Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Super Bowl Ads 2010, Betty White Rocks
Well its over now. We didn't get the highest scoring Super Bowl in history as predicted, but we did see some pretty good commercials this year. My personal favorite was the Mars' Snickers: You're not You When You're Hungry. How can you not like seeing Betty White and Abe Vigoda getting tackled? Unfortunately enjoyment of that [...]
Trimming the Hedges or Bringing Sexy Back With A Little Yardwork
I've almost entirely done away with watching commercials. I DVR all the network shows I watch and start them 15 minutes into the show just to avoid watching the ads. Sometimes I catch the odd end of an ad out of laziness. I should really try not to be so lazy. Schick has a new razor (the Quattro TrimStyle) that they're gearing towards [...]
Want To Save Your Favorite TV Show?
Chadwick Matlin's article on saving TV shows at The Big Money, first made me laugh since I thought this was going to be yet another whining TV fan asking other people to saving their beloved show from cancellation (Moonlight, Veronica Mars, etc), but it turns out its the most honest and potentially effective thing I've read about TV ratings. [...]
Favorite Super Bowl 43 Ads
My favorite ads from Super Bowl 43... #1) The Monster.com ad-- the simplicity of it speaks volumes. #2) The Career Builder spot, delivers a similar message. #3) The Teleflora ad -- I'm a sucker for crass humor. This has to be my all time favorite Super Bowl ad, from at least ten year ago (I don't know why there are Spanish [...]
Melodious Ejaculation
How is it that SNL's Andy Samberg comes up with catchier tunes than most of the people up for Grammy Awards this year? Not that I'm going to be whistling this one in my car or blaring it with the windows down-- but it approaches the genius of last year's Dick in A Box. The aforementioned Dick had the advantage of Justin Timberlake's vocals. [...]
E/I Programming – One to Grow On
You wouldn’t know it from scanning your TV Guide, but the FCC mandates that local televisions stations air three hours a week of what is called E/I programming. The E/I stands for Educational and Informational programming. The E/I mandate stems from the Children’s Television Act of 1990. Congress figured that if broadcasters were using [...]
Yes, Virginia, you can buy an election
Ok, that's not true (go ask Michael Huffington about his 1994 U.S. Senate race) maybe it should be... "Yes, Virginia you can buy people's attention." Barack Obama hit the airwaves last night with a 30 minute infomercial on CBS, NBC, FOX, Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One. The preliminary national television ratings are showing that about 30 [...]
