (in ad sales) Permalink | Email this | | Comments ...